From "The History of Fresno County" by Paul E Vandor, published in 1919, available to use for his memorial, note last paragraph indicating he was "moving to Colorado soon".
ILA T. GROUNDS Fourteen miles northwest of Fresno, in the Biola
district, is located the cattle ranch of I. T. Grounds, who specializes in raising pure-bred, short-horn cattle, of which he is the proud possessor of a fine herd.
I. T. Grounds was born on the celebrated Truxton cattle ranch at Hackberry Mojave County, Ariz., January 20, 1878. His father, W. F. Grounds, is a native of Arkansas, and when six years of age was taken by his parents to Tom Green County, Texas, where they were raising cattle. In 1872, W. F. Grounds brought a drove of cattle to Arizona, and in 1876 brought out the balance of his herd and established the Truxton Ranch on the old Truxton-Beal trail, known as the Santa Fe trail, a large and valuable cattle ranch which he sold, to engage in mining, which precarious vocation he followed until 1888, when he
again engaged in cattle-raising at Clay Springs. Ariz., until 1900.
In 1901, W. F. Grounds located in the City of Fresno, but continued to deal in cattle and operate his ranch. He resides at 700 San Pablo Avenue, Fresno, and is now sixty-six years of age. His wife, before her marriage, was Melissa Cureton, a native of Texas. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grounds, nine of whom are living, I. T. Grounds, of this review, being the oldest child.
He was reared in Arizona, assisting his father on the ranch until he was twenty-one years old, when he ran cattle, together with his father's stock. Until he came to California, I. T. Grounds continued in the cattle business at Clay Springs, Ariz., with his brother. William F., Jr., at which time he dissolved the partnership and shipped his cattle to California. In 1903, Mr. Grounds located in Fresno, where he engaged in the butcher business, operating a shop on Blackstone Avenue. On November 15, 1911, he purchased his present place of eighty acres on Noyes Avenue in the Biola district, where he conducts his celebrated ranch for the breeding of pure short-horn stock, raises alfalfa, and runs a dairy of twenty-five cows.
In 1903, at Kingman, Ariz., I. T. Grounds was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Starkey, a native of Arizona, born on the H. Willow Ranch, and a daughter of Wellington Starkey, a native of Visalia, Cal.. who migrated to Arizona in 1874, where he engaged in the cattle business, and in that state passed to his eternal reward. Her mother was, before her marriage, Esther Roberts, born in Australia, but now residing at Keystone. Mrs. Grounds was the second youngest of four children. She attended the high school at Santa Ana, Cal. ' Mr. and Mrs. Grounds have four children: Roy D., Janice D., W. Carrol, and Chester W. Mr. Grounds is a stockholder in the Danish Creamery, a charter member of the California Short-Horn Breeders Association, and has shown his fine cattle at Fresno, where they have been awarded several first prizes. He has shown his interest in educational matters by serving as trustee of the Biola School district, and is Clerk of the Board.
Mr. Grounds expects to take up his residence in Craig, Moffat County, Colo., at an early date, where he has become a stockholder in the Clay Springs Cattle Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, and owners of large tracts of land in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, and having thousands of cattle.
ILA T. GROUNDS Fourteen miles northwest of Fresno, in the Biola
district, is located the cattle ranch of I. T. Grounds, who specializes in raising pure-bred, short-horn cattle, of which he is the proud possessor of a fine herd.
I. T. Grounds was born on the celebrated Truxton cattle ranch at Hackberry Mojave County, Ariz., January 20, 1878. His father, W. F. Grounds, is a native of Arkansas, and when six years of age was taken by his parents to Tom Green County, Texas, where they were raising cattle. In 1872, W. F. Grounds brought a drove of cattle to Arizona, and in 1876 brought out the balance of his herd and established the Truxton Ranch on the old Truxton-Beal trail, known as the Santa Fe trail, a large and valuable cattle ranch which he sold, to engage in mining, which precarious vocation he followed until 1888, when he
again engaged in cattle-raising at Clay Springs. Ariz., until 1900.
