From The Negro Trail Blazers of California, Delilah L. Beasley, 1919, page 133:
Mr. Jordan Young came from Columbia, South Carolina, December 21, 1891, locating at Fowler, California at the suggestion of his sister, Mrs. Julia Bell. He passed the station going to Fresno, which was ten miles away. It cost thirty cents to return to Fowler and he only had thirty-five, so he walked. He soon secured work and in a few years sent back for his family which consisted of his wife Louisa and seven children. After this he began to save and buy property. He bought a city block for four hundred dollars, retaining the same until the town began to grow, when he sold twenty-two lots for $2,500 and bought eleven more for $700. He then made a vow that none of his children should marry until they owned a home. At this writing Mr. Young owns a ranch of 160 acres of well-improved property, aside from valuable city holdings. His daughters, Mrs. Cornelia Wysinger and Mrs. Abernathy, of Bowles, all own valuable holdings as also does one son. Dr. Benjamin Young, who has graduated from both the University of California and a University in Chicago, recently locating in Fowler to practice medicine.
For additional information see: Channel 47 - Fresno The Journey: Fowler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTi8hyhapY&t=93s
Mr. Jordan Young came from Columbia, South Carolina, December 21, 1891, locating at Fowler, California at the suggestion of his sister, Mrs. Julia Bell. He passed the station going to Fresno, which was ten miles away. It cost thirty cents to return to Fowler and he only had thirty-five, so he walked. He soon secured work and in a few years sent back for his family which consisted of his wife Louisa and seven children. After this he began to save and buy property. He bought a city block for four hundred dollars, retaining the same until the town began to grow, when he sold twenty-two lots for $2,500 and bought eleven more for $700. He then made a vow that none of his children should marry until they owned a home. At this writing Mr. Young owns a ranch of 160 acres of well-improved property, aside from valuable city holdings. His daughters, Mrs. Cornelia Wysinger and Mrs. Abernathy, of Bowles, all own valuable holdings as also does one son. Dr. Benjamin Young, who has graduated from both the University of California and a University in Chicago, recently locating in Fowler to practice medicine.
For additional information see: Channel 47 - Fresno The Journey: Fowler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTi8hyhapY&t=93s
From The Negro Trail Blazers of California, Delilah L. Beasley, 1919, page 133:
Mr. Jordan Young came from Columbia, South Carolina, December 21, 1891, locating at Fowler, California at the suggestion of his sister, Mrs. Julia Bell. He passed the station going to Fresno, which was ten miles away. It cost thirty cents to return to Fowler and he only had thirty-five, so he walked. He soon secured work and in a few years sent back for his family which consisted of his wife Louisa and seven children. After this he began to save and buy property. He bought a city block for four hundred dollars, retaining the same until the town began to grow, when he sold twenty-two lots for $2,500 and bought eleven more for $700. He then made a vow that none of his children should marry until they owned a home. At this writing Mr. Young owns a ranch of 160 acres of well-improved property, aside from valuable city holdings. His daughters, Mrs. Cornelia Wysinger and Mrs. Abernathy, of Bowles, all own valuable holdings as also does one son. Dr. Benjamin Young, who has graduated from both the University of California and a University in Chicago, recently locating in Fowler to practice medicine.
For additional information see: Channel 47 - Fresno The Journey: Fowler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTi8hyhapY&t=93s
Mr. Jordan Young came from Columbia, South Carolina, December 21, 1891, locating at Fowler, California at the suggestion of his sister, Mrs. Julia Bell. He passed the station going to Fresno, which was ten miles away. It cost thirty cents to return to Fowler and he only had thirty-five, so he walked. He soon secured work and in a few years sent back for his family which consisted of his wife Louisa and seven children. After this he began to save and buy property. He bought a city block for four hundred dollars, retaining the same until the town began to grow, when he sold twenty-two lots for $2,500 and bought eleven more for $700. He then made a vow that none of his children should marry until they owned a home. At this writing Mr. Young owns a ranch of 160 acres of well-improved property, aside from valuable city holdings. His daughters, Mrs. Cornelia Wysinger and Mrs. Abernathy, of Bowles, all own valuable holdings as also does one son. Dr. Benjamin Young, who has graduated from both the University of California and a University in Chicago, recently locating in Fowler to practice medicine.
For additional information see: Channel 47 - Fresno The Journey: Fowler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTi8hyhapY&t=93s
