from The History of Fresno County by Paul E Vandor in 1919 transcribed by Lester Letson
ALBERT P. SIMPSON. Quickness of perception, prompt action and ready wit, prime essentials for a successful auctioneer, are possessed by Albert P. Simpson, Fresno's leading auctioneer and commission merchant. Although he was born in Ohio, August 23, 1867, he was reared from infancy in Adams County, Iowa. Educated in the public schools of Iowa he entered the mercantile business after completing his schooling, and was in general merchandise stores at Corning and Mount Etna, Iowa. He also had experience in the milling business. In 1888 he went to Los Angeles, where he was in the employ of the Earl Fruit Company five years. He then returned to Corning, Iowa, and engaged in farming, but the experience that so many testify to who have once made their home in California, was his dissatisfaction with the East after their return thither and a longing for the West, with its broader life and greater opportunities for an ambitious, energetic young man desirous of attaining the top of the ladder of success, The year 1912 found him again on his way to California. He went to Madera County and in partnership with E. P. Piper bought 1,200 acres of the Jones ranch, located in the southern part of the county, near the San Joaquin River. This they subdivided and sold off in from one to forty acre tracts. They laid out the town of Trego, built a store and home and sold all off in two years' time to people, nearly all of whom came from Iowa. This town which Simpson and Piper put on the map is now a thriving little place, with school, post office and irrigation plants. Mr. Simpson and his partner paid $32,000 for the land and sold it for $75,000. This was the largest deal made in Madera County in recent years. This land, formerly a grain ranch, is now planted to alfalfa and fruit. In 1914 Mr. Simpson came to Fresno and opened an auction and commission house. He has been very successful and today stands as a leader in his line of business. In addition, he auctions live stock in the valley, and in 1917 sold $95,000 worth of live stock at auction. His largest sale, for $10,635, was turned in five hours on the F. M. Helm ranch. He has done auction work for the Red Cross during the late war, giving his services free. Mrs. Simpson was before her marriage Martha Morton, a native of Montgomery County, Iowa, and a daughter of one of the pioneers of that state, a miller bv trade and the founder of the town of Morton Mills, which was named for him. The seven children born of their union are by name: Cloyd J., Jr.; Mrs. Ethel Johnson; Glenn: Beuhla, wife of Floyd Knox; Merle; Mildred; and Ruth, the wife of Stanlev Hopkins. Mr. Simpson is a great booster for Fresno County and thinks there is no place in the world that compares with it. He is a progressive citizen whose identification with Fresno has been of untold value to its growth and development.
ALBERT P. SIMPSON. Quickness of perception, prompt action and ready wit, prime essentials for a successful auctioneer, are possessed by Albert P. Simpson, Fresno's leading auctioneer and commission merchant. Although he was born in Ohio, August 23, 1867, he was reared from infancy in Adams County, Iowa. Educated in the public schools of Iowa he entered the mercantile business after completing his schooling, and was in general merchandise stores at Corning and Mount Etna, Iowa. He also had experience in the milling business. In 1888 he went to Los Angeles, where he was in the employ of the Earl Fruit Company five years. He then returned to Corning, Iowa, and engaged in farming, but the experience that so many testify to who have once made their home in California, was his dissatisfaction with the East after their return thither and a longing for the West, with its broader life and greater opportunities for an ambitious, energetic young man desirous of attaining the top of the ladder of success, The year 1912 found him again on his way to California. He went to Madera County and in partnership with E. P. Piper bought 1,200 acres of the Jones ranch, located in the southern part of the county, near the San Joaquin River. This they subdivided and sold off in from one to forty acre tracts. They laid out the town of Trego, built a store and home and sold all off in two years' time to people, nearly all of whom came from Iowa. This town which Simpson and Piper put on the map is now a thriving little place, with school, post office and irrigation plants. Mr. Simpson and his partner paid $32,000 for the land and sold it for $75,000. This was the largest deal made in Madera County in recent years. This land, formerly a grain ranch, is now planted to alfalfa and fruit. In 1914 Mr. Simpson came to Fresno and opened an auction and commission house. He has been very successful and today stands as a leader in his line of business. In addition, he auctions live stock in the valley, and in 1917 sold $95,000 worth of live stock at auction. His largest sale, for $10,635, was turned in five hours on the F. M. Helm ranch. He has done auction work for the Red Cross during the late war, giving his services free. Mrs. Simpson was before her marriage Martha Morton, a native of Montgomery County, Iowa, and a daughter of one of the pioneers of that state, a miller bv trade and the founder of the town of Morton Mills, which was named for him. The seven children born of their union are by name: Cloyd J., Jr.; Mrs. Ethel Johnson; Glenn: Beuhla, wife of Floyd Knox; Merle; Mildred; and Ruth, the wife of Stanlev Hopkins. Mr. Simpson is a great booster for Fresno County and thinks there is no place in the world that compares with it. He is a progressive citizen whose identification with Fresno has been of untold value to its growth and development.
