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WILLIAM B. WOLLAM

A resident of San Joaquin County since 1875, where he has made an enviable record for honesty and integrity of purpose is William B. Wollam, a Civil War Veteran, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 1836. His father, Ratchford Duffield Wollam, who was born in Beaver County, Pa., was a contractor. He married Sarah Watson, a native of London, England, who came with her parents to America, having suffered shipwreck on the trip across the Atlantic. In 1856 the elder Wollam removed to St. Paul, where he followed contracting and building, erecting some of the large business houses of those days. The mother died in St. Paul, but the father returned to New York, where he spent his last days. They had a family of four sons and four daughters and all four of the sons, John, Ford, Harry and William B., served in the Civil War.

As a boy William B. lived in Cincinnati and in Jackson, Ohio, where he received a good education in the local schools. At the age of seventeen he left home to earn his own livelihood, going to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1856 he removed to St. Paul, Minn., working at his trade until 1858, and then returned to Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1862 Mr. Wollam volunteered in Company D, 117th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving as quartermaster-sergeant until he was transferred to Company D, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, in which he served until he was honorably discharged in Knoxville, Tenn, on July 25, 1865.

On December 25, 1865, at Chillicothe, Ohio, Mr. Wollam was married to Miss Annie I. McDougal, born in that place, after which he engaged in contracting and building in that city until 1875; then he came to California, locating in Stockton, and here he followed contracting off and on for twenty-three years, establishing a successful reputation for building tanks and tank houses. In 1886 he purchased a lot on North Argonaut Street and built the residence in which he still resides. He was bereaved of his faithful wife August 27, 1918, a woman much loved and esteemed by all who knew her. She was a devout Methodist and active in the W.R.C. They were blessed with eight children: Rowena, Mrs. F.E. Goodell of Stockton; Georgia, Mrs. W.J. Sharp, presides over her father's home; her two sons served in the World War; Lloyd-Keyes Sharp served ten months overseas, and Norman Sharp served in the U.S.N.R.F. and was stationed at Goat Island; Ratchford D. lives in Oakland; he served as a lieutenant in the Spanish-American War in the Sixth California Regiment; Delia C. is the wife of Blendin Campbell, a celebrated artist in New York City; Percy V. lives at Pt. Angeles, Wash.; William also served in the Spanish-American War and while a member of the 17th U.S. Regulars, serving in the Philippines with others of his command they were ambushed and he was killed; Dell J. also lives in Pt. Angeles, Wash.; Mrs. Ada Forester is deceased.

In 1878 Mr. Wollam became a member of the Volunteer Fire Department in Stockton as a member of Weber Engine Company No. 1; he served many years, the last three years as foreman of the company, up until the pay department was instituted. He is now vice-president of the Exempt Firemen.

Mr. Wollam has been an Odd Fellow since 1867, being a member of Truth Lodge, Stockton, as well as the Encampment. He is a member of Rawlins Post No. 23, G.A.R., department of California and Nevada, and of Rawlins Chapter, W.R.C., and Roosevelt Circle, Ladies of the G.A.R. He is also a member of the Daughters of Veterans, an honorary member of the Spanish-American War Veterans. He attends the Department Encampments as well as many of the National Encampments. Mr. Wollam's life is guided by the Golden Rule, to which he strictly adheres.

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HERBERT J. WOOCK

Prominent among the outstanding figures in the business circles of San Joaquin County is Herbert J. Woock, who was born on March 22, 1894, at Acton, in Los Angeles County, California, the son of Julius and Elizabeth (Nickel) Woock, natives of Germany. Julius Woock came to California about thirty-five years ago and settled in Los Angeles County, where he was married. He and his wife are now residing in Lodi, and are the parents of four children: Hattie; Walter R., a rancher near Lodi; Herbert J., of this sketch; and Eric M., secretary of the Superior Iron Works, Inc. Julius Woock is the owner of two vineyards at Lodi. He was a bee-keeper and rancher in Los Angeles County for some time, but has followed ranching and horticulture since he came to Lodi.

Herbert J. Woock received his early education in the public schools of Los Angeles County, and in 1904 came with his parents to Lodi. He was raised on his father's farm; and in time he and his brother Walter R. Woock, went into the electrical wiring, engine repairing, and pump business, starting in a little shop on their father's farm, which is located one and one-half miles southeast of Lodi. They did general pump repairing for the neighbors until they became the general sales agents for the well-known Monarch Pumps manufactured by the Monarch Foundry. These two brothers invented the elbow check-valve and the "Superior" Pump. They are now the manufacturers of the celebrated Superior centrifugal and turbine pumps, one of the leading pumps for irrigation purposes. They are also the manufacturers of the Superior line of pumps for domestic and municipal purposes. As their business expanded, the Superior Manufacturing Company was incorporated with Walter R. Woock as president and Herbert J. Woock as sales and shop manager. The name was changed to the Superior Iron Works, Inc., upon reorganization of the company, January 1, 1923, and Herbert J. Woock then became president as well as general manager. The factory, which is located at 420 North Sacramento Street, Lodi, is a fine brick and steel structure, having a frontage of 450 feet. The main building, built in 1920, is 206 by 139 feet, and the grey-iron and brass foundry building, which was added in 1922, is 50 by 80 feet. This plant is considered one of the best equipped machine shops in San Joaquin Valley.

The Superior Iron Works, Inc., is capitalized at $600,000, and its annual output is $200,000. The company's business is expanding, and they employ approximately fifty men in full season. They do general jobbing in both the foundry and the pattern-making department. Through the efficient management and co-operation of the brothers, this concern has become a thriving and successful business house. Herbert J. Woock is a member of the Lutheran Church and the Luther Walther League, of Lodi. He is also a prominent member of the Business Men's Association and the Mokelumne Club.

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JULIUS WOOCK

A representative vineyardist residing on a fine estate near Lodi, San Joaquin County, is Julius Woock, who has shown great ability in the management of his affairs, and in the cultivation and development of his ranch, until it is now among the finest in the Lodi vicinity. A native of Germany, he was born at Marienthal, near Bohn, on September 7, 1860. His father, also named Julius Woock, was a farmer in his native land and he died in 1862, leaving his widow with three children: Matilda, now deceased, Amanda and Julius. His mother married again, being united with Gottlieb Riemer, and of that union one daughter is living, Amelia.

Our subject received a good grammar school education and spent three years at the gymnasium, but he has profited by actual experience with conditions wherever he has lived and this he considers the most valuable of educations. When he left home he went to work on one of the big estates in Germany and soon became overseer and while he was there he learned the distilling business, making liquor from potatoes, grain, etc., spending two years in this work. In 1886, he made up his mind that the United States held out more opportunities and he crossed the Atlantic and soon afterwards he located in Kansas, where he worked at the trade of carpenter for a time, then at farming. The following year, 1887, he settled in Southern California and was one of the first settlers at Acton Station in the hills north of Saugus. Here he homesteaded a quarter-section of land, proved up on it and lived there for fourteen years, and raised bees, having 300 stands. He then moved to Elizabeth Lake, where he again followed the work of his choice, farming, and remained there until 1904, when he located in San Joaquin County. At that time he purchased the property on which he now resides, forty acres, about one and one-half miles southeast of Lodi on Kettleman Lane. When Mr. Woock purchased this place it was a stubble field and by his intensive cultivation and development he now has thirty acres in Tokay grapes and six acres in Zinfandels, all full bearing and yielding a handsome income each season, and about four acres in garden, buildings, and alfalfa. The following year, 1905, Mr. Woock built a house on the place and in 1919 replaced that with a fine two-story residence; he has also put in a five-inch pump with a fifteen-horsepower motor for irrigation, by which he irrigates every part of his ranch.

The marriage of Mr. Woock occurred on December 25, 1889, at Acton, Cal., and united him with Miss Elise Nickel, born at Frankfort-on-Oder, Germany. Her father was Rudolph Nickel, a lithographer, who used the old stone lithograph presses; her mother was in maidenhood Augusta Biega, and after the death of her husband, she carried on his business with the aid of a foreman for about ten years, then she came to California to join other members of her family who had come to this state some years before. She died at Acton, Cal., at the age of seventy-one years. She and her husband had seven children: Hedwig, Richard, Elise and Eugene, the last two of Lodi. Olga died at Leavenworth, Kans.; Bruno, at Acton, and the eldest, Marie, died in Europe when a small child. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Woock are the proud parents of four children, Hattie; Walter, married Lydia Bittner and they have one child, Walter Julius Woock; Herbert J., and Eric M. In politics Mr. Woock is a Republican and is a respected member of the Lutheran Church of Lodi. he has ever been interested in the cause of education and while residing in Los Angeles County was a trustee of the school district at both Acton and Elizabeth Lake.

