Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor. "A History of Central Washington, Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys." Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929. p. 210. O. G. FRANCE for forty years a resident of the Wenatchee country, is a native of Wisconsin, having been born in Wallace County, in 1857. His father, D. G. France was a Civil War veteran, having enlisted in Company K, 10th Wisconsin infantry volunteers. Our subject grew up on a farm, and before reaching the age of twenty-one had learned the carpenter's trade, which later he turned to good account in bridge construction in South Dakota, for the Milwaukee railroad, sometimes as foreman of building crews. His headquarters for some time were in Mitchell. In 1889 he came to the Wenatchee country, after a correspondence with W. E. Stevens whom he had known in the East. He helped to construct the larger buildings erected by Mr. Stevens in the old town, and in other ways managed to keep busy, though active development did not come until railroad building. On October 13, 1890, Mr. France was married to Miss Mamie I. Blair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Blair. Mr. and Mrs. France have three children: Herbert S., Richard and Gerald. Mr. and Mrs. France have lived thirty-seven years in their present home facing on Western Avenue. The improvements are fine, the house standing in the midst of splendid shade trees. Mr. France has acquired several other orchard tracts, and has proven himself one of the best horticulturalists in Chelan County. His Winesaps alone have helped to make the country famous. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in December 2008 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.