EDWARD
BARRON
Fremont Township
Barron Park, Mayfield, Palo Alto
(see bio from 1881)
One of the beautiful places of Santa Clara COunty
is the farm residence of Edward Barron, in Fremont Township.
The entire tract consists of 352 acres, and of this fifty acres is laid
out as a park, and embraces the residence grounds. The buildings are
beautiful in design and costly in construction. There is an
orchard of ten acres, panted in pears, apricots, peaches, French
prunes, and apples.
The subject of this sketch is a native of the south of Ireland was born
June 24, 1831. Coming to the United States in 1847, he made New
York his home until November 1851, when he started for California via
Panama, and arrived in January 1, 1852. Not long after landing in
San Francisco he commenced dealing in live stock, and so continued
until 1860, when he retired with an ample fortune. After paying a
short visit ot he Eastern States, in 1861 Mr. Barron returned to
California to find that the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, had
been discovered; he thereupon formed a connection with some others
interested in the principal mines, and commenced their
development, an association he maintained until the year 1876, he being
in these years the owner of a quartz-mill and lodge himself, and
President of such well-known mines as the Gould & Curry,
Consolidated Virginia, and California, and this too, at a time when
they were paying dividends of over $2,000,000 per month. In 1876
Mr. Barron resigned these offices and retired from an active
participation in business affairs. He then set out on a one
year's tour in Europe; returned in 1877 for a few months; again crossed
the Atlantic, and finally came back to California in April, 1878, when
he established his residence at Mayfield. Here Mr. Barron has
constructed one of the most attractive homes in Santa Clara County. Its
ground are highly embellished with large groves of ornamental trees;
the approach is along a well-protected avenue; the building is
encircled by parterres of richly-hued flowers, while the tout
enseemble
conveys the idea of rare opulence and patrician retirement. He married,
November, 1851, Maria Cleary, by whom he has two children, George E.
and William R.
SOURCE: Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or
Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.-
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888. Page 490-491
transcribed by CDF
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