The information is taken from "The History of Fresno County" by Paul E Vandor, published in 1919.
There is no question but that success depends upon energy directed by intelligence, and courage undaunted by adversity. It is often that the plans of men are thwarted by circumstances over which they have little or no control, but if they could through industry and perseverance overcome the seemingly insurmountable difficulties, as R. W. Briscoe has done, success would come to them as it has come to him. He was born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1863. His parents were natives of Kentucky, but were married in Missouri. The father was a farmer in Missouri, but in the fall of 1886 came to California with his family and settled west of Malaga, buying land of the Briggs Estate. The family at this time consisted of the father, Walter H., and mother, Mary E. ("Wallace) Briscoe, and four children : James W., now an oil man in the Kern River field ; Robert
W. ; Eliza, unmarried, a milliner in Porterville ; and Gertrude, now Mrs. Melvin Stone. When they came to California the father became a fruit-grower and soon interested himself in the oil business, and owned wells in Kern County. He died at the age of seventy-three years.
R. W. Briscoe grew up on a farm in Lewis County, Mo., and attended the common schools and a graded private academy at Gilead, Mo. He came with his father's family to California in 1886. He followed farming and cattle feeding in Missouri for two years. On coming to California he bought forty acres of land from the Briggs Estate, one and a quarter miles southwest of Malaga, improving it and planting it to vines, fig and prune trees, and alfalfa.
On December 25, 1888, Mr. Briscoe went back east to Indiana and was married at Kokomo to Miss Elizabeth Caroline Mugg, daughter of Tames and Catharine (Ingels) Mugg, and who is a descendant of Daniel Boone, the great Kentuckian. She attended Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., one year, and two years at La Grange College, Mo., and it was in her college days that the acquaintance began that led to their union.
Their honeymoon trip ended in Fresno County, Cal., where Mr. Briscoe resumed his farming and fruitraising. In the early nineties Mr. Briscoe was hard hit by the panic that landed so many men high and dry. He had purchased heavily in land, could not meet his payments and lost his possessions. Here is where grit and determination, backed up by the optimism of his wife, came to the rescue. He started again, and eventually owned 1,100 acres in various localities. The home ranch consisted of forty acres in muscat grapes; 120 acres near Skaggs Bridge, close to Kerman, in vineyard ; 100 acres in the De Wolf District, in vineyard ; also he had 730 acres near Sanger, which he used as a stock ranch.
In 1917 he planted 100 acres in corn and built three silos, and he also had 100 acres in corn in 1918. To use up all this feed he had 240 head of cattle mostly feeders, 300 hogs, 20 mules and horses. He sold 160 acres of land to his four oldest sons. In his time, Mr. Briscoe planted over 500 acres to vineyards. In 1909 he raised twenty-three carloads of raisins, all his own, seven cars of which he shipped to Minneapolis. He was actively interested in the Raisin Growers Association. In the cultivation of his vast holdings, Mr. Briscoe used all of the latest improved farming implements, and brought to his aid three tractors, the Moline, the Case and the Fitch. He found them invaluable in the cultivation of his vineyards as they did most excellent work, and as more than half of his land was in vineyards, it was necessary that he use such machinery as will do the work among the vines. He resisted the temptation to go largely into the oil business, but did venture into that field a few years ago, and came out about even. Mr. Briscoe has kept aloof from politics, but is greatly interested in education, and served on the election board for fifteen years.
Having so many interests and they being somewhat scattered, Mr. Briscoe did business in Sanger, Fowler, Malaga, Fresno and Kerman, and as a consequence had a large acquaintanceship among the business men of these communities, and was highly esteemed by all of them. Mr. Briscoe and W. R. Nutting of Fresno got the first one hundred members to the Raisin Growers Exchange, and this was the foundation of the California Raisin Growers Association which has been of such benefit to raisin-growers in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. Briscoe was an untiring worker, and since the war began has been doing almost double duty, putting in at times as much as twenty hours a day. He was a man of excellent judgment and has great executive ability. He was kindly considerate, and public-spirited. His wife was an accomplished woman. a devoted mother, and a worthy helpmate. Their home was surrounded with the things that make for high standards of living, and abounded with good books, farm periodicals and papers.
The family was most interesting, and consisted of seven children : Ernest, married to Margaret Weimert. of Fresno, ranchers, living near the De Wolf school ; Elmer, married to Delcie Barr, lived in the same vicinity ; Walter married Gladys Wells, of the same vicinity : James, a soldier in France ; Roy, at home ; Beryl, a senior in Fowler High School in 1919 ; and Fred, in the grammar school in 1919.
All the older boys attended Heald's Business College at Fresno. Most highly esteemed by all who know them, it was a happy day indeed, when in 1886, the Briscoe family cast their lot in Fresno County. Fresno and Fresno County will ever extend a hearty welcome to men of Mr. Briscoe's character.