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WALTER R. WOOCK

Gifted with mechanical and inventive ability of a high order, Walter R. Woock, president of the Superior Manufacturing Company of Lodi, is one of the youngest executives in the state of California heading a manufacturing enterprise of the scope of this company. Already having accomplished much, he has a still more brilliant future before him. Mr. Woock was born at Los Angeles, January 31, 1892, the eldest son of Julius and Eliza (Nickel) Woock, both natives of Germany. The father has been a resident of the United States for thirty-six years, and in 1904 removed with his family to Lodi, where he purchased an eighty-acre ranch, improved it, adding much to its value, and later sold it for $65,000. The family now reside on a ranch one and a half miles east of Lodi, forty-two acres of which is devoted to Tokay grapes, making a very valuable property. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Woock are the parents of four children: Walter R., of this sketch; and Herbert J., Eric M., and Hattie.

Twelve years of age when his parents took up their residence at Lodi, Walter R. Woock finished his education in the public schools of Lodi and at Heald's Business College at Stockton. He also took a correspondence course in mechanical engineering, supplementing this with much home study along this line, and has a valuable practical experience in the machinery and engineering fields. He was with the Monarch Foundry of Stockton, in the selling and installing departments, and later with the Marine Iron Works of Stockton, where he was engaged in pump building and installing. He afterwards became a part-owner of the latter company, and was identified with the pump department.

In 1914, with his brothers Herbert J. and Eric M. Woock, Mr. Woock established the Superior Manufacturing Company at Lodi. A sketch of the company's organization and development is given below. The company was incorporated August 1, 1919. He is the president of the company, Herbert J. Woock is vice-president, and Eric M. Woock is treasurer. The Superior pumps, manufactured by this company, represent the inventive genius of the three brothers, who hold patents on the following types: twin pump, packless pump, shaftless deep-well pump, and elbow check pump. They have built up one of the most modern pump manufactories in the state, and their enterprise would do credit to men much their seniors. The Superior Manufacturing Company is a member of the Lodi Business Men's Association, the Manufacturers' Association of San Francisco, and the 100 Per Cent Club of San Francisco. Occupying a leading place among the business men of Lodi, Mr. Woock has already contributed much to its commercial growth through the establishment of his thriving plant and the genuine interest he takes in all that adds to the development of the locality.

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LLOYD R. WOODHULL

An experienced, popular and important representative of the famous Sperry Flour Company is Lloyd R. Woodhull, in charge of their grain buying at Stockton. He was born at London, Ontario, Canada, on July 2, 1891, and was for a while in the employ of a wholesale firm manufacturing clothing at London. In October, 1910, he arrived at Stockton, and once landed here, he became a bookkeeper for the River Express Company, serving that concern from December, 1910, until May 15, 1911, when he entered the employ of the Sperry Flour Company as timekeeper. He worked his way up from the bottom, acting as shipping clerk, billing clerk, and bookkeeper; and then, under the leadership of George R. McLeod, he became buyer for the company. When Mr. McLeod resigned as head of the buying department, he was appointed in his place, in the spring of 1922—a post of much responsibility, indeed one of the best at the disposal of the widely-known flour firm.

In 1915 at Stockton, Mr. Woodhull married Miss Alice Ridenour, a native of Stockton, whose parents came to that city many years ago as pioneers and so deserve the lasting gratitude of all coming after and profiting by their sacrifices and self-denials. In April, 1918, he entered the World War as a private in Company K, 364th Infantry, 91st Division, known as the Wild West Division, with which he was sent overseas, and served with it in all of its many and fierce engagements until the end of the war. The 91st Division stands out conspicuously in the annals of the American divisions as a fighting organization. Complete in every detail, it traveled further from its home base than any other division and it did as much actual fighting as any other national army division, and much more than many. The officers were all from California, Washington and Oregon, and the enlisted men were gathered from all the far Western states and from Alaska. A green fir tree was adopted as the shoulder insignia to be worn by the members. The division began intensive training as soon as it was formed, and on June 19, 1918, it received its orders and set out for overseas. The last units of the division arrived in France on July 26, 1918, and left their training area on September 6, 1918; and from September 11 to 14 it constituted a part of the reserve of the St. Mihiel offensive. From there it moved to the northwest of Verdun, where it took an active part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. On September 26 it advanced from west of Avecourt to north of Gesnes, and continued in the offensive until October 6, when the greater part of the troops retreated to the Nattancourt area. On October 19, the division went under the command of the King of the Belgians; and from October 31 to November 4 took part in the Lys-Scheldt offensive west of the Escault (Scheldt) River, in the vicinity of Audenrade. Later, the 91st Division, of which our subject was luckily such an honored member, took part in the ceremony which marked the joyous return of the King and Queen of Belgium to the city of Brussels; and after that it was moved to the Le Mans area; and during March and April of 1919, the division embarked for the United States. Nineteen men of this division were awarded the distinguished service cross, but the majority of those who also did meritorious things received no special reward for their faithful performance of arduous duty.

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EDGAR WOODRUFF

For thirty years actively identified with the development of Stockton as one of the city's best known building contractors, Edward Woodruff is now enjoying life in caring for his ten-acre fruit ranch at Linden. Mr. Woodruff was born at Fairbault, Minn., July 16, 1858, and after finishing his schooling there he learned the carpenter's trade. He was only eighteen when he made his first venture as a building contractor, and since that time, until about a year ago, he has followed this work with great success. For ten years he operated in Lyon County, Minn., building residences, flour mills and elevators, and in the fall of 1890, he came to California, settling first at Oakdale, where he remained for eight months, arriving in Stockton in 1891, and this has since been his home.

Among the buildings Mr. Woodruff has erected in Stockton may be mentioned the following: the Stockton Record building, the Wheat and Starch factory, which later burned, the Baldwin Block, the Terry Building, superintended the construction of the Odd Fellows Building and the Stockton Hotel, built the German Methodist Church, the Odd Fellows Building at Tracy, the residences of Joe Peters on Cherokee Lane, Colonel Ketchum at Linden, and Francis Hodgkins, at Lathrop, and many of the fine homes of Stockton. He was a pioneer in the Sperry addition, as he bought the first lot and erected the first house there. It was still a grain field, having just been put on the market, and no streets had been put through. Mr. Woodruff built a wooden sidewalk from his residence to North Street and this was the first entrance to the tract. He bought a number of lots there, built and sold the houses and erected many homes for others. He still owns two apartment houses and two residences there.

While a resident of Minnesota, on May 30, 1888, Mr. Woodruff was married to Miss Carrie B. Reed, a native of Rice County, that state, born August 7, 1864, and they have one daughter, Dorothy C., the wife of F.R. Shutes of the contracting firm of Shutes & Zinck. She is the mother of two children, Stanford Woodruff and Janet Ray. Since his retirement from the building business in 1921, Mr. Woodruff has devoted his time to the development of his acre ranch at Linden, which he has owned for the past eight years, and through his care it has become a valuable property. It is planted to prunes and walnuts and ten tons of prunes were taken off of it in 1922. Mr. Woodruff is prominent in Odd Fellow circles, being a member of Truth Lodge.

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CLARENCE L. WOODS

An enterprising rancher who devotes his energies to the cultivation and raising of grapes is Clarence L. Woods, his vineyard being located four and a half miles northwest of Woodbridge, and containing twenty-four acres. He was born on the old Samuel Woods ranch near Woodbridge, in the northern part of San Joaquin County, August 31, 1883, a son of Samuel and Francis Arline (Plummer) Woods, natives of Missouri and Iowa, respectively. Samuel Woods was born at Hannibal, Mo., July 14, 1841, and was a son of Samuel M. and Elizabeth (Leffler) Woods, the former a native of Virginia and of Scotch extraction, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania of German stock. When the father, Samuel Woods, was ten years old, in 1852, the family left Missouri and after a trip across the plains lasting some six months arrived in California; thus the grandfather of our subject became a typical California pioneer. During the winter of 1853 he conducted the old-time Western Hotel at Stockton, and in 1856 was proprietor of the hotel at Pleasant Grove, and from 1857 until his death, in 1880, he was engaged in ranching on the old Samuel M. Woods ranch near Woodbridge. The father became the owner of the old homestead ranch, consisting of 320 acres, devoted to grain and stockraising, of which forty acres was in vineyard. Samuel Woods married Miss Francis Arline Plummer, and they were the parents of four children: Clarence L., of this review; his twin sister, Clara, the wife of Scott McDonald; Mrs. Rita Borden of San Jose; Evelyn, Mrs. W.H. Sparling of Capitola, Cal. The father passed away March 16, 1915, and the mother on April 10, 1922.

Clarence L. Woods received his education at the Ray district school of San Joaquin County, which was supplemented with a course at the Stockton Business College. In 1909 he started out for himself and began work as a machinist with the Western Pacific Railroad Company in Stockton, and also worked for them in the shops at Oakland and Sacramento for four years; then for six years he was employed on the construction of the County and State highways as roller-man; then in 1919 he settled on his present ranch four miles northwest of Woodbridge, consisting of twenty-four acres, which was planted to grapes of the Tokay, Black Prince and Zinfandel varieties, now in full bearing.

