California Biographies

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin 
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from 
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176


PETER S. CROOP. Eight miles north of Le Grand, in Merced county, Cal., and fifteen 
miles northeast of Merced, resides Peter S. Croop, who, for the past five years, has rented a 
ranch which contains fourteen hundred and eighty acres, upon which he devotes his time to 
raising grain and stock, and from the beginning has met with gratifying success. A native of 
Allegany county, N. Y., he was born December 16, 1872, the fourth in a family of six children 
born to Stephen and Susan (Wagner) Croop, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. 

When a young man Stephen Croop left the Keystone state for a home in New York, where 
he engaged in dairy farming, for years devoting his time exclusively to this business. In 1880 he 
left New York and with his family came to California ; locating in Merced county, he purchased 
the ranch of eight hundred acres which is still occupied by his widow and where his death oc- 
curred in 1900. He met with good success in his farming operations, and as a citizen he was 
one of the most highly respected men in the county. Politically a Democrat, he never cared 
for office, but was always a strong advocate of party principles. He was a member of the Ma- 
sons and Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Croop became the parents of six children, namely : Mrs. 
Ida Herren, Mrs. Hattie Aumsbaugh, Scott, Peter S., Maggie and Grover, all residents of Merced 
county. Grover conducts the home ranch for his mother, twelve miles southwest of Merced. 
Peter S. Croop was about eight years old when his parents brought him to Merced county. He 
was educated in the common schools and remained on the home ranch until he was twenty- 
five, and then embarked in business for himself. Renting twelve hundred acres of land six miles 
south of Merced, for two years he engaged in raising stock and grain ; he then leased the ranch 
where he now resides. He is a worthy representative of the young men of Merced county, 
aiding all movements that have been of benefit to the people and making it one of the prosperous 
communities of the state. Like his father he is a Democrat, and fraternally he is a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen of America.