s/o William Henry Duke and Nancy E Lester
He had a General Merchandise Store in Fresno
m#1 Florence E ______
m#2 Reinette deHarven
she was a nurse
son: Walter deHarven Duke 1916-1936
From The History of Fresno County:
WALTER WILSON DUKE
A popular business man whose succes is due to his high ideals and standards of conduct, is Walter Wilson Duke, a native of Missouri, born near Carrollton, August 28, 1870. His father, W. H. Duke, was a Kentuckian, and his mother, who was Elizabeth Lester before her marriage, came from Tennessee. This fusion of some of the finest of Southern blood was bound to tell, and Walter W. started life with physical and mental force such as would spell attainment and prosperity. His father moved to Missouri and farmed there, and when he left the Iron State, he received the farewells and best wishes of many who deeply regretted his going; it was in 1876 that Mr. Duke's course lay across the broad continent to the northwest and Oregon. At Lakeview, in Lake County, he at last pitched his tent, and as a farmer and stockman, won success for himself and pointed the way for others to follow, and there he died, honored by all who knew him. One might very well find in just such lives as that of W. H. Duke and his faithful wife the entire story of the conquering of a vast continent by the Eastern pioneer.
The oldest of their four children, Walter W. was brought up at Lakeview, and there attended the public school. He learned farming, and with a boy's enthusiasm, he rode the range. His experiences were not always pleasant, nor were his tasks light, but he proved what was in him, and prepared himself for the real tussle with the world.
When he was twenty-one, Mr, Duke engaged in farming for himself in Lake County, Ore., and in 1898 he moved to Modoc County, Cal. At Davis Creek he managed the Davis Creek hotel and he soon engaged in the raising of sheep, cattle, horses and hogs. He leased a ranch of about 1,000 acres, and for ten years was one of the most successful ranchmen. In 1908, he sold out and went to San Francisco ; and a year later, he came to Kerman, where he bought a farm, and for three years raised alfalfa. Later he established his general merchandise store, at first in a small building a block below his present site. His stock was not large, but his business acumen, his straightforwardness, and his
desire to be of service to his patrons, enabled him to do a good business from the start.
In January, 1915, Mr. Duke bought his present site and erected a reinforced concrete structure, forty-five by eighty feet, affording two large stores, and his business has grown until the Duke establishment is noted for the
completeness and quality of stock handled. Mr. Duke is active in the Merchants Association of Kerman and was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a live wire in all that will advance the
community or benefit the State. Loyal to the principles of the Democratic parfy, he is non-partisan in local issues.
Mrs. Duke before her marriage on April 19, 1915, was a popular Minneapolis maiden, Katherine R. de Harven, and she came of good old French stock. Their one child is named Walter de Harven Duke. Mrs. Duke attends the Episcopal
Church.
He had a General Merchandise Store in Fresno
m#1 Florence E ______
m#2 Reinette deHarven
she was a nurse
son: Walter deHarven Duke 1916-1936
From The History of Fresno County:
WALTER WILSON DUKE
A popular business man whose succes is due to his high ideals and standards of conduct, is Walter Wilson Duke, a native of Missouri, born near Carrollton, August 28, 1870. His father, W. H. Duke, was a Kentuckian, and his mother, who was Elizabeth Lester before her marriage, came from Tennessee. This fusion of some of the finest of Southern blood was bound to tell, and Walter W. started life with physical and mental force such as would spell attainment and prosperity. His father moved to Missouri and farmed there, and when he left the Iron State, he received the farewells and best wishes of many who deeply regretted his going; it was in 1876 that Mr. Duke's course lay across the broad continent to the northwest and Oregon. At Lakeview, in Lake County, he at last pitched his tent, and as a farmer and stockman, won success for himself and pointed the way for others to follow, and there he died, honored by all who knew him. One might very well find in just such lives as that of W. H. Duke and his faithful wife the entire story of the conquering of a vast continent by the Eastern pioneer.
The oldest of their four children, Walter W. was brought up at Lakeview, and there attended the public school. He learned farming, and with a boy's enthusiasm, he rode the range. His experiences were not always pleasant, nor were his tasks light, but he proved what was in him, and prepared himself for the real tussle with the world.
When he was twenty-one, Mr, Duke engaged in farming for himself in Lake County, Ore., and in 1898 he moved to Modoc County, Cal. At Davis Creek he managed the Davis Creek hotel and he soon engaged in the raising of sheep, cattle, horses and hogs. He leased a ranch of about 1,000 acres, and for ten years was one of the most successful ranchmen. In 1908, he sold out and went to San Francisco ; and a year later, he came to Kerman, where he bought a farm, and for three years raised alfalfa. Later he established his general merchandise store, at first in a small building a block below his present site. His stock was not large, but his business acumen, his straightforwardness, and his
desire to be of service to his patrons, enabled him to do a good business from the start.
In January, 1915, Mr. Duke bought his present site and erected a reinforced concrete structure, forty-five by eighty feet, affording two large stores, and his business has grown until the Duke establishment is noted for the
completeness and quality of stock handled. Mr. Duke is active in the Merchants Association of Kerman and was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a live wire in all that will advance the
community or benefit the State. Loyal to the principles of the Democratic parfy, he is non-partisan in local issues.