On October 23, 1915, at Oakland, Mr. Woods was married to Miss Edna Anglin, also a native of California, born at Pittville, Shasta County, and a daughter of Elmer E. and Margaret Susan (Baker) Anglin, the former a native of Oregon, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Grandfather Joshua Thomas Anglin was a native of Tennessee and a veteran of the Mexican and Indian wars. He left home at the age of fourteen and joined the army, and never returned to his home in Tennessee, but migrated westward. About seventy years ago he settled in the Hood River country of Oregon; in 1866 he moved to California and farmed at Dixon; later he moved to Shasta County, where he died. Mrs. Woods is one of four children: Willard resides at Ione, Cal.; May, Mrs. Richardson, a resident of Westwood; Mrs. Edna Woods; Tracy resides at Ione. Mrs. Woods received her education in the grammar schools of Shasta County, and when eighteen years old came to Stockton, where she entered the Western Normal, and then became a teacher. She taught one year at Red Bluff, Cal., then two years at Coalinga, Cal., and two years at the Ray school in San Joaquin County, where she met and married Mr. Woods. They are the parents of three children: Samuel, Margaret and Edith Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Woods are Democrats and Mrs. Woods is a member of the school board of the Ray district.

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DERVIN K. WOODS

Among the enterprising ranchers of San Joaquin County is Dervin K. Woods, whose fields and vineyards are indicative of careful supervision and progressive methods and he is numbered among the leading agriculturists and fruit raisers of San Joaquin County. He was born in Creston, Iowa, July 27, 1875, a son of Harvey B. and Elizabeth (Knox) Woods, both natives of Pennsylvania. Harvey B. Woods first came to California in 1852 from his native state and stopped at Marysville; returning East he enlisted in the Civil War and finally in 1884, returned to California and settled at Fresno, where he engaged in buying and selling stock. Dervin K. is the youngest in a family of four children. Elmer E. Woods resides at Salem, Ore., Frank P. is at Lodi, Ella became Mrs. Johnson and both she and her husband died in 1923. The mother passed away at the birth of our subject and the father lived to be eighty-four years old, dying in 1914.

Dervin K. Woods received his education in the grammar schools of Fresno and at the age of eighteen years he began to earn his own way in the world. He learned the printing trade and worked on the Fresno Expositor for five years, then went to Bakersfield where he worked for three years on the Bakersfield Standard. He then spent a year in the East in various localities and returning to California in 1899, settled in the Lodi district, San Joaquin County.

On October 24, 1900, on the Fowler ranch six miles southwest of Lodi, Mr. Woods was married to Miss Addie Fowler, a daughter of Joseph Miner and Eliza B. (Brumley) Fowler, whose sketch will be found on another page in this history. Mrs. Woods received her education at the Lafayette district school of San Joaquin County. Mrs. Woods received 160 acres from her father's estate, twenty-two acres of which was sold and the remaining 138 is devoted to vineyard and grain raising. There was a fine old vineyard on the place, but Mr. Woods grubbed it out many years ago, and has since set forty-six acres to vineyard, which is now a fine bearing one. He has installed one eight, one six and one five-inch pump run by two electric motors, and a twelve horsepower engine. Mr. and Mrs. Woods had five daughters, Ella M., Celia A.; Winifred, Nileta, died aged five and Addie June. Both our subject and his wife had a wide acquaintance in the locality in which they make their home, and enjoy the warm regard and friendship of those with whom they associate.

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EZEKIEL WILLIAMSON SMITH WOODS

A model citizen whose life work was direct, straight-forward and highly constructive, the late Ezekiel Williamson Smith Woods stood among his fellowmen as one of the biggest and most thorough builders of Central California and whose work added inestimably to the wealth of the community. The development of his lands, which were uncultivated acres when he took hold of them, has thrown many thousands of dollars into this locality, benefiting this section of California generally, in that a tract of its richest land was brought to its generous yield under Mr. Woods' able management. When he passed away on June 22, 1922, he had amassed a fortune appraised at considerably more than a million dollars, the largest estate ever filed in this county.

Mr. Woods, popularly known as "Smithy" Woods, was born in Missouri in May, 1849, in the humble home of his parents who had journeyed from their childhood homes in Indiana to pioneer in the new west. His father was engaged in selling Missouri mules to Southern planters, and his partner, Ezekiel Williamson Smith, asked that his name be given to the new arrival in the Woods family. Mr. Woods always felt that it was an honor to have borne the name of this sturdy frontiersman, who was an uncle of the late James C. Smith, father of Charles B. and Dow Smith, well-known farmers here. Mr. Woods' father came to California in 1850, lured to the land of gold by the stories that reached even the backwoods hamlets, leaving his little family at the home place and planning to have them join him at the mines. He landed in Placerville and went on to Mariposa, where he was killed in a mining trouble. His brother, Jerry Woods, came to California the next year to look up the pioneer, and settled on the land where Woodbridge is located, the village being given his name. He conducted the first ferry over the Mokelumne at that point and was killed there in June, 1864.

Here the interesting California careers of the Woods brothers, John N., and E.W.S., start. John N., who became one of the best-known citizens of San Joaquin County, and a trusted public official, came out from Missouri in 1857 to join his uncle, Jerry Woods, at Woodbridge, and his first letter, sent to his mother urging her to come to California, was one of the first carried east by the pony express. The Civil War came on and in January, 1863, the mother and her boys, one of them the subject of this sketch, left for California, sailing on the steamer Northern Light from New York in February. The steamer made a long detour to avoid the privateer Alabama, then feared on the high seas, and reached the Isthmus safely. They came up to San Francisco on the Sonora, arriving in Stockton March 14, 1863. They went direct to Woodbridge, near where John N. had taken up homesteads for himself and his mother on the present site of Acampo. That section was heavily timbered and covered with chaparral, but the boys soon cleared the land. The next year, 1864, was dry and cattle died on every hand, food becoming scarce and very high. In 1859 the railroad was built through that section and the boys sold their wood to the company. They also chopped out the right of way for two and a half miles north of the river, for which they were paid $125, which to them was big money. In 1869 the boys started with their four-horse team over the Sierras to the White Pine mining section in Nevada, and here they made as much as fifty dollars a day, hauling rich ore to mills or shipping points, but the life was not to their liking, so after a few months they returned to California.

E.W.S. Woods later went to Butte County, hearing that the lands there offered good chances, and there his honesty and integrity won for him the backing of a bank president in Chico, who advanced him money for his farming operations, trusting him because he was known to be honest and capable. "He's honest and will make his way in the world," this far-seeing banker declared, and he later made Mr. Woods his confidential agent to handle big business. The year 1876 brought bumper crops and Mr. Woods prospered, selling a section of good land for fifty dollars an acre. He then returned to Stockton, where his brother, John N. Woods, was well started on his way to wealth, being connected with the Farmers' Union there. The brothers then started their investments in land. Among their purchases they bought a section of the Mitchell ranch near Modesto, picked up a half section east of Farmington, and were directed to Tulare County by George Crossmore, a wealthy local capitalist, who financed them in their purchase of 9,000 acres near the present city of Tulare, for $45,000.

In 1880 Mr. Woods moved to the Tulare lands with his family and there began the hard struggle that brought the brothers great wealth. There was then but one house between their place and Tulare Lake, but the plucky young farmer and his helpful wife made the best of their surroundings and brought the tract into marketable condition by the introduction of water, drilling some of the first artesian flowing wells in that county and used for irrigation. Six years later they had 1,000 acres in alfalfa, a large herd of cattle and had enlarged their acreage to 14,000. Selling out to a Los Angeles syndicate, they paid back Mr. Crossmore his $45,000 and cleaned up $375,000, also selling their Modesto ranch for forty dollars an acre, just double what it had cost them.

In 1887 the Glasgow California Company owned the upper and middle divisions of Roberts Island, and after it was leveed Easton & Eldridge got an option on the 20,000 acres for thirty dollars an acre. The Woods brothers were promised a third of it, but were crowded out and finally had to buy separate tracts, securing 12,000 acres at forty-five dollars an acre. Later they bought the Gersbacher tract of 1,100 acres with the growing crops, and when harvested, the land cost them twenty-seven dollars an acre; they also then got 3,000 acres from the option holders, which, after the crops were sold, cost them eighteen dollars an acre, now easily worth $500 an acre. On March 22, 1893, the levees broke and the Woods brothers were broke but not discouraged, though they owed $120,000 on the property. When some bankers wanted to close them out, J.D. Peters of Stockton stood up in a bankers' conference and announced that he would give his check for any amount needed to carry John and "Smithy" Woods, and their credit was again established. Balfour Guthrie advanced them $40,000 and they bought the dredger Roberts Island and rebuilt the levees. They got no crops in 1893 nor in 1894, but in 1896 they sold their crops to Balfour Guthrie for $165,000 and the next year they received $130,000, thus making money fast, though they were paying $18,000 a year interest. That their judgment was well founded was shown by the fact that when Mr. Woods' will was filed, one tract of land on Roberts Island was appraised at $912,027.

After this life ran along smoothly for the plucky farmers, who were undaunted by disaster, and they amassed large fortunes through their foresight and industry. In December, 1900, when John N. Woods died, the brothers owned over 8,000 acres of farming lands in fine shape, a vineyard of 800 acres at Acampo, worth at least $500 an acre, besides other valuable properties, which were amicably divided between the heirs of John N. Woods and the surviving brother, E.W.S. Woods.

