San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 4/26/2010
JOHN DUNCAN McDOUGALD
A man of affairs who aided materially in the development of the natural resources of San Joaquin County was the late John Duncan McDougald, who was born in Ontario, Canada, and descended from an old and prominent family of Scotland. His boyhood was spent on the Canadian farm, where he learned the habits of industry and good management that stood him in such good stead after his arrival in this great fertile valley, where in his optimism he grasped the great opportunity offered to men who applied themselves energetically top the task of producing. In his native place he received a good education in the local schools, but he was not content to remain within the narrow confines of the rigorous East so decided to migrate to California to investigate the opportunities offered in the new country of which he had read such glowing accounts, so he came hither and was an early settler of the San Joaquin Valley, his place of location being near the city of Stockton, where he became a very successful rancher. Aside from becoming a large landowner he did much work in the early days as a contractor, being well qualified in this line, the Modesto Irrigation District being one of the large contracts he handled. He was a very active and enterprising man and could always be counted upon to give his aid and influence to all matters that had for their aim the development and building up of his locality.
The marriage of Mr. McDougald, which occurred in Stockton, united him with Miss Caroline Moss, a daughter of Capt. William S. Moss, a pioneer of California who became a large landowner in San Joaquin County and who was the founder of the San Francisco Examiner, his biography appearing on another page of this history. The union of Mr. and Mrs. McDougald was blessed with the birth of a daughter, Carolyn, who is the wife of Paul E. Weston of Stockton. Mr. McDougald was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of his labors to the fullest for he was called by death, November 17, 1898, and when he passed away, the city of Stockton and San Joaquin County lost one of its most loved and honored citizens. He was a popular member of the Odd Fellows and the Elks.
Since her husband's death Mrs. McDougald has continued to reside in Stockton where she has a comfortable residence at the corner of North and Center streets, the lawn and gardens being beautified with many trees and shrubs, among them several majestic oaks, splendid symmetrical specimens which lend an artistic setting to the residence. From her home she looks after large interests left by her husband as well as those she inherited from the estate of her father, the late Capt. Wm. S. Moss. She is deeply interested in horticulture and is also a lover of fine stock and enjoys the great outdoors. Like her husband, she is very enterprising and progressive and is keenly desirous of doing all she can to help build up this fertile section of the garden spot of the world.
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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