Tulare County Biographies

RALPH E. WOLF

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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    One of the best known business men of Lindsay, California, is R. E. Wolf, 
cashier, manager and one of the principal stockholders in the Lindsay Savings 
Bank. He is a native of Oregon, born in McMinnville, on September 24, 1889, a 
son of Samuel L. and Dorothy (Spray) Wolf, the former a native of Ohio and the 
latter (now deceased). of Indiana. The father went to Oregon in 1886 and lived 
there for twelve years, when he came to California and engaged in fruit culture 
in Lindsay. In 1919 he removed to Galt, where he still resides.
        Ralph E. Wolf obtained a good public school education and began his 
business career as a clerk in a store. He followed this occupation in various 
mercantile establishments until 1909, when he entered the employ of the First 
National Bank of Lindsay as a bookkeeper. Here he found a field to his liking 
and worked his way up until in 1916 he was made assistant cashier of the Lindsay 
Savings Bank, then affiliated with the First National. In 1920 he was made 
cashier. Since then he has become cashier, one of the leading stockholders, one 
of the board of directors and manager. The president is Ernest L. Daniels ; vice 
president, D. O. Bishop.
        On December 24, 1907, Mr. Wolf was married to Miss Darl E. Wright of 
Whittier, California, and they have three children : Berenice, Mildred and 
Wayne. They attend the Baptist church and in politics Mr. Wolf is a republican. 
Mr. Wolf is president of the Chamber of Commerce, to which office he was elected 
in October, 1924. He was appointed city treasurer to fill an unexpired term in 
October, 1923, and was elected for a full term in April, 1924. He is treasurer 
of the Lindsay Masonic Lodge and is active in the good works of that order.
 
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., p. 369