Tulare County Biographies

WILLIAM HERBERT SAVAGE

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        William Herbert Savage, general accountant and attendance officer for 
the Lindsay school district, was born in Liverpool, England, February 13, 1864, 
a son of Charles William and Frances M. (Timms) Savage. The father was an artist 
and designer of note in Liverpool.
        Will H. Savage received an academic education, after which he studied 
chemistry, science and the arts, but devoted his attention to chemistry in 
Liverpool until he came to California in January, 1907, hoping that a change of 
climate would prove beneficial to his health.
        Before leaving England, Mr. Savage was united in marriage to Miss Sarah 
Nash, whose people were extensively interested in the furniture business in 
Liverpool. About eighteen months after he arrived in California he was joined by 
his wife and two children. Since that time the family has resided in Lindsay. 
Seeing an opening for a public accountant, Mr. Savage took up that line of work 
as his principal business. Because of his knowledge of chemistry, he has been 
called by the county horticultural commissioner to assist in testing fruit, and 
his work in this line has been highly appreciated, both by the commissioner and 
the fruit-growers whose products have come under his inspection.
        He has been attendance officer of the school district since 1911. In 
1918 Dr. Kelley of the University of California appointed Mr. Savage his 
assistant to examine and test the water of the wells about Lindsay. Here his 
ability was so quickly demonstrated that Dr. Kelley went back to the university, 
leaving him to make further examinations and tests and report, a work he 
efficiently and promptly performed.
        Mr. Savage and his family occupy a comfortable home at No. 693 North 
Elmwood avenue. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and takes an interest 
in its projects for the general good of Lindsay. Of his three children�Jessie 
Edith, Kenneth Herbert and George William�the two older ones were born in 
Liverpool and the youngest in Kaweah, Tulare county. Miss Jessie is rapidly 
becoming prominent as a soprano soloist.
 
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., pp. 14-15