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Among Parlier's aggressively energetic and successful young business men is E. J. Moncrief, dealer in hay, grain, oils and greases, wood, and ice. He was born at Nevada, Mo., November 29, 1888, and is the son of C. E. Moncrief, formerly of Sanger, now living with his son at Parlier.

The father, C. E. Moncrief, was born at Madison, Ind., November 19, 1863, and lived in his native state until the age of fifteen. He then accompanied his parents, William and Cynthia (Montgomery) Moncrief, to Vernon County, Mo., where they settled upon a farm and where the son grew to manhood. He was married in 1884, became a farmer and the owner of a 160-acre farm. He brought up a family of three children, namely: Daisy, wife of Mr. Popney, residing at Parlier; E. J., and R. E., the latter residing in Fresno. He sold his Missouri farm in 1904, and came to California, settling first at Oakland. In 1908 he came to Reedley. He is the owner of a ten-acre ranch at Reedley and a twenty-acre ranch at Kingsburg. In politics he is a Republican, and he and his good wife were members of the Baptist Church. Since the death of his wife, in the fall of 1917, he has made his home with his son, E. J., at Parlier.

E. J. Moncrief was sixteen years old when his parents settled at Rodeo, Cal., in 1904, and he was in the employ of the powder company for twenty-seven months, going thence to the oil fields at Maricopa, where he worked for the Sunset Monarch Oil Company, one of the J. D. Spreckels interests, until the spring of 1912, having charge of the fishing tool department and the storehouse on the Sunset Monarch property. During this time he visited his old Missouri home twice — in 1907 and in 1908 — the latter year returning with his bride, who before her marriage was Miss Olive Hogge of Nevada, Mo., one of his schoolmates.

In June, 1912, Mr. Moncrief removed to Parlier and engaged in his present line of business on a much smaller scale. The business has grown and prospered beyond the most sanguine expectations. Aside from being the public weighmaster, Mr. Moncrief gets ice from the Central California Ice Company of Fresno and distributes it to his customers in Parlier and vicinity.

He has built a cozy bungalow on his four acres east of and adjoining Parlier, where he resides with his wife and children, Charlie and Oliver.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Moncrief is a member of the W. O. W. He is an enterprising and substantial citizen, justly entitled to the esteem and respect accorded him, and the family is highly regarded at Parlier, Sanger, Maricopa, and other places where they have lived.