California Biographies Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919) History By Paul E. Vandor Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919 Notes: Missing+page1185-1186 Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm HERMAN H. GREVE. � At the mouth of the Salt Creek in Warthan Canyon lies the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Greve nicely located in the foothills of the Coast Range. Mr. Greve was born in Priest Valley, Monterey County, May 6, 1886. His father, Paul Greve, was born in Ger- many and was raised a farmer's boy; there he married Sophia Abell and soon afterwards the young couple came to California. For a time they farmed near Hollister, and then became pioneers of Priest Valley, where they home- steaded land and engaged in farming and stock-raising, and there Paul Greve died. He is survived by his wife, who still resides on the old homestead. However the home ranch is now owned by four of the sons who tenderly care for the aged mother, seeing she is comfortable and well cared for. Ten children born to this worthy couple grew up and are as follows: Annie, Mrs. St. John, lives near San Francisco; Hannah, Mrs. Thomas Himmih of King City; Lena, Mrs. E. L. Arnold, lives in Coalinga; Emma was Mrs. Brummell and she died in King City; Paul, one of the Greve Brothers, is a rancher near the old home; Joseph also interested in Greve Brothers, is a rancher in the same vicinity, Martin S. of Greve Brothers, is engineer at Station 2, Asso- ciated Pipe Line; Herman H. is the subject of this review; Bertha, resides with her mother; while Harry H. is a cattle grower on Salt Creek, Fresno County. Herman H. grew up on the Priest Valley ranch and from a boy learned to ride the range and to rope and brand cattle, at the same time receiving a good education in the school of his home district. Two years after his father's death, which occurred in 1898, he, with his brothers Paul, Joseph and Martin, as Greve Brothers, engaged in stockraising and farming on the old home place and in time became the owners of the ranch which is still in their name. In 1907 Herman 11. located a homestead on Salt Creek in Warthan Canyon, and this he improved and engaged in stock-raising on his own account, using the brand H. N. combined. In Fresno, October 17, 1907, Mr. Greve was united in marriage with Miss Ella M. Grant, who was born in Martin Township, Allegan County, Mich. Her parents, Jesse T. and Martha (O'Conner) Grant, natives of Pennsylvania, were farmers in Allegan Count} 7 , where the mother died ; her father now resides in Fresno County. The two children born of this marriage, Mrs. Herman H. Greve and Clara G., Mrs. M. S. Greve, both live in Fresno County. Mr. Greve came to Fresno County in 1910 and seeing the value and importance of owning land he located a homestead � their present home on Salt Creek � which is now well improved and where they have a comfortable home of 520 acres, beside Mr. Greve's old homestead adjoining the ranch. Besides this Mr. Greve leases land in Warthan Canyon upon which he raises grain. He has had much experience in road building and for several years has been overseer of roads, his district being from Alcalde to the Monterey County line, a distance of twenty miles. To this position he gives the same close attention that he does to his- own business and sees to it that the roads in his district are kept in good shape. The result of the union of Herman Greve and Ella Grant is one child, a son named Dale Herman Greve. In national politics Mr. Greve is a stanch Republican.