San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/13/2009
JOSEPH L. FOCACCI
JOHN FOCACCI
A well-known native son of San Joaquin County who is residing on the ranch where he was born is Joseph L. Focacci, a successful carpenter and farmer. He was born on his father's ranch at Lodi, Cal., March 17, 1885, a son of John and Mary Focacci, both natives of Northern Italy. In 1879 John Focacci left his native country and came to the United States and direct to California and worked for a year in San Francisco, then came to Lodi, where he purchased four and a half acres in the Ayers tract; later he purchased eleven acres across the road from his home place; and his sons added another eleven acres, which was later sold to the city of Lodi and the Emerson schoolhouse now stands on a portion of it. Six children were born to this pioneer couple: Columbia, Mrs. Chris Denevi, resides in Lodi; John lives in Galt, Cal.; Mathew is a merchant in Lodi; Joseph L. is the subject of this sketch; Louis and Charles. The father was an employee of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at Lodi and was fifty-five years old when he passed away in 1899. The mother is now sixty-nine years old and resides on the ranch purchased by her husband in 1880.
Joseph L. Focacci received his education at the district school near his home and when young in years received valuable lessons in agriculture, assisting his father on the home place. He learned the trade of carpenter and has followed his trade for many years in Lodi, where he is well known for his reliability and industry. He is a Republican in politics and he makes his home with his mother at 429 West Lockeford Avenue, Lodi. The family is well known in the community where the family home has so long been maintained and Mr. Focacci has contributed to the material development and substantial upbuilding of his portion of the state.
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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