In 1901, W. F. Grounds located in the City of Fresno, but continued to deal in cattle and operate his ranch. He resides at 700 San Pablo Avenue, Fresno, and is now sixty-six years of age. His wife, before her marriage, was Melissa Cureton, a native of Texas. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grounds, nine of whom are living, I. T. Grounds, of this review, being the oldest child.
He was reared in Arizona, assisting his father on the ranch until he was twenty-one years old, when he ran cattle, together with his father's stock. Until he came to California, I. T. Grounds continued in the cattle business at Clay Springs, Ariz., with his brother. William F., Jr., at which time he dissolved the partnership and shipped his cattle to California. In 1903, Mr. Grounds located in Fresno, where he engaged in the butcher business, operating a shop on Blackstone Avenue. On November 15, 1911, he purchased his present place of eighty acres on Noyes Avenue in the Biola district, where he conducts his celebrated ranch for the breeding of pure short-horn stock, raises alfalfa, and runs a dairy of twenty-five cows.
In 1903, at Kingman, Ariz., I. T. Grounds was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Starkey, a native of Arizona, born on the H. Willow Ranch, and a daughter of Wellington Starkey, a native of Visalia, Cal.. who migrated to Arizona in 1874, where he engaged in the cattle business, and in that state passed to his eternal reward. Her mother was, before her marriage, Esther Roberts, born in Australia, but now residing at Keystone. Mrs. Grounds was the second youngest of four children. She attended the high school at Santa Ana, Cal. ' Mr. and Mrs. Grounds have four children: Roy D., Janice D., W. Carrol, and Chester W. Mr. Grounds is a stockholder in the Danish Creamery, a charter member of the California Short-Horn Breeders Association, and has shown his fine cattle at Fresno, where they have been awarded several first prizes. He has shown his interest in educational matters by serving as trustee of the Biola School district, and is Clerk of the Board.
Mr. Grounds expects to take up his residence in Craig, Moffat County, Colo., at an early date, where he has become a stockholder in the Clay Springs Cattle Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, and owners of large tracts of land in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, and having thousands of cattle.
From "The History of Fresno County" by Paul E Vandor, published in 1919, available to use for his memorial, note last paragraph indicating he was "moving to Colorado soon".
ILA T. GROUNDS Fourteen miles northwest of Fresno, in the Biola
district, is located the cattle ranch of I. T. Grounds, who specializes in raising pure-bred, short-horn cattle, of which he is the proud possessor of a fine herd.
I. T. Grounds was born on the celebrated Truxton cattle ranch at Hackberry Mojave County, Ariz., January 20, 1878. His father, W. F. Grounds, is a native of Arkansas, and when six years of age was taken by his parents to Tom Green County, Texas, where they were raising cattle. In 1872, W. F. Grounds brought a drove of cattle to Arizona, and in 1876 brought out the balance of his herd and established the Truxton Ranch on the old Truxton-Beal trail, known as the Santa Fe trail, a large and valuable cattle ranch which he sold, to engage in mining, which precarious vocation he followed until 1888, when he
again engaged in cattle-raising at Clay Springs. Ariz., until 1900.
In 1901, W. F. Grounds located in the City of Fresno, but continued to deal in cattle and operate his ranch. He resides at 700 San Pablo Avenue, Fresno, and is now sixty-six years of age. His wife, before her marriage, was Melissa Cureton, a native of Texas. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grounds, nine of whom are living, I. T. Grounds, of this review, being the oldest child.
He was reared in Arizona, assisting his father on the ranch until he was twenty-one years old, when he ran cattle, together with his father's stock. Until he came to California, I. T. Grounds continued in the cattle business at Clay Springs, Ariz., with his brother. William F., Jr., at which time he dissolved the partnership and shipped his cattle to California. In 1903, Mr. Grounds located in Fresno, where he engaged in the butcher business, operating a shop on Blackstone Avenue. On November 15, 1911, he purchased his present place of eighty acres on Noyes Avenue in the Biola district, where he conducts his celebrated ranch for the breeding of pure short-horn stock, raises alfalfa, and runs a dairy of twenty-five cows.