Mr. Woods' first marriage united with him Miss Lydia Downing, who passed away in Acampo, and in Elliott, Cal., May 8, 1878, he was married to Alice M. Markle, born in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, a daughter of George and Sophronia (Springer) Markle, who were born respectively in Holland and Indiana. Coming to Pennsylvania as a young man the father later moved to Iowa where he met and married Miss Springer and engaged in the mercantile business in Keokuk until his death. Afterwards the mother and the children came to California via Panama, arriving in San Francisco in July, 1867. Mrs. Woods survives her husband making her home at 1109 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, surrounded by a large circle of friends, who hold her in high esteem for her many gracious qualities and her generous spirit. Mr. Woods was also survived by a brother, A.J. Woods, of Stockton, and three sons, Lloyd H., Armand and Marcy Woods, the two former of Stockton, and the latter at Monterey. He also left two granddaughters, Mrs. Maria Park Grunsky and Alice Armand Woods, and a grandson, Lloyd Henry Woods.

Mr. Woods was a Knight Templar and 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason as well as a member of Islam Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., in San Francisco, and a member of Stockton Lodge No. 218, B.P.O.E. He was deeply interested in the cause of education and served as a member of the board of education for twelve years, being president of the board for six years of the time. He was president of the board of trustees of the Stockton high school while the building was being built and took a strong stand for the present location of the high school instead of close in where they would soon be crowded for room. Looking into the future they now have by his foresight four blocks of ground for the high school site. Mr. Woods, with his brother John N. Woods, was also largely interested in mining. Since his death Mrs. Woods, ably assisted by her sons, is looking after their large interests, the sons having the management of the large ranches and vineyards. Through all the varied experiences of his interesting career, Mr. Woods had the confidence and respect of every one with whom he dealt and the universal commendation as a man who had never done any one injury nor ever taken advantage of a man in a trade, rather taking the worst in any deal in which he was concerned. Never sacrificing principle to personal expediency, he ever showed signal integrity of purpose, placing true valuations on men and affairs, and well deserving the high place he held in the community's esteem.

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JOHN NEWTON WOODS

Highly honored among the pioneers of San Joaquin County was John Newton Woods, extensive land owner, capitalist, prominent lodge and church member and public-spirited citizen, and his eventful life was one which in every respect commanded the most profound esteem and admiration of all with whom he came in contact. The family of which he was a member became established in America during the Colonial period. An ancestor, Henry Woods, who was born in Virginia, followed the tide of emigration that drifted toward the West, and settled in the wilds of Kentucky, where he was killed by the Indians in 1790. Later the family became pioneers of Ohio, where in Brown County, Johnson Woods, the father of our subject, was born in 1815. During early life he removed to Indiana, where in 1834 he married Miss Louisa M. Eastes. The American progenitor of the family on the paternal side was Rev. Robert Wooster, a native of London, England, born in 1727, who crossed the ocean to the New World and settled at Brownsville, Pa. Renouncing his allegiance to the King of England, he aided the colonies in the War of the Revolution. Afterwards he became one of the earliest settlers of Fayette County, Ind., and officiated as the first minister of the Methodist Church west of the Alleghanies.

It was characteristic of Johnson Woods that he should display in his life the love of pioneer scenes that had been inherited from his ancestors. During 1840 he removed from Indiana to what is now Savannah, Mo., where he built the first house in Andrew County and engaged in trading. When news came of the discovery of gold in California he determined to brave the perils of the unsettled West in an effort to find gold and started on the long journey, arriving at Hangtown on August 1, 1850. Soon after he began to prospect on Woods Creek, which was named for him, and was already meeting with success when he was killed on February 1, 1852, by a former friend whose enmity he had incurred by testimony given against this man in a fraudulent claim case. Surviving him were three sons and two daughters and his wife, who was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1820, and died in Tulare County, Cal., on June 12, 1906, at an advanced age.

John Newton Woods was born in Fayette County, Ind., June 7, 1837, and when fourteen years of age he began to work as a clerk in a general merchandise store at Savannah, Mo., where he gained a practical business knowledge. Five years later he returned to his native state, Indiana, where he spent eighteen months at Knightstown, Henry County, and then came to California via Panama, landing at Stockton December 2, 1857. For a time he made his home with his uncle, Jeremiah H. Woods, the founder of Woodbridge, and in 1858 he bought 320 acres of land, on a portion of which the town of Acampo now stands, and was laid out by him. In 1859 he embarked in the mercantile business as Porch & Woods, but the following year he sold out and went to Virginia City, Nev., to try his luck at mining. On his return to Woodbridge he conducted a business from 1861 to 1863 under the firm name of Woods & Davis, then sold out his interest. In 1864 he sent for his mother and two brothers, Albert and the late E.W.S. Woods, who came hither from the old family homestead in Missouri. At this time he became actively engaged in farming on his ranch at Acampo, enlarging it to 640 acres, and continued there until 1877. With his brother, E.W.S. Woods, he became joint owner of about 8,000 acres in Tulare County, known as the Buzzard Roost ranch and after operating it for some years they sold it and purchased 8,700 acres on Roberts Island, so that they were among the largest landowners in Central California and did much to develop the rich Delta country, albeit suffering heavy losses at different times when the disastrous floods broke through their levees.

From 1877 to 1882 Mr. Woods was manager and secretary of the Grangers Union of Stockton and in 1883-84 was deputy treasurer of San Joaquin County. He was made a Mason in 1858 in Woodbridge Lodge, No. 131, F. & A.M., being the first member initiated, later becoming a member of Stockton Chapter No. 28, R.A.M., and Stockton Commandery No. 8, K.T. He became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, was a member of the Shrine, the Eastern Star, and was one of the early members of the Stockton Elks. In recollection of his identification with early events in this locality he held membership with the San Joaquin County Pioneers and greatly enjoyed the reunions of these early settlers to whose energy and fortitude the present generation is so greatly indebted. Mr. Woods was prominent in the Democratic party and was an active political worker, representing the local organization in some of the most important conventions and for twenty years or more was a delegate to every state convention. For many years he was a member of the State Central Committee and represented his district as a delegate to the national Democratic convention held in Kansas City in 1900. For five years he was a member of the board of managers of the State Hospital at Stockton, and in this as in all things, he discharged his duties with efficiency and fidelity.

The marriage of Mr. Woods took place on December 22, 1864, and united him with Miss Annie Victoria Farmer, who was born in Greenfield, Mo., January 24, 1843, and came across the plains to California with her parents in 1859. They first settled at Sacramento but later moved to Amador County and it was there that the marriage was solemnized. Two daughters blessed this union: Jessie Lee married the late George E. Wilhoit and sketches of their lives appear elsewhere in this history. Mary L. was Mrs. McDonald Douglass, who was born on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1869, and passed away July 4, 1919, her birth and death being on patriotic days. She always showed a keen patriotic spirit and during the late war was an enthusiastic worker for the various Liberty loan and other war drives. During the first Liberty loan drive she sold one million eight hundred thousand dollars of Liberty bonds. The death of Mrs. John N. Woods occurred at Stockton April 7, 1900. Mr. Woods greatly mourned her passing and only survived her until December 4, 1906, when he passed away after a brief illness. A devout Methodist, he was one of the stewards and trustees of Grace Methodist Church at Stockton from 1872 and did much for the furtherance of Christianity. He willed this church its present site, 75x100 feet, on the northwest corner of Channel and Stanislaus streets, and with it a legacy of $25,000 to build a new church as a memorial to his wife, a bond of unusual affection and devotion existing between them. This bequest was faithfully carried out by his two daughters, who followed their father's desires in every particular and also added another $9,000 to complete and furnish the present beautiful church. His life was so clean, so devoted to those whom chance or circumstance drew near him, so benevolent, that it will ever remain worthy of emulation.

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MRS. JOHN NEWTON WOODS

An estimable and greatly loved woman whose long years of residence at Stockton had made her much endeared to a large circle there, was Mrs. John Newton Woods, the wife of one of San Joaquin County's honored pioneers, whose life history is given in a preceding sketch. Mrs. Woods, who was in maidenhood Miss Annie Victoria Farmer, was a native of Missouri, born at Greenfield on January 24, 1843. In 1859 she left her studies at the Moravian Academy, Salem-Winston, N.C., to accompany her parents across the plains to California and though but a young girl at the time she ever carried a vivid picture of that long, toilsome journey of over five months. The family settled at first in Sacramento County, then removed to Amador County, and later took up their residence at Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, where her father became a well-to-do stock raiser and farmer.

