Santa Cruz County Biographies

FRED L. STEVENS

Submitted by Kathy Sedler

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" He is a jolly good fellow."�Old Song.
 
        Some people possess the happy faculty of making themselves sociable and 
agreeable without an effort, and after a week's acquaintance you acquire the 
habit of addressing them by their given name. Generally that given name is 
abbreviated as much as possible---
"And you hail him Tom or Jack,
And prove your friendship by thumping on his back."
        Your acquaintance with other people might extend over a period of 
several years and in all this time you would never learn their given names. Fred 
Stevens belongs to the first class, and is a first-class fellow as well. He is 
the son of Bart Stevens, an old resident and pioneer of this county. He was born 
in Santa Cruz June 5, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of Santa Cruz 
and Monterey Counties.
        His first work was stock raising in Monterey County; afterwards he was 
clerk in Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office in Watsonville for a short time, and in 
1883 he entered the employ of John Brazer, of Santa Cruz, as a clerk in his 
stationery store. He remained here for several years. In May, 1890, he obtained 
a situation with H. E. Irish, with whom he is at present engaged. He is a 
charter member and has been trustee of the N. S. G. W. Parlor No. 90. 0f Santa 
Cruz. He also held the position of financial secretary of the order for three 
terms. He has a sunny, genial disposition, is frank to a fault, full of fun, and 
will never die of disappointment or a broken heart.
 
HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.-  E. S. Harrison, 
Pacific Press Publ. Co., San Francisco, 1891