California Biographies 

Source:
History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California
by: C M Gidney - Santa Barbara. Benjamin Brooks - San Luis Obispo. 
Edwin M Sheridan - Ventura
Volumes II - Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, ILL., 1917

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JOHN F. MORE, JR.  The development and management of the agricultural and horticultural resources 
of Southern California are more and more attracting the best brains and best enterprise of ambitious 
young men.  John F. More, Jr., who is successfully managing the large ranch of his father, John F. 
More, Sr., in or near Goleta, is a man of university training, has a great variety of interest and is finding 
a congenial as well as useful and profitable occupation in the ranching industry. 
  
He was born in 1879 in Santa Barbara, where he received his preliminary education.  He subsequently 
continued his studies at the Belmont School for Boys, and in 1903 was graduated from the University 
of California at Berkeley, receiving the degree master of arts.  He was prominent while in the 
university, being a member of the Chi Phi fraternity and the Skull and the Keys and the Golden Bear 
honor societies.  He also played quarterback on the varsity football team, 1900 to 1903 inclusive. 
  
Returning after his university career Mr. More at once began work with his father, and now has entire 
care of the large ranch lying in a rich and highly productive region about seven miles from Santa 
Barbara.  He possesses a thorough knowledge of the various branches of agriculture, and is making a 
big success in the growing of fruits and general produce. 
  
March 19, 1904, in Oakland, California, he married and has one child, John F. More III.  In politics he is a 
republican and takes an intelligent interest in all matters pertaining to the public welfare, more 
especially in those connected with local improvements.  Socially he is a member of the Santa Barbara 
Club and the La Cumbre Gold Club.