San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/7/2009
AARON RUSSELL BECKWITH
A worthy representative of one of the most interesting of California pioneer families is Aaron Russell Beckwith, a native of Porterville, Tulare County, where he was born on March 26, 1888, the son of C.J. and Lena (Jefford) Beckwith, the former an extensive grain-farmer. When our subject was five years of age, his parents removed to Woodland, Cal., and there engaged in agricultural pursuits. They had nine children, and six are living today. The father came from Ohio in 1862, and the mother's family also hailed from the Buckeye State.
Aaron Beckwith attended the grammar school at Woodland, and when only fourteen years of age entered the service of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He accepted various jobs at first, and then was placed in the maintenance of way department. For nine years he remained with the Southern Pacific, working on the Stockton division, and most of the time having his headquarters at Tracy. On August 23, 1909, he was married at Sacramento to Miss Violet A. Noble, a native of Galt, Cal., the daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Noble, and a member of a family who came to Sacramento County many years ago. Mrs. Noble is still living at Galt. A son, Mrs. Beckwith's brother, made his home at Tracy until 1915, when he moved to the present ranch, known as the Noble Ranch, located on Dry Creek, about four miles from Galt. This ranch consists of 246 acres, and is the property of Mrs. Noble; and here Mr. Beckwith is conducting a dairy. He has twenty acres of alfalfa, and the rest of the land is in pasture.
Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith have one son and one daughter, Chester Russell and Grace Elizabeth. Mr. Beckwith still retains his membership in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. When Acampo and its wonderful environment shall have been fully developed, the influence of the life and work of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Russell Beckwith will be felt and always duly recognized. Mr. Beckwith's uncle, Byron, started the irrigation ditch in the Woodbridge district, and also opened the first drug-store at Lodi, which he later sold to Graham. He afterwards moved to Colusa, where he died.
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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