San Joaquin County Biographies
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MAX LEETZOW
Of the sturdy and stanch pioneers who settled in the wilds of the Golden State in the early days none were more worthy than the ancestors of Max Leetzow, and the same sterling traits of character which they possessed are found in him. He was born on his father's farm in north San Joaquin County in the Turner school district, February 18, 1883. His parents were Gottfried and Mary Leetzow, the former a native of Germany, and were pioneers of 1849, who crossed the plains to California with an ox team train. Our subject is the youngest of three children born to this worthy pioneer couple, the others being two daughters, Lottie and Bertha. Gottfried Leetzow settled in San Joaquin County, where he took up 160 acres of Government land at the west end of the Kelly Road. There he spent the remainder of his days, passing away at the age of eighty-three in 1910, while the mother died at the age of seventy-nine. Upon distribution of the father's estate, the home place was given to the subject.
Max Leetzow received his education at the Turner district school and in boyhood learned many practical lessons in agriculture, so that when he was old enough he began to farm for himself. He has owned and farmed several ranches in the county; among the first was a seventeen and a half acre vineyard at Dougherty Station northeast of Lodi, where he resided for a number of years before moving to Lodi. He now owns a seventy-acre vineyard five miles north of Lodi on Cherokee Road. He also owns a tract of land in Sutter County, consisting of 192 acres; this is timber land and it is the intention of Mr. Leetzow to develop the entire acreage to orchard.
On November 18, 1915, at Stockton, Mr. Leetzow was married to Miss Louise Youngman, a native of San Jose, Cal. She is the daughter of Nicholas and Selma (Krauter) Youngman. Her father passed away when she was a small girl of two years and subsequently her mother married Peter Stuter. Her mother resides in Lodi at the present time, but her step-father passed away in 1909. Mrs. Leetzow is the youngest of three children, the others being Carl and Alice, and there was one step-brother, Frank Stuter, now deceased. After her mother's second marriage, the family removed to Santa Cruz County, where Mrs. Leetzow received most of her education. Mr. and Mrs. Leetzow reside in their comfortable home at 338 East Oak Street, Lodi, with their two children, Selma Marie and Harold Max. In politics Mr. Leetzow is a Republican, and an enthusiastic booster for San Joaquin County. He is a well known and popular citizen, and in many ways has performed a useful part in the affairs 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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