In 1864, while the family were residing in Amador County, Miss Farmer was united in marriage with John Newton Woods, and they took up their residence on the larger ranch he had purchased in 1858, the year after he came to California, and part of this place is now the site of Acampo. This remained the family home until 1877, when they took up their residence in Stockton, where Mrs. Woods resided until her death, on April 7, 1900, survived by her devoted husband and two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Lee Wilhoit and Mrs. Mary L. Douglass; the latter passed away on July 4, 1919. Mrs. Woods was one of Stockton's best known women, occupying a leading place in social circles, where she numbered her friends by the hundreds. She was a member of Homo Chapter O.E.S., Stockton. A prominent member of Grace Methodist Church, her many charitable acts and kindly deeds will ever make her memory revered.

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RUSSELL T. WORDEN

A pioneer of Stockton who has been a resident of the city for more than fifty years and has seen the place grow from a small town intersected with sloughs and swamp roads, where teams and wagons bogged down during the rainy season, into a large city teeming with manufactories and large modern business blocks as well as beautiful parks and paved streets, a delight alike to residents and tourists, Russell Worden was born in Keithsburg, Mercer County, Ill., May 4, 1846, a son of Joseph J. and Sophia (Brown) Worden, natives of New York and Ohio, respectively. They were married in the latter state and in 1832 went to Mercer County, Ill., where Joseph Worden purchased Government land and improved a farm. Being a wagon maker, he opened a wagon shop in Keithsburg and was the pioneer wagon maker in that region and followed that business until he retired. After his wife died he removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he spent his remaining days. The worthy pioneer couple had five boys and two girls, of whom Russell was the fourth. Two of his brothers served in the Civil War, Chas. C. in the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and Henry B. in the 102nd Illinois Infantry.

Russell Worden was educated in the local public schools and when sixteen years of age he and a comrade ran away from home to enlist in the Civil War. They arrived in Davenport, where a cavalry regiment was being recruited but seeing the cavalry exercises on the steep hills around that old inland town, he felt he could not do that sort of rough riding, so he returned home. His father, on learning of his experiences said: "My son, if you are determined to go to war, enlist right at home so your own state gets the credit for your enlistment." So in June, 1863, he joined Company A, 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was in the Georgia campaign under General Sherman, taking part in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Dalton, Snake Creek, Peach Tree Creek, Buzzard's Roost, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta, after which he went with Sherman's army on his march to the sea and was a part of the big army that surrounded and caused the surrender of General Lee. Mr. Worden took part in the Grand Review in Washington. Returning to Springfield, Ill., he was mustered out in the fall of 1865.

After the war he was the manager of a warehouse in his native place until 1872, when he determined to locate in California and came to Stockton in the spring of that year. He became a clerk in the grocery store of Hart & Thrift on Sutter and Weber Avenue, continuing with them steadily for twenty years. Next he clerked for Southworth & Gratten, grocers, about three years, when he again clerked for Mr. Thrift, who was then in business alone, until he sold out. Mr. Worden then again clerked for Southworth & Gratten for about three years until he decided to engage in the retail milk business in Stockton. He established a dairy and had a successful milk route, running two delivery wagons, for eight years until he sold out in 1912, since which time he has been in the employ of the Santa Fe railroad, and he resides with his family at 825 East Second Street, Stockton. In San Francisco Mr. Worden was united in marriage with Mrs. Leonora Johnson, who was born at Redwood City, and they have been blessed with one child Gwynne, who is a graduate of the Stockton Business College. Mr. Worden is a charter member of Rawlins Post No. 23, G.A.R., in which he served as senior vice-commander. Mrs. Worden is an active member of Rawlins Post No. 29, W.R.C., of which she is past president. In political views Mr. Worden is a Democrat.

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FRED W. WURSTER

A distinguished member of the banking profession in California is Fred W. Wurster, the assistant manager of the Bank of Italy of Stockton, in which city he was born on May 12, 1866. His parents were Chris and Anna M. (Follert) Wurster, both natives of Germany, and both now deceased. The father died in 1876, while the mother survived until 1903. Mr. Wurster came to California in the early '50s by way of Panama, and being a carriage painter, he followed that trade. He always took an active part in the old Volunteer Fire Department, and in time became prominent, and he was among the most popular members in the Stockton Lodge of Odd Fellows. Besides the son, the subject of our review, a daughter, Louise, also survives this marriage. On the death of her husband, Mrs. Wurster became the wife of Charles A.L. Grunsky, and to her second union was born a daughter, Anna Pauline Grunsky.

Fred Wurster had the good fortune to attend both the excellent Stockton public schools, and then, on September 17, 1883, he entered the employ of Fred Ruhl, the hardware merchant. On May 10, 1886, he became associated with the Stockton Iron Works. On October 10, 1898, however, he entered banking circles when he became a clerk in the San Joaquin Valley Bank, where he rose until he became assistant cashier; and when, on January 19, 1916, the bank became a national institution, he was made cashier of both the commercial and the savings departments. A year later, on November 27, the Bank of Italy took over the San Joaquin Valley National Bank, and then Mr. Wurster was appointed assistant manager,, and this position he now holds. Thus Mr. Wurster has been associated for close to a quarter of a century with banking institutions in Stockton, and it is fitting that he should be on the executive committee of the Stockton Merchants' Association. He is also an active member of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau, representing therein the city of Stockton center. When the San Joaquin Fair was revived in 1919, Mr. Wurster was made president for that year, and he contributed his share to making the Fair held in Oak Park a success in every way. This Fair is still held annually, and Mr. Wurster is an honorary director. In early days he was active in developing the Southern San Joaquin irrigation district, and helped to put 70,000 acres of land under water; he was then a large landowner there, and he still retains a small alfalfa ranch in that district. All his life he has had an active part in civic affairs, and he has taken especial pride in working for the best interests of the county.

On November 16, 1894, Mr. Wurster was married at Stockton to Miss Maude E. Wilson, who was born at Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, but was reared in Stockton, where she attended the high school. Two children were born to this union. William Wilson Wurster was graduated from the University of California with the class of '19, having specialized in architecture; Helen graduated in December, 1921, at the University of California, Department of Household Science. Mr. Wurster is one of the trustees of the Congregational Church, and he is also treasurer of the congregation. He is both a member and a past president of the Stockton Parlor No. 7 of the N.S.G.W., and a member of Charity Lodge No. 6, I.O.O.F.

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NICK YLARRAZ

A thoroughly progressive and up-to-date hotel man is found in Nick Ylarraz, and genial proprietor of Hotel Central, located at 124 West Main Street, Stockton. He was born on his father's farm in the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain, July 5, 1883, and his education was obtained in the district schools of his neighborhood and his spare hours and vacation periods were spent in helping on the home farm. When he was twenty-two years old, in 1905, he came to the United States and located in Nevada, where he spent two years herding sheep; then the following six years he herded sheep in Oregon; then he located in Lassen County, Cal., where he worked in a saw mill of the Westwood Lumber Company for three years. He then removed to Reno, Nev., and spent three years in business there. About three years ago he located in Stockton and on November 14, 1919, entered into partnership with Vic Bodaya in conducting Hotel Central, which has proved to be a profitable and successful undertaking. From a business standpoint he has been successful, and at all times he has been straightforward and honorable in all the relations of life.

The marriage of Mr. Ylarraz united him with Miss Felicia Zandeweta, a native of the same country as her husband and they are the parents of one daughter, Theresa.

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WESLEY ALBERT YOUNG

San Joaquin County and the section surrounding Lodi are largely indebted to the efforts of the late Wesley Albert Young, who was a continuous resident of that section for twenty-two years, and aided in laying broad and deep the foundations upon which has been built its present progress and prosperity. He was a native of Geneseo, Ill., born December 5, 1858, but was taken by his parents to Iowa, where they settled near Jefferson, Green County. His father, George Young, was a brick manufacturer and contractor. There our subject grew to manhood and followed in the footsteps of his father and was a brick manufacturer. Later he bought land, becoming one of the prosperous and influential farmers of Green County. He made a specialty of raising thoroughbred Poland China hogs, and when he decided to remove to the West in 1899, he brought with him some of his famous breed of hogs. For many years he continued the breeding and raising of these pedigreed hogs in San Joaquin County and took many prizes at fairs throughout the state. In 1915 he secured first prize at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco; also exhibited at the State Fair at Sacramento and the San Joaquin County Fair at Stockton, never failing to receive premiums for his fine stock.

Upon his arrival in Lodi, Mr. Young purchased a ten-acre tract of land on East Pine Street just outside the city limits, which he planted to fruit trees and vines; later he sold this ranch and engaged in the lumber business on East Pine Street. As his business grew he bought land on Stockton and East Locust Streets and enlarged his plant. Some twelve years ago he disposed of his business and leased the yards to give his time to stock raising. Mr. Young had many interests and engaged at one time in the building contracting business, erecting over 300 buildings, including residences, barns and other buildings, in and around Lodi; he also erected the Emerson school building. In local affairs he was one of the founders of the Lodi Chamber of Commerce and was always active in civic matters. He was progressive and public spirited and gave his most hearty support to any movement for the betterment of Lodi and San Joaquin County. He was the founder of the town of Youngstown on the traction line four miles north of Lodi, where he erected a store building and maintained a lumber yard. He purchased a 120-acre ranch in the Christian Colony district, which he set to vines and orchard, improving it with an up-to-date irrigating system; two of his sons now own thirty acres each and his widow retains the remaining sixty acres.

