Fresno County, 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 WM. T. KIRKMAN, JR.� Established Kirkman Nurseries, Inc., in Fresno in year 1906. Son of W. T. Kirkman, pioneer nurseryman, and Dora Akridge Kirkman. Family came to Merced from Arkansas in 1888. Father and son both nurserymen from boyhood. Parents now living retired life in Pasadena. Son still at nursery business. Main office, corner O and Tulare Streets, Fresno City. Mr. Frank P. South, formerly associated with Kirkman Nurseries, was secretary and treasurer of the organization from 1910 until his death in 1917.