San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/26/2009
LOUIS J. CHAPPUIS
For the past fifteen years Louis J. Chappuis has resided on his ranch three miles southeast of Lodi on Kettleman Lane, which consists of twelve and one-half acres devoted to vineyard. He was born in Perry County, Mo., on November 23, 1853, the sixth in a family of nine children born to John C. and Louisa Chappuis. In 1863 the family removed from Missouri to Rice County, Minn., where the father engaged in farming near the town of Faribault, and in the grammar schools of that place Louis J. received his education. During twenty-seven years of his life he remained at home with his parents and the practical knowledge of agriculture he gained has been of great value to him in grape culture.
In 1880 Mr. Chappuis went into the Red River country and homesteaded a tract of land in Polk County, Mo.; however, he longed for his old associations of home and friends, and sold his homestead rights and moved back to Faribault, where he purchased sixty acres on which he raised grain and ran a dairy, and there his marriage occurred on January 9, 1889, which united him with Miss Mary J. Chapdelaine, a native of Faribault, and a daughter of Francis and Philistie Chapdelaine. Success crowned the industry of Mr. Chappuis and in 1907, when he decided to remove to California, he had sufficient means to purchase a home place of twelve and one-half acres, which was set to young vineyard; later he bought thirteen and a half acres, a little south of his home place, which was also set to young vineyard, and Mr. Chappuis has further improved the places with an irrigation system by which he has an abundance of water for the cultivation of his vineyards. Mr. and Mrs. Chappuis are the parents of eight children: John C., an engineer in the Stockton Paper Mills, died July 2, 1922; Nellie is Mrs. Eugene Beckman of Lodi; Peter, Alexander, Albert and George; Dollie, Mrs. Vernon Pope, lives in Lodi, and Henry is at home. In politics Mr. Chappuis is a Republican, and fraternally is a member of the Modern Woodmen of Lodi. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church. Peter and Albert served about a year in the army, but before they saw active field duty, the armistice was signed.
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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