Thank you Lester for the added information....
From the 1919 book by Paul Vandor
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BARRINGER. It is interesting to meet and greet a Fresno County pioneer, a man who in his younger days entered the wilderness and helped to reclaim the desert lands and experienced the hardships incident to the life of a frontiersman, and one who has witnessed the wonderful transformation in the county, and rejoices in its present high state of development and is proud of the fact that he aided in this development " such a man is Alexander H. Barringer, the successful rancher residing six miles northeast of Sanger. Mr. Barringer is a Southerner by birth, a native of Marshall County, Miss., where he was born near Holly Springs on September 28, 1855. His parents were W. F. and Nancy A. Davis Barringer, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, who had two children: Martha J. and Alexander II., the subject of this review and the only one of the family now living. The father, W. V . Barringer, served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army, and fought bravely for those principles which he conscientiously thought were right. He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston and was a member of the Company under Kirby Smith, and after four years of valiant service he returned to his peaceful vocation, "a whole man," as his son described him. After the death of his wife, which occurred in 1866, W. F. Barringer, with his two children, returned to the old home in Mississippi where he resided until the fall of 1871, when he brought them to California where he arrived November 7, 1871 ; he preempted 160 acres of land in Round Mountain district, Fresno County, which is now the property of Alexander H. Barringer. For a number of years after his settling in California, W. F. Barringer 'followed stock-raising, but after the discovery that his land would grow grain abundantly he engaged in raising hay and grain till he retired; he died here in 1907, at the age of seventy-five years. Alexander H. went to school in Texas, then in Mississippi, till he was sixteen years old. Then he came to Fresno County. Here he went to work to assist his father, so school was omitted from that time on. He remained home and when his father retired he took entire charge of the ranch and in time came to own the place. For years prior to the death of his father, Alexander had active charge of the affairs of the place and was engaged in raising stock, grain and hay. He became interested in fruit-raising, setting out the first vineyard and first orange orchard in the district. He now has a nicely improved place. The ranch is irrigated from the Enterprise Canal, having one of the first water rights. At the bride's home January 1, 1884, Alexander H. Barringer was united in marriage with Miss Amanda H. Elliott, a daughter of Joseph S. and Jane B. (O'Connell) Elliott, pioneers of California, who came from Massachusetts and Maine respectively. Mrs. Barringer was born in Napa and came to Fresno when she was three and a half years of age, receiving her education in the Round Mountain district. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Barringer were blessed with two children: William W., who in 1905 married Edna F. Hazelton. a daughter of Henry Hazelton, and to them were born three children, Allen H., Leta A. and Winnifred W. : the other child is Anna Josephine, who is now the wife of L. H. Williams, on the Barringer ranch, and they have two children, Mildred Maxine and Donald Hugh.
At the age of twenty-one. Mr. Barringer became a member of the school board of Round Mountain district, and served in that capacity for over twenty years, part of the time as clerk. School was started in an old shack, then a thousand-dollar building was built by assessment, and still later, in 1906, the new school building was erected. The Barringers are now among the oldest settlers in the district. Mr. Barringer remembers when the county seat was moved from Fullerton to Fresno, in 1874. He took an active part in supporting the different raisin associations, and is now a member and stockholder in the California Associated Raisin Company.
