One of the most highly respected citizens of Fresno County, is A. R. Le Fevre, who resides on his well-improved sixty-acre ranch on the North McCall Road, about four miles north of Selma. where he has resided since 1900. He has recently purchased another neighboring ranch of twenty acres which, like the home ranch, is devoted to raisin grapes, the latter place being operated by his adopted son, John S. Le Fevre. A. R. Le Fevre was born near Auburn, N. Y.. September 23, 1849. His father was a wheelwright who took Josh Billings' advice and "went to Washington," D. C. Shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. he became a farmer at Fairfax Court House, about half way between Washington and Bull Run, and was engaged in farming and market gardening at the time of the war.
As a boy, A. R. Le Fevre heard the roar of artillery and saw the smoke of the various battles on Bull Run and peddled vegetables to both armies. During these terrible days school was abandoned for four years, while the dangers and hardships incident to that time and place can better be imagined than described.
He grew up on his father's farm and for two years he clerked in a store, but his main occupation was farming at Fairfax, Ya., until he came to Fresno County, Cal, February 1, 1888.
He first settled east of Fowler and for many years was engaged in wheat-farming. Since coming to the present place, he has devoted himself to raisin-growing and has taken an active interest in cooperating with and furthering the best interests of the raisin growers. He has become a man of wide acquaintance and is one of the most highly respected citizens of the community because of his firm adherence to principles of right and justice and his
uncompromising attitude on matters relating to temperance. His scrupulous regard for decency, truth and right, is no doubt inherited from his ancestors who were French Huguenots who settled near Kingston in Ulster County, N. Y, about the year 1600.
He is the third child in a family of five children of Peter J. and Sarah E. (Hutchinson) Le Fevre, the former having been born in New York and the latter in Connecticut. Of their five children : one boy and one girl are deceased; one girl is Mary E. H. Flower of Long Beach, and one is Mrs. C. E. Ross of Fowler.
A. R. Le Fevre was married at Fresno to Miss Agnes Boyd, a woman of sterling worth and they now have a comfortable and happy home. They have legally adopted a son, John S. Le Fevre, who is now a young man and who is ably assisting Mr. Le Fevre in his ranching operations. By his consistent hard work, Mr. Le Fevre has contributed much to the material upbuilding of Fresno County.
As a boy, A. R. Le Fevre heard the roar of artillery and saw the smoke of the various battles on Bull Run and peddled vegetables to both armies. During these terrible days school was abandoned for four years, while the dangers and hardships incident to that time and place can better be imagined than described.
He grew up on his father's farm and for two years he clerked in a store, but his main occupation was farming at Fairfax, Ya., until he came to Fresno County, Cal, February 1, 1888.
He first settled east of Fowler and for many years was engaged in wheat-farming. Since coming to the present place, he has devoted himself to raisin-growing and has taken an active interest in cooperating with and furthering the best interests of the raisin growers. He has become a man of wide acquaintance and is one of the most highly respected citizens of the community because of his firm adherence to principles of right and justice and his
uncompromising attitude on matters relating to temperance. His scrupulous regard for decency, truth and right, is no doubt inherited from his ancestors who were French Huguenots who settled near Kingston in Ulster County, N. Y, about the year 1600.
He is the third child in a family of five children of Peter J. and Sarah E. (Hutchinson) Le Fevre, the former having been born in New York and the latter in Connecticut. Of their five children : one boy and one girl are deceased; one girl is Mary E. H. Flower of Long Beach, and one is Mrs. C. E. Ross of Fowler.
A. R. Le Fevre was married at Fresno to Miss Agnes Boyd, a woman of sterling worth and they now have a comfortable and happy home. They have legally adopted a son, John S. Le Fevre, who is now a young man and who is ably assisting Mr. Le Fevre in his ranching operations. By his consistent hard work, Mr. Le Fevre has contributed much to the material upbuilding of Fresno County.
