San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 4/20/2010
MARQUIS LAFAYETTE McCALL
A highly esteemed business man and rancher of San Joaquin County, residing on the Waterloo road, is M.L. McCall, who was born in Jefferson County, Mo., March 24, 1882, the son of M.L. McCall, a native of Ohio, who had married Annie Eliza Williams, who bore him five children: Clarence; Llewellyn, now deceased; Jennie, Mrs. Percy L. Bliss, of Oakland; Marquis Lafayette, of this review; and Lyman C. In 1890, the McCall family came to California; and soon after settling at Stockton, Mr. McCall built the Aurora flouring mill on East Weber Avenue, which he conducted until he retired in 1904. Those who remember him recall a wide-awake, high principled man who was ever ready to lend his aid to all worthy projects for the development of his adopted city and county. He died on May 10, 1914, at Stockton, at the age of sixty-eight years. Mrs. McCall passed away at the age of sixty-three years, on December 10, 1913.
M.L. McCall, the subject of this article, attended the Jefferson school and the Stockton High School. He worked with his father in the mill from the age of thirteen, at the same time attending school. In 1904, the father turned the mill over to his two boys, M.L. and Clarence A., who carried on the business until 1910. The mill had a capacity of 150 barrels of flour per day; it usually was operated on a capacity basis.
At Stockton, on November 24, 1915, Mr. McCall was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Victory Martin, born on the old Martin homestead; and part of the house in which they live was built in 1853. After their marriage the young couple began their married life by settling on the old Martin ranch, about ten miles from Stockton, which is now owned by them and consists of 180 acres of fine farming land. Mr. McCall is a member of Charity Lodge, No. 6, I.O.O.F., and politically supports the best men and measures regardless of party lines. He is ever alert to do what he can for the betterment of his locality and believes that the interests of one should be the interests of all.
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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