Biography is from the book The History of Fresno County written by Paul E Vandor published in 1919
Californians can never be too grateful to those pioneer farmers and stockmen, such as William Cloudsly Corlew, who, daring and sharing, through self-denial and hardship have won success and so strengthened the various social and business activities, crowning the whole, as has Mr. Corlew, by a live interest in local history and the preservation of historic records. Born at Rocheport, Boone Countv, Mo., on December 16, 1862, William's father was John Corlew, a native of that state who married there, Eliza Sexton, a worthy helpmate.
William C. was the youngest of the three children. The mother died in Missouri when our subject was born. Soon after, the father abandoned farming for the more hazardous but more profitable enterprise of teaming across the great plains to California; and as a path-breaking pioneer he made several trips to the Pacific Coast. Among all the sturdy Americans who thus contributed to conquer the great continent, none was braver or more surely deserved the reputation he acquired for safeguarding the lives and property of those confiding in him, while serving them to the limit of his strength and endurance.
In 1875, John Corlew came to California to locate, having by that time caught the "fever" sure to seize all who had a chance to become personally posted as to the superior advantages of the Golden State; and he settled at Modesto, where he established himself in the stock business. Later, he brought his sheep to Auberry Valley, at the same time he filed on a claim in the Valley. He continued in the sheep business until 1879, when he sold his sheep and engaged in cattle-raising at the same place. After that he moved to Big Sandy, and raised cattle and hogs; and finally he took up his residence at Fort Washington, at which place he died, honored by everyone who had known him and had dealings with him.
William C. was reared in Missouri by his grandmother Sexton, and attended the schools of his district. In 1878, when he had just passed his fifteenth year, he came to Fresno to live with his father, helping on the farm. He went to school at Big Sandy, grew up as a farmer, and remained at home until he was twenty-four. Then he started out for himself, having been well prepared for the battle of life in a country of such keen but honest competition that to succeed in one's chosen field is indeed a high honor.
He rented a farm and engaged in the raising of hogs and cattle : and as soon as he was able, he bought 160 acres at Big Sandy from his brother, Clifford. Then he bought still more land, until he had 290 acres of choice farm territory. This ranch he continued to run for the next three years.
ln the meantime, Mr. Corlew married, at Big Sandy, in 1887, Miss Annie Hall, a native of Solano County, Cal., born near Suisun, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Jeans) Hall. Her father was a well-known pioneer and stockman of Fresno County who located in Red Bank district in 1870. Four children were born of this union: Vera, Harland, Lurline and Winnie. In 1904. Mr. Corlew also bought eight and one-quarter acres at the corner of Blackstone and Weldon Avenues, Fresno, and having improved the same for the growing of alfalfa and peaches, he built for his family a fine residence. They attend the Christian Church. During all these years Mr. Corlew was engaged in hauling wood to retail in Fresno; and of late years, or since the construction of the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad, he has shipped the wood into town from his place, thirtyeight miles northeast of Fresno.
In 1914, he sold all of his ranch property except twenty-five acres, but in the spring of 1918 he bought 160 acres in Old Auberry Valley, at the foot of Corlew Mountain, and engaged in stock-raising and in handling wood. Always public-spirited, interested as a wide reader in politics generally, Mr. Corlew has long supported the platforms of the Democratic party on national issues, and the best men and the best measures on strictly local questions of the day. For years he served as clerk of the school board at Big Sandy. Mr. Corlew has done what he could to elevate the standard of good citizenship, and it is not surprising that prosperity has come his way.
Californians can never be too grateful to those pioneer farmers and stockmen, such as William Cloudsly Corlew, who, daring and sharing, through self-denial and hardship have won success and so strengthened the various social and business activities, crowning the whole, as has Mr. Corlew, by a live interest in local history and the preservation of historic records. Born at Rocheport, Boone Countv, Mo., on December 16, 1862, William's father was John Corlew, a native of that state who married there, Eliza Sexton, a worthy helpmate.
William C. was the youngest of the three children. The mother died in Missouri when our subject was born. Soon after, the father abandoned farming for the more hazardous but more profitable enterprise of teaming across the great plains to California; and as a path-breaking pioneer he made several trips to the Pacific Coast. Among all the sturdy Americans who thus contributed to conquer the great continent, none was braver or more surely deserved the reputation he acquired for safeguarding the lives and property of those confiding in him, while serving them to the limit of his strength and endurance.
