1. Lewis Byington Ford was a Monterey Peninsula real estate developer who developed Pebble Beach and Carmel Woods.
23 Facts About Byington Ford
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Byington Ford created the Carmel Realty Company, was a cartoonist, poloist, baseball player, coach in the Carmel Abalone League, and acted in and directed over 45 plays.
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Byington Ford was involved in the social circle and society of Monterey Peninsula.
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Byington Ford was born on November 1,1890, in Downieville, Sierra County, California to Tirey L Ford and Mary Emma Byington.
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Byington Ford's father is a direct descended of French Huguenots.
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Byington Ford's family moved to San Francisco in 1895, and they were still there at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
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Byington Ford graduated from Santa Clara College in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Byington Ford went on to get his master's from the University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1913, where he earned his Master of Arts degree.
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Byington Ford studied law at St Ignatius Jesuit College, now the University of San Francisco, but gave up the idea and instead went into real estate.
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On November 17,1920, Byington Ford married Marion Boisot in Pebble Beach, California.
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On February 22,1937, Byington Ford married his second wife, Ruth Austin Mattimore, in Reno, Nevada.
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In 1916, Ford was director of the Animated Film Corporation in San Francisco, of which his father, Tirey L Ford, was president.
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In 1917, Ford enlisted in the California National Guard and went to Officers Training Camp at the Presidio of San Francisco where he was commissioned and then sent to France during World War I In France, he trained at the Saint-Cyr cavalry school.
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Byington Ford was captain in the 102nd Field Artillery Regiment of the 26th "Yankee" Division.
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Byington Ford brought a detachment of soldiers from France back to New York.
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Byington Ford was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in action.
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In 1941, Byington Ford enlisted in the US Army air force during World War II and became a lieutenant colonel.
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Byington Ford headed the citizens' committee to oppose the JRC and their activities.
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In 1919, working with Samuel Finley Brown Morse, Byington Ford became manager at the Del Monte Properties in Pebble Beach, California, heading their real estate department for twelve years.
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Byington Ford rode horseback through the undeveloped parts of Del Monte Forest to survey the land for development.
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Byington Ford constructed the first two "hangar homes" when he opened the air park to the public on December 7,1941.
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In 1954, Byington Ford retired, and Peter Delfino purchased the Carmel Valley Airport property for $35,000.
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On January 19,1985, Byington Ford died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Ventura, California.