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

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ROBERT LOCHEAD. � Freedom from ostentation combined with the 
sterling qualities that are characteristic of his Scotch lineage are marked 
characteristics of Robert Lochead, Fresno County's supervisor of the Second 
District. The son of James and Jean (Walker) Lochead, the former a Pais- 
ley shawl weaver, both are now deceased, Robert was born in Scotland, 
November 12, 1855, in the County of Ayrshire, a section of country made 
famous throughout the civilized world because of its association with the 
name of Scotland's peerless poet, "Bobby" Burns, who so aptly said: "O, 
wad some power the gif'tie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us." 

Robert Lochead acquired a good education in the schools of Scotland 
and learned the trade of wood turning in that country. As a young man of 
eighteen, he left home and traveled extensively, coming to the United States 
in 1884, and locating in Iowa, he remained there three years. In 1887 he came 
to California, and attracted by the possibilities of Fresno's future, located 
here, and worked in the planing mills. In 1908, with others, he established 
the Fresno Planing Mill Company, of which he was president until March, 
1916, when he disposed of his interest in the plant. In November, 1916, he 
was elected county supervisor from the Second District and is discharging 
his official duties with his usual efficiency. 

He established domestic ties by his marriage, December 31, 1890, with 
Miss Carrie Fisher, and they have two children, son and daughter, James 
and Inez. In politics Mr. Lochead affiliates with the Republican party and 
fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and 
the Woodmen of the World. He has served as a school trustee in Fresno 
and is a member of the Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce.