San Joaquin County Biographies
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FREEMAN J. MATTICE
Among those interested in agriculture and stockraising in San Joaquin County, Freeman J. Mattice resides on his thirty-acre ranch, five miles southwest of Lodi. He was born at Volcano, Amador County, Cal., March 27, 1866, a son of Simon Peter and Agnes (Stockton) Mattice. The father was born in Cornwall, Canada, and first came to California in 1852 across the plains and mined in Amador County for four years. He returned to his Canadian home and was married to Miss Agnes Stockton, returning with his wife to California the same year via Panama. He mined one year at Placerville, then removed to Volcano, where he mined with moderate success. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice were the parents of nine children: Emma is Mrs. Joe McKindley at Acampo; William, George, and Charles are deceased; Arthur; Freeman J. of this sketch; Mrs. Leona Wilson, deceased; Chester R. of Acampo, and Edward of Lodi. The father passed away at Volcano at the age of seventy-two; and in 1887 the mother with some of her children moved to Florin, Cal., then farmed on the Consumnes; then in 1896 she came to San Joaquin County and lived here until her death, passing away at Acampo at the age of eighty-three.
Freeman J. Mattice received his education in the grammar schools of Volcano and since he was twenty years old has made his own way. He first worked as a ranch hand, then leased a farm in Sacramento County in the Lee school district near Florin, which he ran for four years when he located on the Consumnes River; then in 1900 moved to Sheldon and in 1908 removed to Clements, where for ten years he was in charge of the Irvin ranch.
The marriage of Mr. Mattice in Amador County occurred June 20, 1893, which united him with Miss Lilly May Clark, a native of Nebraska, daughter of B.A. and Margaret Clark. She is one of a family of fourteen and when she was sixteen years old came with her parents to California and settled in Amador County, where her father engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice are the parents of six children: George died at the age of twenty-five; Gladys is Mrs. Oren Nevins, and the mother of three children, Robert, Ralph and Naomi; Willis makes his home with his parents; Harvey lives near Lodi; Margaret and Vernon are at home. In 1918, Mr. Mattice removed to the Henderson school district of San Joaquin County, where he had bought thirty acres in 1917, which is devoted to raising alfalfa and he also has a small dairy. Mr. Mattice served on the Sheldon school board, and is a member of Clements Lodge No. 355, I.O.O.F. at Clements, of which he is a past grand. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice both belong to the Rebekahs at Clements, in which Mrs. Mattice is a past noble grand.
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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