There is no question but that success depends upon energy directed by intelligence, and courage undaunted by adversity. It is often that the plans of men are thwarted by circumstances over which they have little or no control, but if they could through industry and perseverance overcome the seemingly insurmountable difficulties, as R. W. Briscoe has done, success would come to them as it has come to him. He was born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1863. His parents were natives of Kentucky, but were married in Missouri. The father was a farmer in Missouri, but in the fall of 1886 came to California with his family and settled west of Malaga, buying land of the Briggs Estate. The family at this time consisted of the father, Walter H., and mother, Mary E. ("Wallace) Briscoe, and four children : James W., now an oil man in the Kern River field ; Robert
W. ; Eliza, unmarried, a milliner in Porterville ; and Gertrude, now Mrs. Melvin Stone. When they came to California the father became a fruit-grower and soon interested himself in the oil business, and owned wells in Kern County. He died at the age of seventy-three years.
R. W. Briscoe grew up on a farm in Lewis County, Mo., and attended the common schools and a graded private academy at Gilead, Mo. He came with his father's family to California in 1886. He followed farming and cattle feeding in Missouri for two years. On coming to California he bought forty acres of land from the Briggs Estate, one and a quarter miles southwest of Malaga, improving it and planting it to vines, fig and prune trees, and alfalfa.
On December 25, 1888, Mr. Briscoe went back east to Indiana and was married at Kokomo to Miss Elizabeth Caroline Mugg, daughter of Tames and Catharine (Ingels) Mugg, and who is a descendant of Daniel Boone, the great Kentuckian. She attended Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., one year, and two years at La Grange College, Mo., and it was in her college days that the acquaintance began that led to their union.
Their honeymoon trip ended in Fresno County, Cal., where Mr. Briscoe resumed his farming and fruitraising. In the early nineties Mr. Briscoe was hard hit by the panic that landed so many men high and dry. He had purchased heavily in land, could not meet his payments and lost his possessions. Here is where grit and determination, backed up by the optimism of his wife, came to the rescue. He started again, and eventually owned 1,100 acres in various localities. The home ranch consisted of forty acres in muscat grapes; 120 acres near Skaggs Bridge, close to Kerman, in vineyard ; 100 acres in the De Wolf District, in vineyard ; also he had 730 acres near Sanger, which he used as a stock ranch.
In 1917 he planted 100 acres in corn and built three silos, and he also had 100 acres in corn in 1918. To use up all this feed he had 240 head of cattle mostly feeders, 300 hogs, 20 mules and horses. He sold 160 acres of land to his four oldest sons. In his time, Mr. Briscoe planted over 500 acres to vineyards. In 1909 he raised twenty-three carloads of raisins, all his own, seven cars of which he shipped to Minneapolis. He was actively interested in the Raisin Growers Association. In the cultivation of his vast holdings, Mr. Briscoe used all of the latest improved farming implements, and brought to his aid three tractors, the Moline, the Case and the Fitch. He found them invaluable in the cultivation of his vineyards as they did most excellent work, and as more than half of his land was in vineyards, it was necessary that he use such machinery as will do the work among the vines. He resisted the temptation to go largely into the oil business, but did venture into that field a few years ago, and came out about even. Mr. Briscoe has kept aloof from politics, but is greatly interested in education, and served on the election board for fifteen years.
Having so many interests and they being somewhat scattered, Mr. Briscoe did business in Sanger, Fowler, Malaga, Fresno and Kerman, and as a consequence had a large acquaintanceship among the business men of these communities, and was highly esteemed by all of them. Mr. Briscoe and W. R. Nutting of Fresno got the first one hundred members to the Raisin Growers Exchange, and this was the foundation of the California Raisin Growers Association which has been of such benefit to raisin-growers in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. Briscoe was an untiring worker, and since the war began has been doing almost double duty, putting in at times as much as twenty hours a day. He was a man of excellent judgment and has great executive ability. He was kindly considerate, and public-spirited. His wife was an accomplished woman. a devoted mother, and a worthy helpmate. Their home was surrounded with the things that make for high standards of living, and abounded with good books, farm periodicals and papers.
The family was most interesting, and consisted of seven children : Ernest, married to Margaret Weimert. of Fresno, ranchers, living near the De Wolf school ; Elmer, married to Delcie Barr, lived in the same vicinity ; Walter married Gladys Wells, of the same vicinity : James, a soldier in France ; Roy, at home ; Beryl, a senior in Fowler High School in 1919 ; and Fred, in the grammar school in 1919.
All the older boys attended Heald's Business College at Fresno. Most highly esteemed by all who know them, it was a happy day indeed, when in 1886, the Briscoe family cast their lot in Fresno County. Fresno and Fresno County will ever extend a hearty welcome to men of Mr. Briscoe's character.
