Tulare County Biographies

MAURICE GILL

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Maurice Gill, manager of one of the Gill ranches in the vicinity of 
Springville and one of the best known young ranchmen in this county, was born on 
that place in 1890 and is a son of Charles Gill, veteran cattleman, who is now 
living retired at Strathmore. The Gill interests in the cattle business in this 
section of California have been prominently represented here for the past fifty 
years, dating from the coming of Levi Gill about the year 1874. Levi Gill, who 
homesteaded considerable tracts in the Yokohl and Frazier valleys, had six sons 
who helped him to promote his business on the range and he and these sons became 
recognized leaders in their line, as is a matter of common knowledge throughout 
this section. Charles Gill continued active in the business until his retirement 
and is now, as noted above, living at Strathmore.
        Reared to the life of the ranch, Maurice Gill early became an 
experienced cattleman and since his father's retirement has been in charge of 
the Springville ranch, where after his marriage to Clementine Anderson he 
established his home and where he is doing very well in his operations.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 497