San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 11/22/2009
MADISON J. DRAIS
The junior member of the firm of Albertson & Drais, realtors, Madison J. Drais, is among the city's most progressive and capable business men. He was born in Tulare County, Cal., on April 19, 1876, the youngest of three sons of Alexander S. and Augustine N. (Morrow) Drais, both natives of Missouri. Alexander S. Drais crossed the plains, when a boy, with his parents in an ox-team and his father became a grain farmer in the Farmington district. He was a Civil War veteran, serving in a California company stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco, and helped to quell the Indian uprisings on the Coast. He was a member of Stockton Post, G.A.R. He farmed, for a time, in Tulare County and was a resident of Oakland for some time and at the time of his death on March 7, 1918, was living retired in Stockton. The mother came to the Farmington section of San Joaquin County with her parents when she was seven years old and was there reared and educated. Her marriage to Alexander S. Drais occurred on August 18, 1869, and they were the parents of three sons: Albert S., living in Oakland, Robert A., at Halleck, and Madison J., our subject. Grandfather L.J. Morrow crossed the plains to California in 1858 locating in the Farmington section where he followed farming; he served as a member of the California Assembly for a number of years. Mrs. Drais' maternal grandfather fought in the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson. The mother passed away April 18, 1922, a distinct loss to the community where she was well known for her kindly nature and deeds of charity; she was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The old homestead at Farmington, where she lived and where her parents lived, is one of the old landmarks of the section. T.J. Drais, of Farmington, an uncle of our subject, is the only living pioneer member of the family.
Mr. Drais received his education in the schools of Oakland and then engaged in farming near Farmington for a number of years. In 1912 he sold his ranch and the following year he formed a partnership with Ed. Albertson in the real estate business, specializing in farm lands, orchards, and vineyards. He has held an assured position among the reliable and successful men of Stockton for many years, and his personal worth and ability are entirely deserving of the esteem which he enjoys. In 1896 Mr. Drais was married to Miss Lucy S. Stark, a native of Danville, Contra Costa County, Cal., and they are the parents of two children: Roy E. is married and is a bookkeeper in the Bank of Italy, and Pearl A.
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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