San Bernardino County, CA, Biographies

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E. J. WAITE 
 
is a native of Walworth County, Wisconsin, and came to California in 1876, 
locating at Riverside, where he remained until 1879. In March, 1882, he came to 
Redlands and worked as foreman for Judson & Brown. It was he who planted the 
first orange trees in Redlands, and he has planted and raised more orange trees 
than any other man in the place. He owns several lots in the city and the finest 
nursery stock in the whole valley. His property has all been secured by planting 
and caring for trees for other parties, and taking lots and lands in payment. He 
is a thorough horticulturist.
        In August, 1889, Mr. Waite married Miss Catherine E. Jones, of Bureau 
County, Illinois, but, at the time of her marriage, a teacher in the public 
schools of Crafton. She was educated at the high school of Tiskilwa and 
graduated at the Northwestern Normal School.
 
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.-  666
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler