Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

BERTIE MILES ULLREY

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Another experienced and enterprising rancher whose practical, 
progressive methods have frequently been helpfully suggestive and stimulating to 
fellow agriculturists, is Bertie Miles Ullrey, of West Butte.  A native of 
California, Mr. Ullrey was born near Colusa, on Christmas Day, 1880.  His 
father, Robert Miles Ullrey, was born in Pennsylvania and married Miss Lillie 
Allen, a native of Shasta County, Cal.  Grandfather Allen came across the great 
plains with ox-teams in early days, and well earned the honors of a pioneer.  
But he paid a terribly severe price for his hardihood; for on the way his 
devoted wife was killed by the Indians.  Grandfather Allen first settled in 
Shasta County, and later came into Lake County.
            Robert Miles Ullrey early came to California, and his marriage to 
Miss Allen took place in Lake County.  He was a farmer, and died only a year ago 
at West Butte, leaving an enviable record.  Mrs. Ullrey lives with a son, 
Charles Franklin, near West Butte.  The father had early brought his family into 
Sutter County, where most of his children were born and reared.  Seven children 
made up the family, and Bertie Miles was the third in the order of birth.  
Charles Franklin and Clyde were older; and Anna, Theresa, May and Willis LeVerne 
were younger.  Willis LeVerne resides at Colusa and is an employee of the 
Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
            B. M. Ullrey remained at home with his parents until his marriage on 
November 5, 1905, when, at Pennington, Miss Anna Belle Adams became his wife.  
She was born in Missouri, the daughter of B. B. and Katherine (Coats) Adams, and 
she was one year old was brought to California by her parents.  They settled at 
Tudor and became farmers; and there on the Coats ranch her father died on 
December 7, 1923, when sixty-four years old.  Mrs. Ullrey attended school first 
at Noyesburg, and was afterwards a student at the Sutter Union High School. For 
a number of years Mr. Ullrey worked for Mr. Straub; and at the time he was 
married he was managing the general merchandise business at Sutter lately taken 
over by Mr. Mudgette, but then owned by Mr. Straub, of West Butte.  Afterwards 
he embarked in the sheep business for himself, at Pennington, and continued in 
that field for three years, after which he returned to the general merchandise 
establishment at West Butte and ran it again for four years for Mr. Straub, 
while the latter was attending to other business at Coalinga.  He next moved to 
Mr. Tarke�s place; and now he leases 150 acres of bottom land and grain land, 
having seventy acres of wheat and thirty acres in beans.  In politics a 
Republican, Mr. Ullrey maintains a non-partisan attitude toward local issues.  
He is clerk of the board of trustees of the West Butte school district.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Ullrey are the parents of four children:  Lola, Leigh, Burwell and Walter.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 792-795