San Joaquin County Biographies
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MELVILLE R. HOWLAND
A representative successful viticulturist of San Joaquin County, Melville R. Howland resides on his home place of seven acres southeast of Lodi. He was born at Lathrop, Cal., on October 1, 1893, a son of Oliver M. and Joanna (Remington) Howland. Oliver M. Howland was also born at Lathrop, where his father had settled in 1851, having crossed the plains to California that year. There were four children in the family: Humphrey B., Melville R., Aubrey O. and Gertrude. The father passed away at the age of fifty-one and the mother now resides in Stockton, Cal.
Melville R. Howland began his education in Stockton, whither his parents had moved when he was two years old; later the family removed to Santa Cruz and he attended the Santa Cruz high school. He then took up civil engineering and was employed by various companies throughout the state; then for six years he worked for the city of Stockton as a civil engineer. His marriage occurred at Lodi on September 1, 1917, and united him with Miss Ruth Brown, a daughter of William C. and Emma McSherry Brown. The father is a native of San Joaquin County and is a member of the well-known realty firm of Ashley & Brown. The most recent engineering work done by Mr. Howland was in reclamation work in the No. 2020 Reclamation District lying in the northeastern part of the county, but now devotes most of his time and energies to the cultivation and further development of his 140-acre Tokay vineyard at Escalon. This vineyard is under the South San Joaquin County Irrigation Ditch and Mr. Howland has ample water for irrigating purposes. On his home place of seven acres he has built a modern bungalow and has installed a pumping plant. In politics he is a Democrat and fraternally is a member of Stockton Lodge No. 218, B.P.O.E., Stockton Parlor No. 7, N.S.G.W. and is a past president of the latter order.
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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