San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . ensivelandowners of San Diego county is Maurice Reidy, who operates a fine farm ofnine hundred acres, four miles north of Escondido. He was born in Nevadacounty on November 21, 1859, and is a son of Maurice and Julia (McDermott)Reidy, natives of Ireland. Their marriage occurred at Galena, Illinois, and in1850 the father crossed the plains to California, the mother making the journeyto this state in 1854 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. They settled in Placercounty and remained in that section a short
San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . ensivelandowners of San Diego county is Maurice Reidy, who operates a fine farm ofnine hundred acres, four miles north of Escondido. He was born in Nevadacounty on November 21, 1859, and is a son of Maurice and Julia (McDermott)Reidy, natives of Ireland. Their marriage occurred at Galena, Illinois, and in1850 the father crossed the plains to California, the mother making the journeyto this state in 1854 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. They settled in Placercounty and remained in that section a short time before removing to Nevadacounty, where the father mined for several years. In 1868 he came to SanDiego county and took up one hundred and sixty acres of government land, fourmiles north of Escondido, upon which he resided until his death in 1882. Hiswife survived him many years, passing away in 1900. To their union were bornseven children, four of whom are still living: James, of San Diego; Mrs. Schelen-berg, also of San Diego; Maurice, of this review; and Charles, of MAURICE REIDY HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY 533 In the acquirement of an education Maurice Reidy attended public schoolin San Diego county and aided in the development of the homestead until afterhis fathers death, when he assumed entire control. From time to time he hasadded to his holdings and his farm now comprises nine hundred acres, theproperty being in two divisions, a five hundred acre tract lying two miles fromthe original homestead claim. Mr. Reidy does general farming but specializesin the breeding and raising of high-grade stock. A great deal of his attention isgiven to the conduct of his dairy, which is a model enterprise of its kind, keeping twenty-five head of thoroughbred Jersey milch cows for this pur-pose. He has also important business interests in Escondido, among which maybe mentioned his connection with one of the largest stores in the city. In 1891 Mr. Reidy marr
Size: 1338px × 1867px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublisherchica, bookyear1913
