Among the many good citizens that the Empire State has contributed to increase the population of California, Harold C. Dewey is worthy of mention. He was born in Lincoln, Wayne County, N. Y., January 26, 1880, the son of Morris M. and Julia (Lee) Dewey, the former born in Delta, Oneida County, N. Y., and the latter in Somers, Conn.; she died in Pomona in 1893, leaving three children—Mamie, Mrs. Harris, now of Yuma, Ariz.; Helen, Mrs. Chown, living in Portland, Ore.; and Harold C., of this review. The family settled in Pomona, Cal., in 1883, where the father was in the employ of J. E. Packard and others, in setting out orchards and vineyards in this Valley, and later engaged in the real estate business in Pomona for many years. He is now in business in Portland, Ore.
Harold C. was but three years old when the family settled in Pomona Valley, where he has passed nearly all the years of his life, therefore is full of reminiscences concerning Pomona when it was but a struggling village. As a boy he shot rabbits in what is now the main business section of the town. Here he attended the grammar and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1900, and when he was able he assisted his father in his work of setting out and caring for citrus and deciduous orchards, later taking up the real estate and building business, which he has since followed. He has built many residences and business structures in Pomona and nearby cities for himself and and has owned four orange groves. He has put on the market and sold off three subdivisions, and has done as much to develop the Valley as any one man within its confines. The position he has attained has been through his own efforts and his display of good business ability and reliability in his transactions.
The marriage of Harold C. Dewey and Miss Bernice Surtees, a native of Colwich, Kans., was solemnized in Princeton, Kans., in June, 1907, and they have become parents of two children—Mildred H. and Virginia A. Mrs. Dewey is active in social and club life, and is president of the Ebell Club (1919). Mr. and Mrs. Dewey are members and workers in the First Methodist Church of Pomona.
History of Pomona Valley, California, with Biographical Sketches
of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been
Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days
to the Present
Published in Los Angeles, Cal., by the Historic Record Company
1920
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 10/30/08, Pages 640-641
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