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


A. R. LE FEVRE. � One of the most highly respected citizens of Fresno 
County, is A. R. Le Fevre, who resides on his well-improved sixty-acre ranch 
on the North McCall Road, about four miles north of Selma. where he has re- 
sided since 1900. He has recently purchased another neighboring ranch of 
twenty acres which, like the home ranch, is devoted to raisin grapes, the latter 
place being operated by his adopted son, John S. Le Fevre. 

A. R. Le Fevre was born near Auburn, N. Y., September 23, 1849. His 
father was a wheelwright who took Josh Billings' advice and "went to Wash- 
ington," D. C. Shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. he became a farmer 
'at Fairfax Court House, about half way between Washington and Bull Run, and 
was engaged in farming and market gardening at the time of the war. As a boy, 
A. R. Le Fevre heard the roar of artillery and saw the smoke of the various 
battles on Bull Run and peddled vegetables to both armies. During these terri- 
ble days school was abandoned for four years, while the dangers and hardships 
incident to that time and place can better be imagined than described. He grew 
up on his father's farm and for two years he clerked in a store, but his main 
occupation was farming at Fairfax, Ya., until he came to Fresno County, Cal, 
February 1, 1888. He first settled east of Fowler and for many years was en- 
gaged in wheat-farming. Since coming to the present place, he has devoted him- 
self to raisin-growing and has taken an active interest in cooperating with and 
furthering the best interests of the raisin growers. He has become a man of 
wide acquaintance and is one of the most highly respected citizens of the com- 
munity because of his firm adherence to principles of right and justice and his 
uncompromising attitude on matters relating to temperance. His scrupulous re- 
gard for decency, truth and right, is no doubt inherited from his ancestors who 
were French Huguenots who settled near Kingston in Ulster County, N. Y, about 
the year 1600. He is the third child in a family of five children of Peter J. and 
Sarah E. (Hutchinson) Le Fevre, the former having been born in New York 
and the latter in Connecticut. Of their five children : one boy and one girl are 
deceased ; one girl is Mary E. H. Flower of Long Beach, and one is Mrs. C. E. 
Ross of Fowler. 

A. R. Le Fevre was married at Fresno to Miss Agnes Boyd, a woman of 
sterling worth and they now have a comfortable and happy home. They have 
legally adopted a son, John S. Le Fevre, who is now a young man and who is 
ably assisting Mr. Le Fevre in his ranching operations. 

By his consistent hard work, Mr. Le Fevre has contributed much to the 
material upbuilding of Fresno County.