San Bernardino County, CA, Biographies

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TROWBRIDGE & MAYNARD.
 
        Among the business firms of Riverside, there is none more worthy of 
mention in the history of the enterprise of that city than that of Trowbridge & 
Maynard, the popular booksellers and stationers. The firm is composed of Charles 
C. Trowbridge and Duff G. Maynard. These young men from boyhood have been
brought up and schooled in the business in which they are now established, and 
for years were trusted employ�s of the largest stationery house in San 
Francisco. In March, 1888, they established their business in Riverside, first 
opening their store on Eighth street, east of Main, and in February, 1889, moved 
to their present commodious store in the Cunningham block, corner of Eighth and 
Main streets, where they greatly enlarged and increased their business, until 
they now have an establishment that is not excelled in the character and variety 
of the stock and appointments by any in the county. Besides dealing in 
everything pertaining to books and stationery, they devote their attention to 
fancy goods. They have the agency for the celebrated Kan-Koo Company of Los 
Angeles, and thus present to their patrons a complete and varied stock of 
Japanese goods. They also have the agency for the Mexican phosphate and 
sulphuret fertilizers, and Wheeler & Wilson sewing-machines. They are 
enterprising and progressive, well trained in business, and their dealings are 
characterized by a liberality and honesty which have gained them both the 
patronage and esteem of the community.
        Charles C. Trowbridge, the head of the firm of Trowbridge & Maynard, was 
born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1864, and was reared and schooled in that city 
until 1876, when he came to San Francisco. The first five years in that city was 
spent in the University College and Trinity School, and at the age of seventeen 
years he entered into mercantile pursuits in the well-known house of Cunningham, 
Curtis & Welch, and remained in their employ until he came to Riverside in the 
fall of 1887, and the next spring entered into the present business. Mr. 
Trowbridge promptly identified himself with Riverside's interests and people, 
and is liberal in supporting such enterprises as will advance the city in her 
march of prosperity. He is a first-class business man, and by his able 
management has placed the firm of Trowbridge & Maynard in the ranks of the 
leading and substantial firms of Riverside, and his courteous and genial manner 
has gained him a large circle of friends. In 1888 he was appointed Deputy County 
Clerk; politically, he is a Republican. In 1889 Mr. Trowbridge was united in 
marriage with Miss Edith S. Sharp, the daughter of William Sharp, a prominent 
and well-known capitalist of San Francisco.
        Duff G. Maynard, of the firm of Trowbridge & Maynard, is a native of 
California, dating his birth in San Francisco in 1865. His parents were 
Lafayette and Mary E. (Green) Maynard, natives of Virginia and representatives 
of some of the oldest families of that State. His father was an officer in the 
United States navy, and participated in the Mexican war, after which he resigned 
from the service and located in San Francisco as a capitalist and real-estate 
dealer. He died in that city in 1874. The subject of this sketch was reared in 
San Francisco and educated in, and closing his studies by graduating at, Trinity 
School in 1880. He then entered into mercantile life as a clerk in the book and 
stationery house of Cunningham, Curtis & Welch. His natural abilities and strict 
attention to business enabled him to advance rapidly, and he was promoted to 
higher grades of service until he was placed at the head of one of the important 
departments of the establishment. Mr. Maynard continued in that employ until 
1888, when he came to Riverside and entered into his present business with his 
friend and associate, Mr. Trowbridge. He has been successful in his enterprise, 
and is destined to take a lead in the business and social circles of Riverside. 
His straightforward business principles, manly bearing and genial temperament 
have gained him the sincere friendship of his associates. In political matters 
he is a supporter of the Republican party, and is also a member of the Episcopal 
Church of Riverside, being Junior Warden of the same.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  622-623
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler