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Interview with William Durbrow, Irrigation Leader (1958) (233 pages)
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Durbrows No, my grandfether Pierson lived to be 92 and he
lived up the street. He was something of a recluse.
He had a shop. He was a cabinet-maker. He made
wonderful things. But he was a recluse, and loved to
study end read. That was his life.: He was well-supported by my uncle who was well-to-do and my fether,.
My mother owned the home where he lived. They were
not divorced but separated. My grandfather never
ceme down to our house regularly until my grandmother
Gied. Then each week I'd bring him down for dinner
on a Thursday night. I'd bring him down the hill on
my arm and so I learned quite a little about him,
He wes quite an interesting old man, although as I
say, he was kind of a recluse. Never much a supporter
of his family.
Baum And a dreamer you say.
Durbrow: And a dreamer. Before he came West he joined up with
a Horace Greeley sponsored colony in New York.
Baum’ What did your brothers and. sisters do when they grew
up?
Durbrow: Well, my oldest brother was an insurance men, employed
by the Aetna Insurance Company, When he retired he
was the oldest employee in San Franeisco of the Aetna
Insurence Company. He retired when he was 70 and he