The marriage of Mr. Young united him with Miss Adell Richardson, a native of New York state, born near Canton, St. Lawrence County, a daughter of Melville and Nancy (Pitt) Richardson, born in New York. Mr. Richardson served in the 142nd Regiment New York Volunteers in the Civil War as orderly sergeant. In 1868 he removed to Iowa, locating at Jefferson. While on a trip back to New York Mrs. Richardson passed away. Mr. Richardson came on to California and spent his last days with Mrs. Young, passing on in 1914, nearly eighty years of age. He was a prominent Mason and G.A.R. man. Mr. and Mrs. Young were the parents of four children, Arthur G., of Lodi; Harold M., employed by the Pioneer Fruit Company of Lodi; Ross M., of San Francisco; and Mrs. Lydia Pope, of Lodi. Fraternally Mr. Young was a member of the Lodi lodge of Odd Fellows No. 267 and his religious faith was that of the Baptist Church. In politics he was a Republican. Mr. Young passed away on January 9, 1921, mourned by his family and a large circle of friends. His career was one of highest purpose and in his death Lodi lost a valuable factor in her development.

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WILLIAM J. YOUNG, M.D.

A most skillful surgeon, William J. Young gained prominence in his profession and was recognized throughout the state among physicians and surgeons as among the foremost in the medical profession. He was not only a Native Son of the Golden West, but also a native of San Joaquin County, his birth having occurred on the Sonora Road, four miles west of Farmington, August 30, 1869, the son of an old time resident and pioneer of San Joaquin County, David Young, a native of Canada and a farmer of San Joaquin Valley for many years.

William J. Young was educated in the public schools of Stockton, St. Mary's College of Stockton, and pursued his medical course in the Cooper Medical College of San Francisco, from which institution he graduated with the M.D. degree. During 1902 he took a trip abroad for the purpose of taking a post-graduate course in Vienna and England.

Dr. Young was married about sixteen years ago to Miss Ysabel Laogier, a native of Stockton, daughter of the late Mrs. Basilio Laogier, and they were the parents of two daughters, Dorothy and Margaret. Two brothers, J.M. and David E. Young, both live in Stockton, while two sisters, Mrs. Tim Minihen and Mrs. Margaret W. Williams, have passed away. Dr. Young was a member of Stockton Parlor, N.S.G.W., Young Men's Institute of Stockton, and of Stockton Lodge No. 218 B.P.O.E.

Dr. Young enjoyed one of the largest practices in this section of the state, was greatly beloved for his frank manner and sincerity and respected for his professional skill. During the last three years of his life, Dr. Young was associated with Dr. J.W. Barnes. For several months before his demise, Dr. Young had been seriously ill and on September 26, 1921, he passed away. As a physician and surgeon, Dr. Young ranked among the leaders in his profession, but overshadowing even this was the real man whose big heart went out to the poor and the afflicted and whose deeds of generosity and kindness have brightened many homes. Liberal to a marked degree, Dr. Young's charities were all done quietly and in an unostentatious manner, not for worldly praise but for the good and the relief he could give to his fellowmen. But now the voice that soothed is stilled and the eyes that shone with kindness and inspiration are closed and the skilled hands folded forever. The devotion to friends, faithful remembrances of favors received and love of family, the recognition of civic duties, all these contributed to form a character that may well be pointed at as that of an ideal physician. It can be said of Dr. Young that he was a good man, able physician and wise counsellor, a true friend and kind to the poor. His soul has gone to claim a just reward, but in the hearts of Stockton people his memory will ever remain as a truly good man.

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WILLIAM L. YOUNG

One of San Joaquin County's progressive and enterprising ranchers, William L. Young was born in Hopkins County, Ky., on June 24, 1859. The Young family were pioneers of the state of Kentucky where Grandfather Young owned a plantation. William L. Young was able to attend the public schools until he was twelve years of age when his father died and his mother removed to California with her three children, William, Burris and Helen, arriving in December of 1871, after the experience of being snowbound in Cheyenne for some time. The family made their home with Mrs. M.E. Bryant, a sister of Mrs. Young, a California pioneer of 1852 who settled about four miles northeast of Lockford on the north side of the river. Mrs. Young later married James L. Christian, a farmer north of Staples Ferry on the Mokelumne River, who owned a half-section of land. Mr. Christian passed away in 1885 and the mother survived him until 1888. William L. Young continued to run the home place until four years after his mother's demise, when he purchased 120 acres one mile south of Lockeford known as the old Brakeman place. This ranch was devoted to grain, but Mr. Young set forty acres to grapes, it being the second vineyard in this district. About 1915 he pulled them all out, much to his regret today. This ranch has a well 365 feet deep, which is sufficient for irrigating the entire ranch.

On July 4, 1888, occured the marriage of Mr. Young, which united him with Miss Caroline Louise Sheridan, a daughter of Frank and Isabella (Epperly) Sheridan, and they are the parents of three children: J. Lilbern is married and has one son, J. Lilbern Jr., and resides in Stockton where he is employed with the Union Oil Company; Burris E.; Anita is now Mrs. Clyde Hamsher and she has two children, Millard Clyde, and De Ette Caroline. Mr. Young has served his locality as school trustee for ten years. Politically he is a Democrat and for the past thirty-five years has been identified with the Odd Fellows and is past grand of Progressive Lodge; both he and his wife are members of the Rebekahs and Mrs. Young is a past noble grand of that organization.

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DOMINGO YROZ

A successful San Joaquin County sheepman, Domingo Yroz is a native of the Basses-Pyrenees, where he was born at Lasa, on December 9, 1873, the son of John and Jennie (Ricart) Yroz, a worthy couple still living in advanced years at their comfortable and picturesque mountain home. They had four children. The eldest two, Pierre and Theresa, elected to stay at home, while the youngest two, Domingo and Pete, crossed the wide ocean in search of adventure and a still greater opportunity, and are now in Stockton.

Owing to the unfavorable economic conditions in his native country, Domingo had very little opportunity to go to school, and when only ten years old started to earn his own support. He was able, even at that tender age, to make himself useful on the home farm in caring for the sheep and stock. In young manhood, in 1894, when he was twenty years of age, he came to the United States, bringing with him a valuable experience in his line. Los Angeles was the first district in which he pitched his tent, and there he worked for two years. Then he went up to Plumas County and herded sheep for a summer. Later he went onto the Delta Islands of San Joaquin County, where he herded sheep and did various kinds of farm labor.

About twenty years ago, he started in the sheep business for himself, buying sheep, feeding them on the range, and selling them again, getting together as many as 2,000 head, running them through San Joaquin County and also among the mountains to the east. In 1915, he returned to his native home, and on August 13, he was married to Miss Florence Uritzaga, who was born in the vicinity of his home, the daughter of John and Josephine (Yorasabal) Uritzaga, farmer folk of the sturdy, old-fashioned class, who still reside at their old home. There were seven children in that family, Inez, Anastacia, Pierre, Batista, Jean and Pete all being older than Mrs. Yroz. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Yroz, Pierre and Albert. Upon returning to California after his marriage, Mr. Yorz purchased for his bride an attractive home at 420 South San Joaquin Street in Stockton. There he has resided ever since, while he has actively continued the raising of high-grade sheep.

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WILLIAM J. ZIEGLER

On May 15, 1853, William J. Ziegler, the subject of this sketch, was born in Wudenberg, Germany. About two years later, the news of California's far-famed gold discovery having reached them, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Ziegler, decided to seek their fortune in this great venture of the West and with their children, started for America, coming around the Horn in a sailing vessel as so many of the early pioneers did, landing in San Francisco some months later. From San Francisco, they made their way to Sonora and Jamestown and there near the old Sullivan Creek, they established their little home. Here the father tried his luck at mining, at first very successful, but later failing in the venture, he decided to bring his family to Stockton,, where he might return to his former business, that of a tanner, which business he followed until his death in the winter of 1904. It was about the year 1868, when Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler established their little family, consisting of William J. Ziegler, Mrs. Louise Meyers, August Ziegler, Mrs. Emma Held (now deceased) and Mrs. Sophia Chance, in the old family home, the site of which is now occupied by the Holt Manufacturing Company.

Being anxious to follow the tanning business, both August and William Ziegler entered the employ of the Wagner Company that year. August Ziegler's health breaking down, he gave up the business, but William J. Ziegler being interested, zealous and industrious, continued to learn the business with all of its details. With the exception of a few years spent in a tannery at Santa Cruz, Mr. Ziegler worked continuously for the Wagner interests until a few months before his death. In July, 1918, when the big fire destroyed a greater portion of the Wagner Leather Company plant, Mr. Ziegler was severely injured in the heroic effort to prevent the firemen and other volunteers entering a dangerous section of the burning building and in an attempt to protect the company's tanning liquors by the closing of certain valves. This was the inception of his frail health, which led him to retire in March, 1920, from active duties. On March 17th, 1920, his beloved wife passed away and grief over this loss, together with complications which set in, brought on his death, in Santa Cruz, on July 19th, 1920.