In 1875, John Corlew came to California to locate, having by that time caught the "fever" sure to seize all who had a chance to become personally posted as to the superior advantages of the Golden State; and he settled at Modesto, where he established himself in the stock business. Later, he brought his sheep to Auberry Valley, at the same time he filed on a claim in the Valley. He continued in the sheep business until 1879, when he sold his sheep and engaged in cattle-raising at the same place. After that he moved to Big Sandy, and raised cattle and hogs; and finally he took up his residence at Fort Washington, at which place he died, honored by everyone who had known him and had dealings with him.
William C. was reared in Missouri by his grandmother Sexton, and attended the schools of his district. In 1878, when he had just passed his fifteenth year, he came to Fresno to live with his father, helping on the farm. He went to school at Big Sandy, grew up as a farmer, and remained at home until he was twenty-four. Then he started out for himself, having been well prepared for the battle of life in a country of such keen but honest competition that to succeed in one's chosen field is indeed a high honor.
He rented a farm and engaged in the raising of hogs and cattle : and as soon as he was able, he bought 160 acres at Big Sandy from his brother, Clifford. Then he bought still more land, until he had 290 acres of choice farm territory. This ranch he continued to run for the next three years.
ln the meantime, Mr. Corlew married, at Big Sandy, in 1887, Miss Annie Hall, a native of Solano County, Cal., born near Suisun, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Jeans) Hall. Her father was a well-known pioneer and stockman of Fresno County who located in Red Bank district in 1870. Four children were born of this union: Vera, Harland, Lurline and Winnie. In 1904. Mr. Corlew also bought eight and one-quarter acres at the corner of Blackstone and Weldon Avenues, Fresno, and having improved the same for the growing of alfalfa and peaches, he built for his family a fine residence. They attend the Christian Church. During all these years Mr. Corlew was engaged in hauling wood to retail in Fresno; and of late years, or since the construction of the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad, he has shipped the wood into town from his place, thirtyeight miles northeast of Fresno.
In 1914, he sold all of his ranch property except twenty-five acres, but in the spring of 1918 he bought 160 acres in Old Auberry Valley, at the foot of Corlew Mountain, and engaged in stock-raising and in handling wood. Always public-spirited, interested as a wide reader in politics generally, Mr. Corlew has long supported the platforms of the Democratic party on national issues, and the best men and the best measures on strictly local questions of the day. For years he served as clerk of the school board at Big Sandy. Mr. Corlew has done what he could to elevate the standard of good citizenship, and it is not surprising that prosperity has come his way.
Biography is from the book The History of Fresno County written by Paul E Vandor published in 1919
Californians can never be too grateful to those pioneer farmers and stockmen, such as William Cloudsly Corlew, who, daring and sharing, through self-denial and hardship have won success and so strengthened the various social and business activities, crowning the whole, as has Mr. Corlew, by a live interest in local history and the preservation of historic records. Born at Rocheport, Boone Countv, Mo., on December 16, 1862, William's father was John Corlew, a native of that state who married there, Eliza Sexton, a worthy helpmate.
William C. was the youngest of the three children. The mother died in Missouri when our subject was born. Soon after, the father abandoned farming for the more hazardous but more profitable enterprise of teaming across the great plains to California; and as a path-breaking pioneer he made several trips to the Pacific Coast. Among all the sturdy Americans who thus contributed to conquer the great continent, none was braver or more surely deserved the reputation he acquired for safeguarding the lives and property of those confiding in him, while serving them to the limit of his strength and endurance.
In 1875, John Corlew came to California to locate, having by that time caught the "fever" sure to seize all who had a chance to become personally posted as to the superior advantages of the Golden State; and he settled at Modesto, where he established himself in the stock business. Later, he brought his sheep to Auberry Valley, at the same time he filed on a claim in the Valley. He continued in the sheep business until 1879, when he sold his sheep and engaged in cattle-raising at the same place. After that he moved to Big Sandy, and raised cattle and hogs; and finally he took up his residence at Fort Washington, at which place he died, honored by everyone who had known him and had dealings with him.
William C. was reared in Missouri by his grandmother Sexton, and attended the schools of his district. In 1878, when he had just passed his fifteenth year, he came to Fresno to live with his father, helping on the farm. He went to school at Big Sandy, grew up as a farmer, and remained at home until he was twenty-four. Then he started out for himself, having been well prepared for the battle of life in a country of such keen but honest competition that to succeed in one's chosen field is indeed a high honor.
