San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/3/2009
HAZARD ZOLLIE BARDIN
A rancher of Upper Roberts Island, numbered among the enterprising agriculturists of his locality, is Hazard Zollie Bardin, the owner of a choice Delta farm of 100 acres, which was formerly a portion of the Pescadero grant, highly cultivated and well improved. He was born at Parler, S.C., Aug. 23, 1881, a son of Hazard and Ida J. (Exum) Bardin, natives of South Carolina of English and French descent. Hazard Bardin, Sr., was a merchant in Parler, S.C. and was also a manufacturer of turpentine, owning a factory which he conducted for forty years. In 1892 he removed with his family to Ft. White, Fla., also in the yellow pine woods, the same as at Parler, so he again engaged in manufacturing turpentine until he gave up active business about five years ago. He was bereaved of his wife in 1899. Eight children were born to them, seven of whom are living, Hazard Zollie being the eldest. As a lad he received a good education in the public schools and a military school at Palatka, Fla., remaining at home with his parents until 1901, when he went to Jacksonville, Fla., where he was occupied in the offices of the Southern Express Company for five years. In 1907 he came to San Francisco and entered the employ of the Wells Fargo Company as messenger, traveling throughout California and continuing in that position for seven years. He was thus able to judge the different localities of California by actual observation and San Joaquin County was selected as the place for his permanent home.
On October 6, 1914, Mr. Bardin was married to Miss Louise Undine Kuckuk, Union Island, the first white child to be born on that island. She is the daughter of Fred and Lena (Ellebrock) Kuckuk, early settlers of San Joaquin County. Her parents were pioneers on Union Island and Mr. Kuckuk aided in reclaiming the Delta country where he is still engaged in farming. They have two children living, Fred Jr., the eldest, and Louise Undine, who received her education in the Byron school, riding a pony eight miles to school every day. In 1908 she purchased 100 acres with money she had made in the sheep business and in 1914 she and her husband took up their abode on this tract of land, then a swamp covered with tule. At the present time it has been reclaimed and planted to alfalfa and general farming products, and hogs and sheep are being raised profitably. Mr. Bardin is a member of the American Federation of Farmers and he and his wife in their political preferment are independent, preferring to vote for principle rather than party.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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