Mrs. Duke before her marriage on April 19, 1915, was a popular Minneapolis maiden, Katherine R. de Harven, and she came of good old French stock. Their one child is named Walter de Harven Duke. Mrs. Duke attends the Episcopal
Church.
s/o William Henry Duke and Nancy E Lester
He had a General Merchandise Store in Fresno
m#1 Florence E ______
m#2 Reinette deHarven
she was a nurse
son: Walter deHarven Duke 1916-1936
From The History of Fresno County:
WALTER WILSON DUKE
A popular business man whose succes is due to his high ideals and standards of conduct, is Walter Wilson Duke, a native of Missouri, born near Carrollton, August 28, 1870. His father, W. H. Duke, was a Kentuckian, and his mother, who was Elizabeth Lester before her marriage, came from Tennessee. This fusion of some of the finest of Southern blood was bound to tell, and Walter W. started life with physical and mental force such as would spell attainment and prosperity. His father moved to Missouri and farmed there, and when he left the Iron State, he received the farewells and best wishes of many who deeply regretted his going; it was in 1876 that Mr. Duke's course lay across the broad continent to the northwest and Oregon. At Lakeview, in Lake County, he at last pitched his tent, and as a farmer and stockman, won success for himself and pointed the way for others to follow, and there he died, honored by all who knew him. One might very well find in just such lives as that of W. H. Duke and his faithful wife the entire story of the conquering of a vast continent by the Eastern pioneer.
The oldest of their four children, Walter W. was brought up at Lakeview, and there attended the public school. He learned farming, and with a boy's enthusiasm, he rode the range. His experiences were not always pleasant, nor were his tasks light, but he proved what was in him, and prepared himself for the real tussle with the world.
When he was twenty-one, Mr, Duke engaged in farming for himself in Lake County, Ore., and in 1898 he moved to Modoc County, Cal. At Davis Creek he managed the Davis Creek hotel and he soon engaged in the raising of sheep, cattle, horses and hogs. He leased a ranch of about 1,000 acres, and for ten years was one of the most successful ranchmen. In 1908, he sold out and went to San Francisco ; and a year later, he came to Kerman, where he bought a farm, and for three years raised alfalfa. Later he established his general merchandise store, at first in a small building a block below his present site. His stock was not large, but his business acumen, his straightforwardness, and his
desire to be of service to his patrons, enabled him to do a good business from the start.
In January, 1915, Mr. Duke bought his present site and erected a reinforced concrete structure, forty-five by eighty feet, affording two large stores, and his business has grown until the Duke establishment is noted for the
completeness and quality of stock handled. Mr. Duke is active in the Merchants Association of Kerman and was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a live wire in all that will advance the
community or benefit the State. Loyal to the principles of the Democratic parfy, he is non-partisan in local issues.
Mrs. Duke before her marriage on April 19, 1915, was a popular Minneapolis maiden, Katherine R. de Harven, and she came of good old French stock. Their one child is named Walter de Harven Duke. Mrs. Duke attends the Episcopal
Church.
He had a General Merchandise Store in Fresno
m#1 Florence E ______
m#2 Reinette deHarven
she was a nurse
son: Walter deHarven Duke 1916-1936
From The History of Fresno County:
WALTER WILSON DUKE
A popular business man whose succes is due to his high ideals and standards of conduct, is Walter Wilson Duke, a native of Missouri, born near Carrollton, August 28, 1870. His father, W. H. Duke, was a Kentuckian, and his mother, who was Elizabeth Lester before her marriage, came from Tennessee. This fusion of some of the finest of Southern blood was bound to tell, and Walter W. started life with physical and mental force such as would spell attainment and prosperity. His father moved to Missouri and farmed there, and when he left the Iron State, he received the farewells and best wishes of many who deeply regretted his going; it was in 1876 that Mr. Duke's course lay across the broad continent to the northwest and Oregon. At Lakeview, in Lake County, he at last pitched his tent, and as a farmer and stockman, won success for himself and pointed the way for others to follow, and there he died, honored by all who knew him. One might very well find in just such lives as that of W. H. Duke and his faithful wife the entire story of the conquering of a vast continent by the Eastern pioneer.
The oldest of their four children, Walter W. was brought up at Lakeview, and there attended the public school. He learned farming, and with a boy's enthusiasm, he rode the range. His experiences were not always pleasant, nor were his tasks light, but he proved what was in him, and prepared himself for the real tussle with the world.
When he was twenty-one, Mr, Duke engaged in farming for himself in Lake County, Ore., and in 1898 he moved to Modoc County, Cal. At Davis Creek he managed the Davis Creek hotel and he soon engaged in the raising of sheep, cattle, horses and hogs. He leased a ranch of about 1,000 acres, and for ten years was one of the most successful ranchmen. In 1908, he sold out and went to San Francisco ; and a year later, he came to Kerman, where he bought a farm, and for three years raised alfalfa. Later he established his general merchandise store, at first in a small building a block below his present site. His stock was not large, but his business acumen, his straightforwardness, and his
desire to be of service to his patrons, enabled him to do a good business from the start.
In January, 1915, Mr. Duke bought his present site and erected a reinforced concrete structure, forty-five by eighty feet, affording two large stores, and his business has grown until the Duke establishment is noted for the
completeness and quality of stock handled. Mr. Duke is active in the Merchants Association of Kerman and was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a live wire in all that will advance the
community or benefit the State. Loyal to the principles of the Democratic parfy, he is non-partisan in local issues.
Mrs. Duke before her marriage on April 19, 1915, was a popular Minneapolis maiden, Katherine R. de Harven, and she came of good old French stock. Their one child is named Walter de Harven Duke. Mrs. Duke attends the Episcopal
Church.
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