From the 1919 book by Paul Vandor
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BARRINGER. It is interesting to meet and greet a Fresno County pioneer, a man who in his younger days entered the wilderness and helped to reclaim the desert lands and experienced the hardships incident to the life of a frontiersman, and one who has witnessed the wonderful transformation in the county, and rejoices in its present high state of development and is proud of the fact that he aided in this development " such a man is Alexander H. Barringer, the successful rancher residing six miles northeast of Sanger. Mr. Barringer is a Southerner by birth, a native of Marshall County, Miss., where he was born near Holly Springs on September 28, 1855. His parents were W. F. and Nancy A. Davis Barringer, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, who had two children: Martha J. and Alexander II., the subject of this review and the only one of the family now living. The father, W. V . Barringer, served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army, and fought bravely for those principles which he conscientiously thought were right. He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston and was a member of the Company under Kirby Smith, and after four years of valiant service he returned to his peaceful vocation, "a whole man," as his son described him. After the death of his wife, which occurred in 1866, W. F. Barringer, with his two children, returned to the old home in Mississippi where he resided until the fall of 1871, when he brought them to California where he arrived November 7, 1871 ; he preempted 160 acres of land in Round Mountain district, Fresno County, which is now the property of Alexander H. Barringer. For a number of years after his settling in California, W. F. Barringer 'followed stock-raising, but after the discovery that his land would grow grain abundantly he engaged in raising hay and grain till he retired; he died here in 1907, at the age of seventy-five years. Alexander H. went to school in Texas, then in Mississippi, till he was sixteen years old. Then he came to Fresno County. Here he went to work to assist his father, so school was omitted from that time on. He remained home and when his father retired he took entire charge of the ranch and in time came to own the place. For years prior to the death of his father, Alexander had active charge of the affairs of the place and was engaged in raising stock, grain and hay. He became interested in fruit-raising, setting out the first vineyard and first orange orchard in the district. He now has a nicely improved place. The ranch is irrigated from the Enterprise Canal, having one of the first water rights. At the bride's home January 1, 1884, Alexander H. Barringer was united in marriage with Miss Amanda H. Elliott, a daughter of Joseph S. and Jane B. (O'Connell) Elliott, pioneers of California, who came from Massachusetts and Maine respectively. Mrs. Barringer was born in Napa and came to Fresno when she was three and a half years of age, receiving her education in the Round Mountain district. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Barringer were blessed with two children: William W., who in 1905 married Edna F. Hazelton. a daughter of Henry Hazelton, and to them were born three children, Allen H., Leta A. and Winnifred W. : the other child is Anna Josephine, who is now the wife of L. H. Williams, on the Barringer ranch, and they have two children, Mildred Maxine and Donald Hugh.
At the age of twenty-one. Mr. Barringer became a member of the school board of Round Mountain district, and served in that capacity for over twenty years, part of the time as clerk. School was started in an old shack, then a thousand-dollar building was built by assessment, and still later, in 1906, the new school building was erected. The Barringers are now among the oldest settlers in the district. Mr. Barringer remembers when the county seat was moved from Fullerton to Fresno, in 1874. He took an active part in supporting the different raisin associations, and is now a member and stockholder in the California Associated Raisin Company.
Thank you Lester for the added information....
From the 1919 book by Paul Vandor
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BARRINGER. It is interesting to meet and greet a Fresno County pioneer, a man who in his younger days entered the wilderness and helped to reclaim the desert lands and experienced the hardships incident to the life of a frontiersman, and one who has witnessed the wonderful transformation in the county, and rejoices in its present high state of development and is proud of the fact that he aided in this development " such a man is Alexander H. Barringer, the successful rancher residing six miles northeast of Sanger. Mr. Barringer is a Southerner by birth, a native of Marshall County, Miss., where he was born near Holly Springs on September 28, 1855. His parents were W. F. and Nancy A. Davis Barringer, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, who had two children: Martha J. and Alexander II., the subject of this review and the only one of the family now living. The father, W. V . Barringer, served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army, and fought bravely for those principles which he conscientiously thought were right. He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston and was a member of the Company under Kirby Smith, and after four years of valiant service he returned to his peaceful vocation, "a whole man," as his son described him. After the death of his wife, which occurred in 1866, W. F. Barringer, with his two children, returned to the old home in Mississippi where he resided until the fall of 1871, when he brought them to California where he arrived November 7, 1871 ; he preempted 160 acres of land in Round Mountain district, Fresno County, which is now the property of Alexander H. Barringer. For a number of years after his settling in California, W. F. Barringer 'followed stock-raising, but after the discovery that his land would grow grain abundantly he engaged in raising hay and grain till he retired; he died here in 1907, at the age of seventy-five years. Alexander H. went to school in Texas, then in Mississippi, till he was sixteen years old. Then he came to Fresno County. Here he went to work to assist his father, so school was omitted from that time on. He remained home and when his father retired he took entire charge of the ranch and in time came to own the place. For years prior to the death of his father, Alexander had active charge of the affairs of the place and was engaged in raising stock, grain and hay. He became interested in fruit-raising, setting out the first vineyard and first orange orchard in the district. He now has a nicely improved place. The ranch is irrigated from the Enterprise Canal, having one of the first water rights. At the bride's home January 1, 1884, Alexander H. Barringer was united in marriage with Miss Amanda H. Elliott, a daughter of Joseph S. and Jane B. (O'Connell) Elliott, pioneers of California, who came from Massachusetts and Maine respectively. Mrs. Barringer was born in Napa and came to Fresno when she was three and a half years of age, receiving her education in the Round Mountain district. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Barringer were blessed with two children: William W., who in 1905 married Edna F. Hazelton. a daughter of Henry Hazelton, and to them were born three children, Allen H., Leta A. and Winnifred W. : the other child is Anna Josephine, who is now the wife of L. H. Williams, on the Barringer ranch, and they have two children, Mildred Maxine and Donald Hugh.
