San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/6/2010
MALCOLM LEA
Among the younger generation of vineyardists in San Joaquin County who are demonstrating their aptitude for viticulture is Malcolm Lea, the owner of fifteen acres south of Victor. He is a native of Cleveland, Tenn., born July 27, 1898, a son of John G. and Mamie (Hunton) Lea. His father, John G. Lea, was a merchant of Cleveland and came out to California when Malcolm was a boy of nine years. The family settled in Lodi and remained there until a few years ago, when his parents removed to Sacramento, where the father conducts a mercantile business. Malcolm is the fifth of a family of six children, as follows: Ruth, Mary, Grace, Robert (deceased), Malcolm, and James.
Malcolm Lea attended the Lodi schools, which afforded him a good working education; and at the age of nineteen he took his first job with the Superior Manufacturing Company of Lodi, where he worked for two years. Saving his money, he invested it in a five-acre tract of land south of Victor, and in the fall of 1921 purchased an additional ten acres. He is now improving this with buildings, and has set seven acres to grapes and seven acres to almonds, which within a few years will insure him a good income.
The marriage of Mr. Lea occurred in Lodi on October 1, 1921, and united him with Miss Martha Nies, a native of South Dakota, and a daughter of Henry and Christina Nies. Mrs. Lea accompanied her parents to Lodi when she was a small girl, and there received her education. Mr. Lea manifests a public-spirited interest in the well-being of his community.
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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