The information is taken from "The History of Fresno County" by Paul E Vandor, published in 1919.
There is no question but that success depends upon energy directed by intelligence, and courage undaunted by adversity. It is often that the plans of men are thwarted by circumstances over which they have little or no control, but if they could through industry and perseverance overcome the seemingly insurmountable difficulties, as R. W. Briscoe has done, success would come to them as it has come to him. He was born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1863. His parents were natives of Kentucky, but were married in Missouri. The father was a farmer in Missouri, but in the fall of 1886 came to California with his family and settled west of Malaga, buying land of the Briggs Estate. The family at this time consisted of the father, Walter H., and mother, Mary E. ("Wallace) Briscoe, and four children : James W., now an oil man in the Kern River field ; Robert
W. ; Eliza, unmarried, a milliner in Porterville ; and Gertrude, now Mrs. Melvin Stone. When they came to California the father became a fruit-grower and soon interested himself in the oil business, and owned wells in Kern County. He died at the age of seventy-three years.
R. W. Briscoe grew up on a farm in Lewis County, Mo., and attended the common schools and a graded private academy at Gilead, Mo. He came with his father's family to California in 1886. He followed farming and cattle feeding in Missouri for two years. On coming to California he bought forty acres of land from the Briggs Estate, one and a quarter miles southwest of Malaga, improving it and planting it to vines, fig and prune trees, and alfalfa.
On December 25, 1888, Mr. Briscoe went back east to Indiana and was married at Kokomo to Miss Elizabeth Caroline Mugg, daughter of Tames and Catharine (Ingels) Mugg, and who is a descendant of Daniel Boone, the great Kentuckian. She attended Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., one year, and two years at La Grange College, Mo., and it was in her college days that the acquaintance began that led to their union.
Their honeymoon trip ended in Fresno County, Cal., where Mr. Briscoe resumed his farming and fruitraising. In the early nineties Mr. Briscoe was hard hit by the panic that landed so many men high and dry. He had purchased heavily in land, could not meet his payments and lost his possessions. Here is where grit and determination, backed up by the optimism of his wife, came to the rescue. He started again, and eventually owned 1,100 acres in various localities. The home ranch consisted of forty acres in muscat grapes; 120 acres near Skaggs Bridge, close to Kerman, in vineyard ; 100 acres in the De Wolf District, in vineyard ; also he had 730 acres near Sanger, which he used as a stock ranch.
In 1917 he planted 100 acres in corn and built three silos, and he also had 100 acres in corn in 1918. To use up all this feed he had 240 head of cattle mostly feeders, 300 hogs, 20 mules and horses. He sold 160 acres of land to his four oldest sons. In his time, Mr. Briscoe planted over 500 acres to vineyards. In 1909 he raised twenty-three carloads of raisins, all his own, seven cars of which he shipped to Minneapolis. He was actively interested in the Raisin Growers Association. In the cultivation of his vast holdings, Mr. Briscoe used all of the latest improved farming implements, and brought to his aid three tractors, the Moline, the Case and the Fitch. He found them invaluable in the cultivation of his vineyards as they did most excellent work, and as more than half of his land was in vineyards, it was necessary that he use such machinery as will do the work among the vines. He resisted the temptation to go largely into the oil business, but did venture into that field a few years ago, and came out about even. Mr. Briscoe has kept aloof from politics, but is greatly interested in education, and served on the election board for fifteen years.
Having so many interests and they being somewhat scattered, Mr. Briscoe did business in Sanger, Fowler, Malaga, Fresno and Kerman, and as a consequence had a large acquaintanceship among the business men of these communities, and was highly esteemed by all of them. Mr. Briscoe and W. R. Nutting of Fresno got the first one hundred members to the Raisin Growers Exchange, and this was the foundation of the California Raisin Growers Association which has been of such benefit to raisin-growers in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. Briscoe was an untiring worker, and since the war began has been doing almost double duty, putting in at times as much as twenty hours a day. He was a man of excellent judgment and has great executive ability. He was kindly considerate, and public-spirited. His wife was an accomplished woman. a devoted mother, and a worthy helpmate. Their home was surrounded with the things that make for high standards of living, and abounded with good books, farm periodicals and papers.
The family was most interesting, and consisted of seven children : Ernest, married to Margaret Weimert. of Fresno, ranchers, living near the De Wolf school ; Elmer, married to Delcie Barr, lived in the same vicinity ; Walter married Gladys Wells, of the same vicinity : James, a soldier in France ; Roy, at home ; Beryl, a senior in Fowler High School in 1919 ; and Fred, in the grammar school in 1919.
All the older boys attended Heald's Business College at Fresno. Most highly esteemed by all who know them, it was a happy day indeed, when in 1886, the Briscoe family cast their lot in Fresno County. Fresno and Fresno County will ever extend a hearty welcome to men of Mr. Briscoe's character.