In 1903, at Kingman, Ariz., I. T. Grounds was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Starkey, a native of Arizona, born on the H. Willow Ranch, and a daughter of Wellington Starkey, a native of Visalia, Cal.. who migrated to Arizona in 1874, where he engaged in the cattle business, and in that state passed to his eternal reward. Her mother was, before her marriage, Esther Roberts, born in Australia, but now residing at Keystone. Mrs. Grounds was the second youngest of four children. She attended the high school at Santa Ana, Cal. ' Mr. and Mrs. Grounds have four children: Roy D., Janice D., W. Carrol, and Chester W. Mr. Grounds is a stockholder in the Danish Creamery, a charter member of the California Short-Horn Breeders Association, and has shown his fine cattle at Fresno, where they have been awarded several first prizes. He has shown his interest in educational matters by serving as trustee of the Biola School district, and is Clerk of the Board.
Mr. Grounds expects to take up his residence in Craig, Moffat County, Colo., at an early date, where he has become a stockholder in the Clay Springs Cattle Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, and owners of large tracts of land in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, and having thousands of cattle.
ILA T. GROUNDS Fourteen miles northwest of Fresno, in the Biola
district, is located the cattle ranch of I. T. Grounds, who specializes in raising pure-bred, short-horn cattle, of which he is the proud possessor of a fine herd.
I. T. Grounds was born on the celebrated Truxton cattle ranch at Hackberry Mojave County, Ariz., January 20, 1878. His father, W. F. Grounds, is a native of Arkansas, and when six years of age was taken by his parents to Tom Green County, Texas, where they were raising cattle. In 1872, W. F. Grounds brought a drove of cattle to Arizona, and in 1876 brought out the balance of his herd and established the Truxton Ranch on the old Truxton-Beal trail, known as the Santa Fe trail, a large and valuable cattle ranch which he sold, to engage in mining, which precarious vocation he followed until 1888, when he
again engaged in cattle-raising at Clay Springs. Ariz., until 1900.
In 1901, W. F. Grounds located in the City of Fresno, but continued to deal in cattle and operate his ranch. He resides at 700 San Pablo Avenue, Fresno, and is now sixty-six years of age. His wife, before her marriage, was Melissa Cureton, a native of Texas. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grounds, nine of whom are living, I. T. Grounds, of this review, being the oldest child.
He was reared in Arizona, assisting his father on the ranch until he was twenty-one years old, when he ran cattle, together with his father's stock. Until he came to California, I. T. Grounds continued in the cattle business at Clay Springs, Ariz., with his brother. William F., Jr., at which time he dissolved the partnership and shipped his cattle to California. In 1903, Mr. Grounds located in Fresno, where he engaged in the butcher business, operating a shop on Blackstone Avenue. On November 15, 1911, he purchased his present place of eighty acres on Noyes Avenue in the Biola district, where he conducts his celebrated ranch for the breeding of pure short-horn stock, raises alfalfa, and runs a dairy of twenty-five cows.
In 1903, at Kingman, Ariz., I. T. Grounds was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Starkey, a native of Arizona, born on the H. Willow Ranch, and a daughter of Wellington Starkey, a native of Visalia, Cal.. who migrated to Arizona in 1874, where he engaged in the cattle business, and in that state passed to his eternal reward. Her mother was, before her marriage, Esther Roberts, born in Australia, but now residing at Keystone. Mrs. Grounds was the second youngest of four children. She attended the high school at Santa Ana, Cal. ' Mr. and Mrs. Grounds have four children: Roy D., Janice D., W. Carrol, and Chester W. Mr. Grounds is a stockholder in the Danish Creamery, a charter member of the California Short-Horn Breeders Association, and has shown his fine cattle at Fresno, where they have been awarded several first prizes. He has shown his interest in educational matters by serving as trustee of the Biola School district, and is Clerk of the Board.
Mr. Grounds expects to take up his residence in Craig, Moffat County, Colo., at an early date, where he has become a stockholder in the Clay Springs Cattle Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, and owners of large tracts of land in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, and having thousands of cattle.
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