Tulare County Biographies

FRANK PINKHAM

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Frank Pinkham, who owns and manages a fruit ranch of sixty acres, one 
mile west of Exeter, California, on the main highway leading to Visalia, was 
born in Ontario, Canada, in 1869. His parents, William and Esther (Minna) 
Pinkham, were members of the old New England families and were both natives of 
Maine, where William Pinkham's father also was born. Frank Pinkham grew to 
manhood on his father's farm and in 1892 he came to California and located at 
Vacaville, Solana county, where he became interested in fruit culture, which 
business he followed until 1913, when he came to Exeter and bought the place 
where he now resides.
        Mr. Pinkham has made many improvements upon his ranch since it came into 
his possession and now has one of the best producing fruit farms in the vicinity 
of Exeter. In 1921 he built a modern home, in which he and his family now live. 
He married Miss Gertrude S. Lancaster and they have two sons : Eben, who is 
associated with his father on the ranch ; and Herman, who is a student in the 
Exeter high school. Mr. Pinkham is a member of the Exeter Chamber of Commerce 
and a charter member of the Kiwanis Club, and he takes a commendable interest in 
all projects intended to promote the general welfare of the community.
 
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. 460