He rented a farm and engaged in the raising of hogs and cattle : and as soon as he was able, he bought 160 acres at Big Sandy from his brother, Clifford. Then he bought still more land, until he had 290 acres of choice farm territory. This ranch he continued to run for the next three years.
ln the meantime, Mr. Corlew married, at Big Sandy, in 1887, Miss Annie Hall, a native of Solano County, Cal., born near Suisun, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Jeans) Hall. Her father was a well-known pioneer and stockman of Fresno County who located in Red Bank district in 1870. Four children were born of this union: Vera, Harland, Lurline and Winnie. In 1904. Mr. Corlew also bought eight and one-quarter acres at the corner of Blackstone and Weldon Avenues, Fresno, and having improved the same for the growing of alfalfa and peaches, he built for his family a fine residence. They attend the Christian Church. During all these years Mr. Corlew was engaged in hauling wood to retail in Fresno; and of late years, or since the construction of the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad, he has shipped the wood into town from his place, thirtyeight miles northeast of Fresno.
In 1914, he sold all of his ranch property except twenty-five acres, but in the spring of 1918 he bought 160 acres in Old Auberry Valley, at the foot of Corlew Mountain, and engaged in stock-raising and in handling wood. Always public-spirited, interested as a wide reader in politics generally, Mr. Corlew has long supported the platforms of the Democratic party on national issues, and the best men and the best measures on strictly local questions of the day. For years he served as clerk of the school board at Big Sandy. Mr. Corlew has done what he could to elevate the standard of good citizenship, and it is not surprising that prosperity has come his way.
Californians can never be too grateful to those pioneer farmers and stockmen, such as William Cloudsly Corlew, who, daring and sharing, through self-denial and hardship have won success and so strengthened the various social and business activities, crowning the whole, as has Mr. Corlew, by a live interest in local history and the preservation of historic records. Born at Rocheport, Boone Countv, Mo., on December 16, 1862, William's father was John Corlew, a native of that state who married there, Eliza Sexton, a worthy helpmate.
William C. was the youngest of the three children. The mother died in Missouri when our subject was born. Soon after, the father abandoned farming for the more hazardous but more profitable enterprise of teaming across the great plains to California; and as a path-breaking pioneer he made several trips to the Pacific Coast. Among all the sturdy Americans who thus contributed to conquer the great continent, none was braver or more surely deserved the reputation he acquired for safeguarding the lives and property of those confiding in him, while serving them to the limit of his strength and endurance.
In 1875, John Corlew came to California to locate, having by that time caught the "fever" sure to seize all who had a chance to become personally posted as to the superior advantages of the Golden State; and he settled at Modesto, where he established himself in the stock business. Later, he brought his sheep to Auberry Valley, at the same time he filed on a claim in the Valley. He continued in the sheep business until 1879, when he sold his sheep and engaged in cattle-raising at the same place. After that he moved to Big Sandy, and raised cattle and hogs; and finally he took up his residence at Fort Washington, at which place he died, honored by everyone who had known him and had dealings with him.
William C. was reared in Missouri by his grandmother Sexton, and attended the schools of his district. In 1878, when he had just passed his fifteenth year, he came to Fresno to live with his father, helping on the farm. He went to school at Big Sandy, grew up as a farmer, and remained at home until he was twenty-four. Then he started out for himself, having been well prepared for the battle of life in a country of such keen but honest competition that to succeed in one's chosen field is indeed a high honor.
He rented a farm and engaged in the raising of hogs and cattle : and as soon as he was able, he bought 160 acres at Big Sandy from his brother, Clifford. Then he bought still more land, until he had 290 acres of choice farm territory. This ranch he continued to run for the next three years.
ln the meantime, Mr. Corlew married, at Big Sandy, in 1887, Miss Annie Hall, a native of Solano County, Cal., born near Suisun, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Jeans) Hall. Her father was a well-known pioneer and stockman of Fresno County who located in Red Bank district in 1870. Four children were born of this union: Vera, Harland, Lurline and Winnie. In 1904. Mr. Corlew also bought eight and one-quarter acres at the corner of Blackstone and Weldon Avenues, Fresno, and having improved the same for the growing of alfalfa and peaches, he built for his family a fine residence. They attend the Christian Church. During all these years Mr. Corlew was engaged in hauling wood to retail in Fresno; and of late years, or since the construction of the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad, he has shipped the wood into town from his place, thirtyeight miles northeast of Fresno.
In 1914, he sold all of his ranch property except twenty-five acres, but in the spring of 1918 he bought 160 acres in Old Auberry Valley, at the foot of Corlew Mountain, and engaged in stock-raising and in handling wood. Always public-spirited, interested as a wide reader in politics generally, Mr. Corlew has long supported the platforms of the Democratic party on national issues, and the best men and the best measures on strictly local questions of the day. For years he served as clerk of the school board at Big Sandy. Mr. Corlew has done what he could to elevate the standard of good citizenship, and it is not surprising that prosperity has come his way.
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