George E. Canfield received his education in the public schools of Minnesota, attending during the winter months and in summer assisting with the farm work. When he was twenty-one, in 1882, he became manager of a grain elevator at Highmore, S. Dak., then Dakota Territory. Two years later he returned to Minnesota and became a buyer for Jennison Brothers, who operated a mill at Janesville, Minn. Mr. Canfield was interested in the grain business at Janesville, Minn., and at Bancroft, Iowa, until 1906, when he decided he would come to California and build up a home place. He arrived in Chico, on May 17, of that year, found a suitable tract of land, and on August 19, he moved his family to their new location. Here he has one hundred ten acres which he has cleared from oak trees and brush, and upon which he has set out twenty acres of almonds, ten acres of peaches, and twenty acres of prunes. He raises his own nursery stock, and has devoted his entire time and attention to the development of his fine country home, and is meeting with merited success in his enterprise.
Mr. Canfield was united in marriage at Janesville, Minn., in 1886, with Miss Susan A. Starks, who was born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and came to Minnesota when a girl of seventeen. Nine children have been born to them, namely: Dwight, who died when twenty-one; Clifford, who took a five-year course at the University of California, and became a teacher of agriculture and athletics in the Chico High School, and who is in the Officers' Reserve Training Corps, stationed at San Pedro; Elsie, who is a teacher in Glenn County, and the wife of Mark Sisk; Calla, a teacher in Trinity County, married C.W. Williams, who was a senior in the University of Oregon, but who has been called to the colors; Velma, a teacher in Trinity County; Hope, a teacher in Glenn County; Orville, a graduate from Chico High School; Carroll, who is a student in the high school; and Wallace, also a student. The four daughters above mentioned are graduates of the Chico State Normal.
Mr. Canfield is a man of firm convictions, standing unfalteringly for what he thinks is right. He is a stanch friend of education and culture, and a strong advocate for temperance, and lends his support to all worthy projects for the upbuilding of his adopted county. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 1115-1116, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
George E. Canfield received his education in the public schools of Minnesota, attending during the winter months and in summer assisting with the farm work. When he was twenty-one, in 1882, he became manager of a grain elevator at Highmore, S. Dak., then Dakota Territory. Two years later he returned to Minnesota and became a buyer for Jennison Brothers, who operated a mill at Janesville, Minn. Mr. Canfield was interested in the grain business at Janesville, Minn., and at Bancroft, Iowa, until 1906, when he decided he would come to California and build up a home place. He arrived in Chico, on May 17, of that year, found a suitable tract of land, and on August 19, he moved his family to their new location. Here he has one hundred ten acres which he has cleared from oak trees and brush, and upon which he has set out twenty acres of almonds, ten acres of peaches, and twenty acres of prunes. He raises his own nursery stock, and has devoted his entire time and attention to the development of his fine country home, and is meeting with merited success in his enterprise.
Mr. Canfield was united in marriage at Janesville, Minn., in 1886, with Miss Susan A. Starks, who was born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and came to Minnesota when a girl of seventeen. Nine children have been born to them, namely: Dwight, who died when twenty-one; Clifford, who took a five-year course at the University of California, and became a teacher of agriculture and athletics in the Chico High School, and who is in the Officers' Reserve Training Corps, stationed at San Pedro; Elsie, who is a teacher in Glenn County, and the wife of Mark Sisk; Calla, a teacher in Trinity County, married C.W. Williams, who was a senior in the University of Oregon, but who has been called to the colors; Velma, a teacher in Trinity County; Hope, a teacher in Glenn County; Orville, a graduate from Chico High School; Carroll, who is a student in the high school; and Wallace, also a student. The four daughters above mentioned are graduates of the Chico State Normal.
Mr. Canfield is a man of firm convictions, standing unfalteringly for what he thinks is right. He is a stanch friend of education and culture, and a strong advocate for temperance, and lends his support to all worthy projects for the upbuilding of his adopted county. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 1115-1116, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
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