San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 11/12/2009
CHARLES H. DAVIDSON
For the past sixteen years Charles H. Davidson has been the faithful mail carrier of the rural route No. 6 out of Stockton and in the interim conducts two ranches, one on McKinley Avenue south of Stockton and the other near French Camp, the two places containing about sixty-five acres. He is a native son of California, born near Oakdale, February 23, 1876, a son of Marcus A. Davidson, a native of Vermont who pioneered in California, first as a prospector, then as a stock raiser and dry farmer, but before his death engaged in dairying and was a stanch advocate of irrigation. Both parents are now deceased. Charles H. was reared in Stockton and attended the Jackson school. Early in young manhood he started in a small way to retail milk to the residents of Stockton and steadily his business grew until it became very extensive and he conducted it for ten years with fine profit; later he engaged as teamster for the company for five years.
On June 3, 1896, Mr. Davidson was married to Miss Emma H. Hoessel, a native of Stockton and a daughter of George E. Hoessel, prominent pioneer and butcher of Stockton. George E. Hoessel married Miss Carolina S. Wagener, who passed away January 13, 1922, an honored pioneer woman of her locality. Three sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Davidson: Walter W. is a graduate of the public schools and the University of Washington and at present is a veterinary surgeon and state meat inspector; Carleton H. is a rancher; and Charles M. is a student in the Stockton high school. Mr. Davidson owns the old Captain Moss home place on McKinley Avenue, South Stockton, also a fine ranch near French Camp and he spends much of his leisure time at his ranches. Mr. Davidson and his two eldest sons are members of the Stockton Parlor of the N.S.G.W., and Mrs. Davidson was a member of the N.D.G.W.
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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