from The History of Fresno County by Paul E Vandor in 1919 transcribed by Lester Letson
ALBERT P. SIMPSON. Quickness of perception, prompt action and ready wit, prime essentials for a successful auctioneer, are possessed by Albert P. Simpson, Fresno's leading auctioneer and commission merchant. Although he was born in Ohio, August 23, 1867, he was reared from infancy in Adams County, Iowa. Educated in the public schools of Iowa he entered the mercantile business after completing his schooling, and was in general merchandise stores at Corning and Mount Etna, Iowa. He also had experience in the milling business. In 1888 he went to Los Angeles, where he was in the employ of the Earl Fruit Company five years. He then returned to Corning, Iowa, and engaged in farming, but the experience that so many testify to who have once made their home in California, was his dissatisfaction with the East after their return thither and a longing for the West, with its broader life and greater opportunities for an ambitious, energetic young man desirous of attaining the top of the ladder of success, The year 1912 found him again on his way to California. He went to Madera County and in partnership with E. P. Piper bought 1,200 acres of the Jones ranch, located in the southern part of the county, near the San Joaquin River. This they subdivided and sold off in from one to forty acre tracts. They laid out the town of Trego, built a store and home and sold all off in two years' time to people, nearly all of whom came from Iowa. This town which Simpson and Piper put on the map is now a thriving little place, with school, post office and irrigation plants. Mr. Simpson and his partner paid $32,000 for the land and sold it for $75,000. This was the largest deal made in Madera County in recent years. This land, formerly a grain ranch, is now planted to alfalfa and fruit. In 1914 Mr. Simpson came to Fresno and opened an auction and commission house. He has been very successful and today stands as a leader in his line of business. In addition, he auctions live stock in the valley, and in 1917 sold $95,000 worth of live stock at auction. His largest sale, for $10,635, was turned in five hours on the F. M. Helm ranch. He has done auction work for the Red Cross during the late war, giving his services free. Mrs. Simpson was before her marriage Martha Morton, a native of Montgomery County, Iowa, and a daughter of one of the pioneers of that state, a miller bv trade and the founder of the town of Morton Mills, which was named for him. The seven children born of their union are by name: Cloyd J., Jr.; Mrs. Ethel Johnson; Glenn: Beuhla, wife of Floyd Knox; Merle; Mildred; and Ruth, the wife of Stanlev Hopkins. Mr. Simpson is a great booster for Fresno County and thinks there is no place in the world that compares with it. He is a progressive citizen whose identification with Fresno has been of untold value to its growth and development.
ALBERT P. SIMPSON. Quickness of perception, prompt action and ready wit, prime essentials for a successful auctioneer, are possessed by Albert P. Simpson, Fresno's leading auctioneer and commission merchant. Although he was born in Ohio, August 23, 1867, he was reared from infancy in Adams County, Iowa. Educated in the public schools of Iowa he entered the mercantile business after completing his schooling, and was in general merchandise stores at Corning and Mount Etna, Iowa. He also had experience in the milling business. In 1888 he went to Los Angeles, where he was in the employ of the Earl Fruit Company five years. He then returned to Corning, Iowa, and engaged in farming, but the experience that so many testify to who have once made their home in California, was his dissatisfaction with the East after their return thither and a longing for the West, with its broader life and greater opportunities for an ambitious, energetic young man desirous of attaining the top of the ladder of success, The year 1912 found him again on his way to California. He went to Madera County and in partnership with E. P. Piper bought 1,200 acres of the Jones ranch, located in the southern part of the county, near the San Joaquin River. This they subdivided and sold off in from one to forty acre tracts. They laid out the town of Trego, built a store and home and sold all off in two years' time to people, nearly all of whom came from Iowa. This town which Simpson and Piper put on the map is now a thriving little place, with school, post office and irrigation plants. Mr. Simpson and his partner paid $32,000 for the land and sold it for $75,000. This was the largest deal made in Madera County in recent years. This land, formerly a grain ranch, is now planted to alfalfa and fruit. In 1914 Mr. Simpson came to Fresno and opened an auction and commission house. He has been very successful and today stands as a leader in his line of business. In addition, he auctions live stock in the valley, and in 1917 sold $95,000 worth of live stock at auction. His largest sale, for $10,635, was turned in five hours on the F. M. Helm ranch. He has done auction work for the Red Cross during the late war, giving his services free. Mrs. Simpson was before her marriage Martha Morton, a native of Montgomery County, Iowa, and a daughter of one of the pioneers of that state, a miller bv trade and the founder of the town of Morton Mills, which was named for him. The seven children born of their union are by name: Cloyd J., Jr.; Mrs. Ethel Johnson; Glenn: Beuhla, wife of Floyd Knox; Merle; Mildred; and Ruth, the wife of Stanlev Hopkins. Mr. Simpson is a great booster for Fresno County and thinks there is no place in the world that compares with it. He is a progressive citizen whose identification with Fresno has been of untold value to its growth and development.
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