San Joaquin County Biographies
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CHARLES G. DELMEGE
Among the ranchers of San Joaquin County who, by strict attention to business have been able to retire from active work, is Charles G. Delmege of Stockton. He was born in Bristol, Kendall County, Ill., on November 22, 1846, and at the age of seventeen, in company with two schoolmates, ran away from home and enlisted for service in the Civil War; he also had two brothers who served in the army, one enlisting in 1861, and all served in the same company. On February 10, 1864, he enlisted under Capt. F.W. Sowerby in Company H of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry in command of Col. A.G. Brackett, with General Hatch as division commander, the brigade known as Hatch's cavalry. Three days after joining his regiment he was under fire with the Army of the Tennessee, being engaged against Forrest until ordered to cross the river to fight General Hood's army. The only two battles he was in were Franklin and Nashville. While engaged against Hood the army was under command of Gen. Schofield; later was under Gen. Thomas; although in active service all the time, he came out without a scratch. His service continued until October 31, 1865, when he was mustered out, and then returned to his home in Illinois. In 1867, removing to Iowa, he bought a farm near Afton, consisting of eighty acres; his father and one of his brothers also owned farms in that location. He spent twelve years on his place, which was devoted to the raising of grain, then he removed to Denver, Colo., and became interested in politics. He was appointed by the mayor and served four years as a member of the police department, and then for two years was city jailer. On account of a change in administration Mr. Delmege left the employ of the police department, and at the current election worked for a particular candidate for county sheriff, who was elected and who, in appreciation for services rendered, appointed Mr. Delmege county jailer, serving two years. Trading his Denver property for a farm, he then went to Boulder, Colo., farming near there for four years, then resided in Boulder for two years. In the fall of 1899 he was sent to Des Moines as state agent for the Anchor Mutual Fire Insurance Company, being appointed by his brother, who was president of the company; then he was in the lumber business for two years at Larimore, Iowa, and was also interested in the real estate business there. From Iowa he removed to Knox, N.D., and went into the real estate business, and while residing there took up government land, which he farmed for four years; then in 1906 he came to California and bought a ten-acre tract of land at Manteca, which he planted to wine grapes. While his vines were maturing he conducted a poultry business, and after twelve years sold out and moved to Stockton, where he has since resided.
The marriage of Mr. Delmege occurred at Afton, Iowa, on November 8, 1870, and united him with Miss Amanda Keating, a native of Ohio, and they are the parents of two sons: Clarence A., of Sheridan, Wyo., is married and has three girls, one of whom has a daughter; and Louie J. is married and lives at Manteca. Mr. Delmege is past commander of Rawlins Post No. 23, G.A.R., of Stockton, while Mrs. Delmege is a member of the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies' Circle of the G.A.R., and during the World War was an active Red Cross worker. Both Mr. and Mrs. Delmege attend the Christian Science Church of Stockton.
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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