One of the most highly respected citizens of Fresno County, is A. R. Le Fevre, who resides on his well-improved sixty-acre ranch on the North McCall Road, about four miles north of Selma. where he has resided since 1900. He has recently purchased another neighboring ranch of twenty acres which, like the home ranch, is devoted to raisin grapes, the latter place being operated by his adopted son, John S. Le Fevre. A. R. Le Fevre was born near Auburn, N. Y.. September 23, 1849. His father was a wheelwright who took Josh Billings' advice and "went to Washington," D. C. Shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. he became a farmer at Fairfax Court House, about half way between Washington and Bull Run, and was engaged in farming and market gardening at the time of the war.
As a boy, A. R. Le Fevre heard the roar of artillery and saw the smoke of the various battles on Bull Run and peddled vegetables to both armies. During these terrible days school was abandoned for four years, while the dangers and hardships incident to that time and place can better be imagined than described.
He grew up on his father's farm and for two years he clerked in a store, but his main occupation was farming at Fairfax, Ya., until he came to Fresno County, Cal, February 1, 1888.
He first settled east of Fowler and for many years was engaged in wheat-farming. Since coming to the present place, he has devoted himself to raisin-growing and has taken an active interest in cooperating with and furthering the best interests of the raisin growers. He has become a man of wide acquaintance and is one of the most highly respected citizens of the community because of his firm adherence to principles of right and justice and his
uncompromising attitude on matters relating to temperance. His scrupulous regard for decency, truth and right, is no doubt inherited from his ancestors who were French Huguenots who settled near Kingston in Ulster County, N. Y, about the year 1600.
He is the third child in a family of five children of Peter J. and Sarah E. (Hutchinson) Le Fevre, the former having been born in New York and the latter in Connecticut. Of their five children : one boy and one girl are deceased; one girl is Mary E. H. Flower of Long Beach, and one is Mrs. C. E. Ross of Fowler.
A. R. Le Fevre was married at Fresno to Miss Agnes Boyd, a woman of sterling worth and they now have a comfortable and happy home. They have legally adopted a son, John S. Le Fevre, who is now a young man and who is ably assisting Mr. Le Fevre in his ranching operations. By his consistent hard work, Mr. Le Fevre has contributed much to the material upbuilding of Fresno County.
As a boy, A. R. Le Fevre heard the roar of artillery and saw the smoke of the various battles on Bull Run and peddled vegetables to both armies. During these terrible days school was abandoned for four years, while the dangers and hardships incident to that time and place can better be imagined than described.
He grew up on his father's farm and for two years he clerked in a store, but his main occupation was farming at Fairfax, Ya., until he came to Fresno County, Cal, February 1, 1888.
He first settled east of Fowler and for many years was engaged in wheat-farming. Since coming to the present place, he has devoted himself to raisin-growing and has taken an active interest in cooperating with and furthering the best interests of the raisin growers. He has become a man of wide acquaintance and is one of the most highly respected citizens of the community because of his firm adherence to principles of right and justice and his
uncompromising attitude on matters relating to temperance. His scrupulous regard for decency, truth and right, is no doubt inherited from his ancestors who were French Huguenots who settled near Kingston in Ulster County, N. Y, about the year 1600.
He is the third child in a family of five children of Peter J. and Sarah E. (Hutchinson) Le Fevre, the former having been born in New York and the latter in Connecticut. Of their five children : one boy and one girl are deceased; one girl is Mary E. H. Flower of Long Beach, and one is Mrs. C. E. Ross of Fowler.
A. R. Le Fevre was married at Fresno to Miss Agnes Boyd, a woman of sterling worth and they now have a comfortable and happy home. They have legally adopted a son, John S. Le Fevre, who is now a young man and who is ably assisting Mr. Le Fevre in his ranching operations. By his consistent hard work, Mr. Le Fevre has contributed much to the material upbuilding of Fresno County.
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