There is no question but that success depends upon energy directed by intelligence, and courage undaunted by adversity. It is often that the plans of men are thwarted by circumstances over which they have little or no control, but if they could through industry and perseverance overcome the seemingly insurmountable difficulties, as R. W. Briscoe has done, success would come to them as it has come to him. He was born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1863. His parents were natives of Kentucky, but were married in Missouri. The father was a farmer in Missouri, but in the fall of 1886 came to California with his family and settled west of Malaga, buying land of the Briggs Estate. The family at this time consisted of the father, Walter H., and mother, Mary E. ("Wallace) Briscoe, and four children : James W., now an oil man in the Kern River field ; Robert
W. ; Eliza, unmarried, a milliner in Porterville ; and Gertrude, now Mrs. Melvin Stone. When they came to California the father became a fruit-grower and soon interested himself in the oil business, and owned wells in Kern County. He died at the age of seventy-three years.
R. W. Briscoe grew up on a farm in Lewis County, Mo., and attended the common schools and a graded private academy at Gilead, Mo. He came with his father's family to California in 1886. He followed farming and cattle feeding in Missouri for two years. On coming to California he bought forty acres of land from the Briggs Estate, one and a quarter miles southwest of Malaga, improving it and planting it to vines, fig and prune trees, and alfalfa.
On December 25, 1888, Mr. Briscoe went back east to Indiana and was married at Kokomo to Miss Elizabeth Caroline Mugg, daughter of Tames and Catharine (Ingels) Mugg, and who is a descendant of Daniel Boone, the great Kentuckian. She attended Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., one year, and two years at La Grange College, Mo., and it was in her college days that the acquaintance began that led to their union.
Their honeymoon trip ended in Fresno County, Cal., where Mr. Briscoe resumed his farming and fruitraising. In the early nineties Mr. Briscoe was hard hit by the panic that landed so many men high and dry. He had purchased heavily in land, could not meet his payments and lost his possessions. Here is where grit and determination, backed up by the optimism of his wife, came to the rescue. He started again, and eventually owned 1,100 acres in various localities. The home ranch consisted of forty acres in muscat grapes; 120 acres near Skaggs Bridge, close to Kerman, in vineyard ; 100 acres in the De Wolf District, in vineyard ; also he had 730 acres near Sanger, which he used as a stock ranch.
In 1917 he planted 100 acres in corn and built three silos, and he also had 100 acres in corn in 1918. To use up all this feed he had 240 head of cattle mostly feeders, 300 hogs, 20 mules and horses. He sold 160 acres of land to his four oldest sons. In his time, Mr. Briscoe planted over 500 acres to vineyards. In 1909 he raised twenty-three carloads of raisins, all his own, seven cars of which he shipped to Minneapolis. He was actively interested in the Raisin Growers Association. In the cultivation of his vast holdings, Mr. Briscoe used all of the latest improved farming implements, and brought to his aid three tractors, the Moline, the Case and the Fitch. He found them invaluable in the cultivation of his vineyards as they did most excellent work, and as more than half of his land was in vineyards, it was necessary that he use such machinery as will do the work among the vines. He resisted the temptation to go largely into the oil business, but did venture into that field a few years ago, and came out about even. Mr. Briscoe has kept aloof from politics, but is greatly interested in education, and served on the election board for fifteen years.
Having so many interests and they being somewhat scattered, Mr. Briscoe did business in Sanger, Fowler, Malaga, Fresno and Kerman, and as a consequence had a large acquaintanceship among the business men of these communities, and was highly esteemed by all of them. Mr. Briscoe and W. R. Nutting of Fresno got the first one hundred members to the Raisin Growers Exchange, and this was the foundation of the California Raisin Growers Association which has been of such benefit to raisin-growers in the San Joaquin Valley. Mr. Briscoe was an untiring worker, and since the war began has been doing almost double duty, putting in at times as much as twenty hours a day. He was a man of excellent judgment and has great executive ability. He was kindly considerate, and public-spirited. His wife was an accomplished woman. a devoted mother, and a worthy helpmate. Their home was surrounded with the things that make for high standards of living, and abounded with good books, farm periodicals and papers.
The family was most interesting, and consisted of seven children : Ernest, married to Margaret Weimert. of Fresno, ranchers, living near the De Wolf school ; Elmer, married to Delcie Barr, lived in the same vicinity ; Walter married Gladys Wells, of the same vicinity : James, a soldier in France ; Roy, at home ; Beryl, a senior in Fowler High School in 1919 ; and Fred, in the grammar school in 1919.
All the older boys attended Heald's Business College at Fresno. Most highly esteemed by all who know them, it was a happy day indeed, when in 1886, the Briscoe family cast their lot in Fresno County. Fresno and Fresno County will ever extend a hearty welcome to men of Mr. Briscoe's character.
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