Butte County
Biographies
GEORGE GROVER HUPP
GEORGE GROVER HUPP.--The life history of many of the native sons of
California, whose parents crossed the plains with ox teams in the fifties, if
written up in detail would prove intensely interesting. One of these native
sons, who has for some years been prominently
associated with the civic life of Chico, is George Grover Hupp.
He was born at Hupp’s Mill, Butte County, March 27, 1877. He is the son of John and Rosanna (Wooliver) Hupp, pioneers of Butte
County. The father was one of the prominent early lumber manufacturers of Butte
County, as also a pioneer miner. He died in 1898, while his widow survives him.
An extended account of John Hupp appears on another
page of this history.
George Grover was the fourth oldest of the
six children born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hupp, and he
was brought up at Hupp’s Mill, attending school
there, also at Chico and Oroville, after which he was engaged in the sawmill
business with his father until his father’s death, when he continued the
business four years longer. He then sold out and was employed in a mill at Inskip, after which he was employed by a dredger company at
Oroville; then one summer with the Great Western Power Company; next he worked
at the Cape Horn Mine.
Mr. Hupp was
married in Chico, November 3, 1905, to Ethel Hendrix. She was the daughter of
Miles and Louisa (Henderson) Hendrix, and was born in Nimshew,
Cal. The father was a native of Indiana; the mother, of Arkansas. Mr. Hendrix
came to Iowa as a boy and later crossed the plains. Grandfather Hendrix crossed
the plains in 1853, and his son in 1854. Miles Hendrix
was a miner and farmer. He was married in San Joaquin County to Miss Henderson,
who came with her father, Benjamin, across the plains, by ox team, in 1854. In
1856 Mr. Henderson went East via Panama, returning to Arkansas, where he
remained until 1859, when he again crossed the plains by ox team, bringing with
him a band of cattle. He settled in San Joaquin County, later going to Butte
County, where he died. Miles Hendrix farmed near Stockton until the dry year of
1871, when he came to Butte County and located near Dayton, later buying a
place near Magalia, where he died in 1885. Mrs. Hendrix continued there with
her children until 1912, when she came to Chico. Mrs. Hendrix was the mother of
nine children: William, in Chico; Edna, who became Mrs. Wilson, of Durham;
George, living in Oakland; Alonzo, in Chico with Standard Oil Company; Charles,
employed at Cape Horn Mine; Estella, who died in Texas; Ida M., who is Mrs.
Thompson of Yreka; Ethel, who is Mrs. George Grover Hupp;
Benjamin, a miner at Cape Horn.
In 1910, Mr. Hupp
moved into Chico and entered into the employ of the city. In 1915, he was
appointed superintendent of streets, and he also had supervision over the sewer
and plumbing department of the city. In 1917 he resigned to accept the position
of engineer of Hintz and Lynch Saw Mill at Lone Spar. He owns a comfortable
home in Chico. He is a Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias;
he was also Keeper of the Records and Seals for five years. In politics he is a
Republican.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
13 May 2008.
Source:
"History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages
917-918, Historic Record
Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918.
© 2008 Marie Hassard.
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