On May 5th, 1885, Mr. Ziegler married Elizabeth Charters, born in Stockton, and to them were born the following children, Fred, Lottie, Oscar William, Mrs. Arthur C. Hannigan and Mrs. Clinton E. Spencer,, all residents of Stockton. In the earlier days of Stockton, Mr. Ziegler was prominently identified with the Volunteer Fire Department. For thirty-five years he was prominent in the I.O.O.F., being a past noble grand of Stockton Lodge No. 11, and he was a member of the old Turnverein of Stockton.

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FAY REED ZINCK

Holding the record as one of California's youngest contractors, Fay Reed Zinck is also numbered among Stockton's most successful builders. A native son, he was born at Oakdale, Stanislaus County, February 17, 1890, and when a child accompanied his parents, Christian and Ora (Reed) Zinck to northeastern Oregon, and later resided in Seattle. The father was a contractor and builder. He erected the Sperry flour mill at Stockton and has followed the building business for many years. Returning to California in 1902, the family settled at Stockton, and here Fay attended the El Dorado Street school until he was fourteen, when he entered the employ of Robert Powell, the pioneer contractor. In 1905 he went to San Francisco, where he took up architectural drawing in the office of a prominent architect, and later was with the well-known contracting firm of Brunton Bros. After the great fire of 1906 he worked in San Francisco, helping rebuild the city after the holocaust that swept over it.

In 1908 Mr. Zinck returned to Stockton and for a time was associated again with Robert Powell, and later with Lewis & Barling. In 1911, although but twenty-one, he started in the contracting business for himself, but through his ability and the application he had given to his work to his work he was even then far better equipped than men many years his senior. Successful from the start, he has erected in the neighborhood of 200 houses in Stockton, most of these being in the best residence sections of the city, and has erected many office and business blocks for the well-known real estate firm of Triolo & Calestini. He has had the contract for a number of school buildings, which he has completed most satisfactorily, among them the Lottie Grunsky school, the Jefferson Manual Training school, remodeled the high school and the Lathrop school; and on Washington Street he built a theater and garage.

With R.F. Shutes, Mr. Zinck formed the firm of Shutes & Zinck in 1919, and they conduct a planing mill on North Commerce Street, near Weber Avenue, having already built up a good business. Mr. Shutes was formerly a resident of Minnesota and has had a wide experience in the lumber business both there and in California. They built the South Sewage Disposal plant for the city of Stockton, under the supervision of Fred S. Tibbetts, engineer of San Francisco, a $108,000 contract. The partners have erected a two-story reinforced concrete building for the First National Bank of Los Banos, and a two-story brick building block and office building at the corner of California and Market streets, Stockton, for which Mr. Zinck drew the plans, as he has also done for many of the homes he has built. They own their own concrete equipment which is considered the best in the valley owned and operated by contractors. The firm holds membership in the Progressive Business Club, and so assist in all programs for the upbuilding of this favored section.

Mr. Zinck's marriage, which occurred at Stockton on May 4, 1912, united him with Miss Nellie I. Twitchings, a native of England, who came to California in 1898; and they have one son, Edgar Reed.

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AUGUST J. ZITLAU

A prominent young banker of Stockton whose rise in the financial world has been rapid, due entirely to his ability and initiative, is August J. Zitlau, vice-president of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bank, Stockton, successors to the Farmers & Merchants Bank. A man of marked ability, he is eminently qualified for the important post he occupies and already he has become an important factor in the banking circles of the community. A native son of California, Mr. Zitlau was born at Oakland March 18, 1886, the son of August F. and Catherine (Orth) Zitlau, well-known residents of Oakland. The father came to San Francisco in the early days from his native land, Germany, and for many years has been engaged in the flour milling business. Mrs. Zitlau, also a native of Germany, came to this country when a child, her marriage to Mr. Zitlau occuring in New York and they came to California on their honeymoon.

August J. Zitlau attended the Oakland public schools and graduated from the Oakland high school, and displaying a decided bent for journalism, he entered the newspaper field, first on the reportorial staff of the Oakland Tribune, and later with its advertising department. Here he remained for five years, a period that was of great value in its broadening view, and then accepted a position with the Anglo-California Trust Company of San Francisco. Fortunate in his association with this great financial institution, he gained a thorough grounding in the banking business, learning all of its details as well as accumulating a broad, comprehensive knowledge of the financial world and its operations. In 1913 Mr. Zitlau came to Stockton, becoming the assistant cashier of the Commercial & Savings Bank, resigning there in June, 1919, to become cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, a post he handled so efficiently and constructively that when the bank merger with the Sacramento interests was made in the summer of 1920, he was appointed to thee vice-presidency of this great financial institution.

On November 8, 1916, Mr. Zitlau was married to Miss Marjorie Littlehale, a native daughter of Stockton, and they are the parents of a little girl, Jane. Prominent in fraternal circles, Mr. Zitlau is a member of San Joaquin Lodge No. 19 F. & A.M. Stockton Chapter 28 R.A.M., Stockton Commandery, K.T., and Aahmes Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Oakland and belongs to the Yosemite Club, the Stockton Golf and Country Club, and is a charter member of the Stockton Den of Lions, being treasurer of this organization.

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PETER ZORNIG

A rancher and dairyman of the Lodi section of the San Joaquin Valley who is making a success of his undertaking by the labor of his hands is Peter Zornig, who like many successful men began with small capital. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, May 14, 1882, a son of Michael and Katherine Zornig. The father, a brickmason, came to the United States when Peter was a child of four years and first settled in Clinton, Iowa, but remained there but a short time when he removed to California and settled at Franklin. He and his wife are the parents of two children, Peter, and Anna, Mrs. J.W. Wilson, living at Elk Grove, Cal.

Peter Zornig received a grammar school education in the schools of Franklin, Cal., and remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years old, when he established a livery stable business in Sacramento which he conducted for five years, then sold it and removed to Placerville, where he was engaged in the livery business, but remained there but a short time when he returned to Sacramento County and took up dairying on the home place with his father.

On June 18, 1913, Mr. Zornig was married in Lodi to Miss Meta H. Lange, a daughter of John and Mary (Ahrents) Lange. She was born at Woodbridge, Cal., and received her education at the Henderson school. Her parents were both natives of Germany, who came to California in 1881 and settled at Woodbridge where they reared a family of seven children: Emma, William, Herman, Meta H., Albert, John, and Marie, Mrs. Jacob Kurtz. Her father passed away at the age of forty-two and the mother at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs. Zornig inherited twenty-five acres from her father's estate, located on Kettleman Lane one mile south of Lodi and on this ranch the young married couple took up their abode. Mr. Zornig planted fifteen acres to alfalfa and has a ten-acre vineyard of Mission grapes. On this ranch, Mr. Zornig runs a dairy of twenty cows and has one of the most up-to-date dairy barns in the county, being well equipped with modern machinery and sanitary in every particular. In politics, Mr. Zornig supports the best men and measures, that he considers best for all the people and the county. Mr. and Mrs. Zornig are members of the German Lutheran Church of Lodi. Mr. Zornig has a strong attachment for the land of his adoption, and is thoroughly American in thought and spirit.

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RIPON HOSPITAL

With but one thought in mind, the greatest good to the greatest number, Dr. N.B. Gould in 1920 established the Ripon Hospital, an institution that has increased in usefulness with each passing year. This institution is located one mile west of Ripon on the Ripon Road and is the former residence of Thomas Hughes, which has been completely remodeled at a cost of $20,000, with the most modern and up-to-date surgical department of any hospital in this section of the county. Beautiful and spacious grounds surround the buildings and the thirteen acres included in the hospital property is devoted to the raising of fruits, vegetables and poultry for use in the hospital; besides there are tested dairy cows that furnish milk and butter for the patrons of the institution. Paul L. Ness, a pharmacist of Ripon, is associated with Doctor Gould in this worthy undertaking. The efficiency with which the work of the hospital is carried on and the manner in which the patients are cared for were due to the capability of the head nurse, the late Mrs. Whitney, formerly of St. Helena, Napa County, who died in 1921, whose position was then taken by her sister, Miss Etta Evans, who came from the Emergency Hospital, Salt Lake City. Miss Evans has a corps of six able assistants, and the hospital is a model of sanitation and cleanliness, and the patient entering this hospital is assured of the most kindly and best of professional treatment. Those competent to speak with authority assert that Doctor Gould's knowledge of materia medica and surgery, backed by a broad general fund of information in every sphere of thought, bespeak for him many years of professional usefulness, and as head physician and surgeon of the Ripon Hospital he has found his greatest field for service to his fellow-man. Associated with Dr. Gould since 1919, is Dr. R.W. Brace, who was lately discharged from the army after overseas service as an army surgeon in France with the commission of major. He is a specialist in X-ray and a very successful practitioner.

