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Here are mini-bios of some of the early settlers of Fullerton. Click on their name to read about them:

George and Edward Amerige (founders)

Domingo and Maria Bastanchury (ranchers)

Henry Gaylord Wilshire (developer/socialist)

Pierre Nicolas (rancher)

William Freeman (doctor)

The Des Granges Family

The Ford Family

William J. Wickersheim

Richard Spencer Gregory

The Gardiner Family

The Benchley Family

Edward Atherton (ostrich farmer)

Charles E. Ruddock (town marshal and OC sheriff)

Charles C. Chapman (orange rancher/mayor)

Andrew Rorden (rancher)

Alex Henderson (blacksmith)

The Porter Family

William Thomas Brown

O.V. Knowlton

Danforth C. Cowles (doctor)

Abe Pritchard

Charles and Sarah Harvey

Christian Anderson

John Henry Lang

E.C. Miles

Paul John Lotze

The Spencer Family

Jacob Stern (General Store/Real Estate Owner)

The McDermont Family

William L. Hale

The Moore Brothers (cement manufacturers)

William Starbuck

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