Tulare County Biographies

Herbert W. Tweedie

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Rev. Herbert W. Tweedie, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of 
Visalia, California, is a native of the Hawkeye state, born in Shenandoah, Iowa, 
December 28, 1890. He came to California when only four years of age, attended 
the public and high schools of Berkeley, and in 1915 was a member of the 
graduating class in the University of California. In that institution he studied 
civil engineering, but after graduating he entered the San Francisco Theological 
Seminary at San Anselmo, from which he was graduated in 1918. While in college 
he was active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association and after 
receiving his degree from the Theological Seminary entered actively into the 
work of the ministry.
        Mr. Tweedie's first charge was the Union Street Presbyterian church of 
Oakland, California, where he remained four years. In 1923 he came to Visalia. 
The First Presbyterian church claims to be the largest religious society in 
Visalia, the church proper numbering three hundred thirty-seven communicants and 
the Sunday school shows an average attendance of two hundred fifty. Mr. Tweedie 
is president of the Visalia Ministerial Association, and is active in Young 
Men's Christian Association and community service work. He has served as 
president of the Alumni Association of the Theological Seminary, is now a 
director in the Boy Scout council and also a director of the Visalia Rotary Club 
and president of the Visalia Community Service. In politics he is a republican.
        In 1914 Mr. Tweedie and Miss Evelyn Edith Slater were united in 
marriage. Mrs. Tweedie was born in Buffalo, New York, but came to California in 
early life and is a graduate of the University of California. Mr. and Mrs. 
Tweedie have four sons : Herbert C., aged nine years; Roy Leonard, aged five ; 
Jack J., aged three, and Thomas, aged one year.
 
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. 18-21