Summary of John Wesley TREXLER

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TREXLER, HENRY J.
State: AR Year: 1860
County: Poinsett County Record Type: Federal Population Schedue
Township: Bresh Lake Township Page: 538
Database: AR 1860 Federal Census Index

T624 TREXLER, Henry J. 538 Bresh Lake Twp.
50 yrs. old from North Carolina
wife Eliza 50 from Georgia
William 25, no birthplace listed
Frances, 18, Alabama
Henry, 16, no birth place
Willie, 14, no birth place
Clementine, 13, male, no birth place
John, 12, male, no birth place
Mary, 10 female no birth place
Abner, 9, male no birth place

He is listed in the 1860 Census as being 12 years old and on the 1920 census as being 66 years old.

JOHN WESLEY TREXLER¹

A ranchman who, through application of the results of scentific investigation, and untiring attention to details, has brought the raising of both sheep and cattle to a high plane in California, is John Wesley Trexler, the son of Henry Trexler, a native of Pennsylvanania, who took up his residence in the South. From Alabama Henry Trexler moved to Mississippi; and in 1857 he became a pioneer in the wilderness of Arkanasas, where he died six years later. His wife, who was Elizabeth Halsey before her marriage, died in Arkansas in 1861. Ten children, six of whom were sons, were born to this worthy couple, John Wesley being the ninth.

John Wesley Trexler was born on May 28, 1853, in Alabama. He went with his parents to Mississippi, and thence to Arkansas, where he attended school until he was nine years of age. He then left home and went to live witha Mr. Bates in Memphis working for him on a farm until 1865. Afterwards he went to Crittenden County, Ark., where he continued to work as a farm hand, receiving more experience than dollars for his efforts. In the spring of 1875, when he was entering upon young manhood, Mr. Trexler came across the plains to California, and on his arrival went to work as a ranch hand in different counties for two years. In 1877 he purchased his first land in this state; located west of Red Bluff, Tehama County; and he cleared the land and farmed for himself with fair success. Later he moved west to Corning, where he also tilled the soil. In 1885 he sold out his home place, but continued to operate the last-named ranch until in 1889, when he came to what is now Glenn County and leased the Mills Holm place, ten miles west of Willows. When he took charge of it, there were no fences. He has fenced and crossed fenced the place, the latter at his own expense, and has devoted its acres to the stock business and to grain-farming. In1892 he gave up his lease and bought sixteen hundred acres of the Robinson ranch, meantime again leasing the Mills Holm ranch, and farmed both places until he gave up the Robinson ranch. He also leased five thousand acres of the Glenn ranch, operating over ten thousands acres for two years.

Mr. Trexler has followed sheep -raising with success; but about five years ago he sold off his bands of sheep and bought shorthorn Durham cattle, and is now making a specialty of that branch of the stock industry. He is classed with the leading stockmen of the Sacramento Valley. His well-know brand is JT combined, having the appearance of a J with a T top.

On April 1898, John W. Trexler and Miss Grace Flood were united in marriage at Newville. She was born in that locality, a daughter of John Flood, a pioneer of this county. Of this marriage seven children have been born : John William; Beulah wife of Fred Minge, of San Francisco; and Vernon Abner; Mary Ellen; Roy Anson; Genevieve, and Edna Augusta.

When the county division question came up, Mr. Trexler aligned himself in favor of the project, and gave of his time and influence to bring it to a favorable culmination in the organization of Glenn County. For some years he has served as a trustee of the Mills Holm school district, and was clerk of the board when the schoohouse was completed. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Woodmen of the world.

Marriages/Children

Sources

1. History of Colusa and Glenn Counties California with Biographical Sketches. Charles D. McComish, Rebecca T. Lambert. 1918.

2. 1920 U.S. Census. Ancestry.com. Online Images. 1920. Roll: T625_93, Page: 10A, Image 1066. State: California, County: Glenn, Township: Longmire.

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