At the age of twenty-one. Mr. Barringer became a member of the school board of Round Mountain district, and served in that capacity for over twenty years, part of the time as clerk. School was started in an old shack, then a thousand-dollar building was built by assessment, and still later, in 1906, the new school building was erected. The Barringers are now among the oldest settlers in the district. Mr. Barringer remembers when the county seat was moved from Fullerton to Fresno, in 1874. He took an active part in supporting the different raisin associations, and is now a member and stockholder in the California Associated Raisin Company.
From the 1919 book by Paul Vandor
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BARRINGER. It is interesting to meet and greet a Fresno County pioneer, a man who in his younger days entered the wilderness and helped to reclaim the desert lands and experienced the hardships incident to the life of a frontiersman, and one who has witnessed the wonderful transformation in the county, and rejoices in its present high state of development and is proud of the fact that he aided in this development " such a man is Alexander H. Barringer, the successful rancher residing six miles northeast of Sanger. Mr. Barringer is a Southerner by birth, a native of Marshall County, Miss., where he was born near Holly Springs on September 28, 1855. His parents were W. F. and Nancy A. Davis Barringer, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, who had two children: Martha J. and Alexander II., the subject of this review and the only one of the family now living. The father, W. V . Barringer, served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army, and fought bravely for those principles which he conscientiously thought were right. He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston and was a member of the Company under Kirby Smith, and after four years of valiant service he returned to his peaceful vocation, "a whole man," as his son described him. After the death of his wife, which occurred in 1866, W. F. Barringer, with his two children, returned to the old home in Mississippi where he resided until the fall of 1871, when he brought them to California where he arrived November 7, 1871 ; he preempted 160 acres of land in Round Mountain district, Fresno County, which is now the property of Alexander H. Barringer. For a number of years after his settling in California, W. F. Barringer 'followed stock-raising, but after the discovery that his land would grow grain abundantly he engaged in raising hay and grain till he retired; he died here in 1907, at the age of seventy-five years. Alexander H. went to school in Texas, then in Mississippi, till he was sixteen years old. Then he came to Fresno County. Here he went to work to assist his father, so school was omitted from that time on. He remained home and when his father retired he took entire charge of the ranch and in time came to own the place. For years prior to the death of his father, Alexander had active charge of the affairs of the place and was engaged in raising stock, grain and hay. He became interested in fruit-raising, setting out the first vineyard and first orange orchard in the district. He now has a nicely improved place. The ranch is irrigated from the Enterprise Canal, having one of the first water rights. At the bride's home January 1, 1884, Alexander H. Barringer was united in marriage with Miss Amanda H. Elliott, a daughter of Joseph S. and Jane B. (O'Connell) Elliott, pioneers of California, who came from Massachusetts and Maine respectively. Mrs. Barringer was born in Napa and came to Fresno when she was three and a half years of age, receiving her education in the Round Mountain district. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Barringer were blessed with two children: William W., who in 1905 married Edna F. Hazelton. a daughter of Henry Hazelton, and to them were born three children, Allen H., Leta A. and Winnifred W. : the other child is Anna Josephine, who is now the wife of L. H. Williams, on the Barringer ranch, and they have two children, Mildred Maxine and Donald Hugh.
At the age of twenty-one. Mr. Barringer became a member of the school board of Round Mountain district, and served in that capacity for over twenty years, part of the time as clerk. School was started in an old shack, then a thousand-dollar building was built by assessment, and still later, in 1906, the new school building was erected. The Barringers are now among the oldest settlers in the district. Mr. Barringer remembers when the county seat was moved from Fullerton to Fresno, in 1874. He took an active part in supporting the different raisin associations, and is now a member and stockholder in the California Associated Raisin Company.
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