Surnames: Stroud, Brundrett
Although of English birth, Harry Barnes has spent practically his
entire life in the Untied States and has thoroughly identified his
interest with those of his adopted country, being now numbered among
the leading orchardists of the Santa Clara Valley. He was born in
London, England, Mary 13 1882, a son of William and Alice (Stroud)
Barnes, who came to the United States in 1887, settling in southwest
texas. At the time of the Galveston
flood in 1900,
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes and their six children were residing in that
city. Harry was the oldest and had left Galveston for
dallas, the night before the storm. The rest of the family
perished excepting the father, who escaped miraculously and now lives
in Ft. Worth. In the schools of the Lone Star state Harry Barnes
acquired his education and on starting out in life for himself entered
the employ of the firm of Stone & Webster, Engineering Corporation
of Boston, Mass., becoming superintendent of power house construction,
which postion he continued to fill for ten years, his work in that
connection taking him all over the southern portion of the United
States. He was likewise identified with the agricultural
industry, being engaged in raising stock, grain and fruit, having a
thirty acre orchard of peaches pears, and plums. He continued in
Texas for nine years and then decided to locate in California, having
been very favorably impressed with this region during previous visits
to the state, having first visited the Santa Clara Valley twenty years
ago. Dispoing of all of his interst in Texas, he came to the
Santa Clara valley in Februaryl, 1921, and purchased a tract of eleven
acres on the corner of Casey Road and Union Avenue , near Campbell. He
specializes in the raising of purnes, in which he has been very
succesful, for he believes in advanced methods and keeps abreast of the
times in every way.
Mr. Barnes was married in Dallas, Texas July 31, 1905, to Miss
Marie Brundrett, a native ot Texas, and they now have a daughter,
Harriet Brundrett Barnes. Mr. Barness is a member of Orchard City
Grange and the Californai Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc.
He finds recreatiion in hunting and fishing and is nonpartisan in his
political views, placing the qualifications of a candidate above all
other considerations. In the mangaement of his business affairs he has
been progressive , energetic and capable and in the discharge of his
duties as a citizen has at all times been actuated by patriotic
principles.
Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben, from Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California, published by Historic Record Co. , 1922. page 1083
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