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LOUIS F. SANGUINETTI

A public-spirited citizen of the Peters district of San Joaquin County is Louis F. Sanguinetti, who devotes his energies to stock and grain farming, his ranch being two miles east of Peters. He was born near Stockton, August 7, 1882, the youngest son of Angelo and Giovanna (Zignego) Sanguinetti, and was only one year old when his parents settled on the ranch, a portion of which he now owns and on which he makes his home. He received his education at the Everett district school in the neighborhood of his home, and as is usual with farm-reared boys, at an early age was taught to work. When his father passed away in 1916, he was fitted to continue the extensive farming activities. Angelo Sanguinetti was a man of sterling worth to his community and his death caused sincere regret, for he was an advocate of all progressive movements; two years later, in July, 1918, the mother passed away. Louis F. received 640 acres as his portion of the home place, which he has continued to farm to grain and on which he also raises fine stock.

On September 1, 1911, at Stockton, Mr. Sanguinetti was united in marriage with Miss Louisa K. Delucchi, a native of San Francisco, Cal., a daughter of Antone Delucchi, a California pioneer. Two brothers of Mrs. Sanguinetti, Joseph and Antone, reside in Stockton. In 1917 Mr. Sanguinetti entered into partnership with Emilio Barrera, a native of Piedmonte, Italy, born May 18, 1893. He came to California in 1910 and has continuously followed ranching since. Mr. Barrera entered the service of the U.S. Army on November 2, 1917, and served in the A.E.F. as a first class private in the 1st Division, 2nd Signal Corps; he was sent to France and saw active service in ten battles, and also served with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz; he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged in August, 1919. The partnership of Mr. Sanguinetti and Mr. Barrera has been productive of mutual-benefit and the extensive and successful grain and stock operations carried on have been proof of the richness of the soil and ideal climatic conditions of the Peters district. Mr. Sanguinetti is a member of the N.S.G.W. and the B.P.O. Elks, No. 218, of Stockton.

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FRANK J. STEPHENSON

Born in California during the pioneer days, Frank J. Stephenson has been for many years one of the foremost ranchers of San Joaquin County, now living retired on his home place three miles west of Ripon. He was born at Douglas Flat, Cal., October 30, 1860, and his education was obtained in the public school at Murphys. His father, Samuel Stephenson, was a native of Wisconsin, who came to California via Panama in 1849 and was engaged in mining and prospecting; he also worked as cook at the Yosemite House and the State Hospital at Stockton. He was married in Michigan to Harriet Allen, who joined him in California, in 1853. He passed away in 1908 and Mrs. Stephenson died in Stockton, about 1918. Frank J. Stephenson learned the butcher trade at Jackson with Samuel Bright, which occupied him for three years; then for a time worked at his trade in Merced. In 1879 or 1880 he came to San Joaquin County and was employed in the harvest fields near Ripon during the harvest season. He then went to Stockton and for three years worked for the River Express Company, then came back to Ripon, and has since resided there.

The marriage of Mr. Stephenson united him with Miss Flora Frederick, a native of San Joaquin County, a daughter of John and Nancy (Underwood) Frederick, pioneers of the county, both now deceased. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson: Hattie B. is Mrs. Joseph Barker and lives at Dudley, Kern County, Cal.; Frank S. is in business in Los Angeles; Irma Edna is the wife of L. Marion Cowell and they have one daughter, Geraldine R., and the family reside at Manteca. Since 1886 Mr. Stephenson has continuously resided in this section of San Joaquin County and for eleven years served as trustee of the San Joaquin school district. He joined Stockton Lodge, No. 11, I.O.O.F., in Stockton, but for the past twenty-five years he has been identified with Mt. Horeb Lodge, No. 58, I.O.O.F., at Ripon. Mr. Stephenson owns forty acres of choice irrigated land, which he improved in every way and has farmed for many years and on which he successfully conducted a dairy. Four years ago he leased his ranch to his son-in-law L. Marion Cowell, who farms it and runs a dairy. Mr. Stephenson has always been a progressive citizen and is particularly enthusiastic for his own locality near Ripon, believing in the future prosperity of this section implicitly.

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HARRY S. TODMAN

An experienced, influential man of public affairs, whose family have had an interesting association with the history of the Golden State, is Harry S. Todman, the owner of one of the finest peach orchards at Clements. He was born at Oakland, Cal., in December, 1866, the son of John H. and Viola A. (Pomeroy) Todman, his father being a native of England who came out to America when a young man and settled at Victoria, in Prince Edward Island. While still a young man John Todman entered the United States and came West to Nevada, and in 1854 he came on to California. In Nevada he had mined with the Comstock Company; and on reaching California he settled for a while at Oakland, and then took up mining in various parts of the Western States. While prospecting on the Colorado River, near Yuma, Ariz., he was drowned in 1886. Mrs. Todman then removed to Stockton; and there she died, about twenty years ago, at the age of fifty years.

Harry Todman profited by the public school advantages of San Francisco, and for three years attended Valencia grammar school; and when fourteen years of age he started out for himself. In San Francisco he learned the paint and wall-paper trade, and after that he worked as a journeyman in San Francisco. In 1889 he came to Stockton and engaged in his trade on Market, near Sutter Street, where he maintained also a supply shop for painters and paper-hangers. His place of business was in the Union Block.

Ten years ago he sold out and purchased thirty acres of the old Athearn ranch, about one mile northeast of Clements, on the Mokelumne River, where he has a fine orchard devoted to peach-culture, known as El Nido Ranch. There is a first-class pumping plant in the orchard, pumping direct from the Mokelumne River, and from this supply the land is irrigated. He has a twelve-inch stream, and a gas engine of fifteen-horsepower.

At Stockton, on July 28, 1889, Mr. Todman was married to Miss Cora Hitchcock, a native of Canton, Miss., and the daughter of Charles N. and Sarah Elizabeth (Tatum) Hitchcock, in whose family were four children: Florence, now Mrs. Hamsher, of Acampo; William and Joseph, who died young; and Cora, now the devoted wife of Mr. Todman. Mr. and Mrs. Todman have the distinction of being the first couple to have been married by the Rev. Mr. Sink in Stockton. Mrs. Todman's father, Charles N. Hitchcock, was a machinist, who brought her to Oakland when she was three years old. Later, he removed to Stockton, where in 1919 he died at the age of eighty-two; his devoted wife had died three years before, aged seventy-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock removed to Stockton when Cora was ten years old, and there she attended the grammar and the high school. Her father was a native of New York State, who had moved to Wisconsin prior to the Civil War. He joined the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and was a first lieutenant; and he served in the Army of the Mississippi and sustained several severe wounds. After the war was over, he went to Mississippi to claim for his bride a lady he had met while fighting in the South; her parents were plantation owners, and of course were allied with the Confederacy. Two children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Todman; Jessie, now Mrs. E.P. Kayser, of Oakland; and Edna, Mrs. E.W. Drury, of Stockton. Mr. Todman is a Democrat, and served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor George H. Stoneman. His only sister, Josephine M. Todman, an attorney-at-law, was executive secretary for fifteen years in the office of Governor Budd. Broad-minded, of many-sided interests, Mr. Todman has served on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society at Stockton. He is a member of Stockton Lodge No. 218, Elks, and belongs to several other orders.

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JOSIAH TOMLINSON

A dependable citizen of the Elliott district is Josiah Tomlinson, who has attained to his present position after many years spent in varied lines of endeavor. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born at Wrightstown, Bucks County, on June 6, 1852, a son of Josiah and Mary (Croasdale) Tomlinson, both natives of Pennsylvania, of English and Scotch descent, respectively. The father was a farmer by occupation and young Josiah had the advantage of a fair education in the Quaker schools of his native state, which were the only schools in the vicinity in which he lived. Remaining at home with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, Josiah Tomlinson then came to California where he remained for five years; then removed to Goldendale, Wash., and engaged in the building and planing mill business, which he continued until his marriage.

The marriage of Mr. Tomlinson occurred at Summerville, Oregon, on June 15, 1881, and united him with Miss Amelia B. Koontz, a native of Malaga, Monroe County, Ohio, a daughter of William and Mary A. (Berry) Koontz. Her father, William Koontz, came to the Northwest in 1871 and was a pioneer missionary minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was instrumental in establishing many congregations throughout Oregon and Washington. After his marriage, Mr. Tomlinson removed to Tacoma, Wash., and engaged in building contracting for five years; he then went to Pendleton, Ore., and there built and conducted a planing mill for the next thirteen years; then removed to Oakland, Cal., and engaged in the building business for the following ten years, making his home on Lynde Street. In 1912, the family removed to San Joaquin County and purchased forty acres of land, one and one-half miles south of the Elliott school house, and he has since been engaged in the fruit and poultry business. When Mr. Tomlinson purchased his property it was a grain field; he has built his residence and developed a twelve-acre peach, prune, almond, and plum orchard, and fifteen acres has been set to Zinfandel and Mission grapes; besides he has a modernly equipped poultry house, having at the present time 625 laying hens, which are yielding him a good income for his labor. Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson are the parents of four children: Raymond lives at Benicia; Oreine is Mrs. W.M. Hession of Oakland and has two daughters, Wilma and Eva; Harry resides at Alameda; Eva is Mrs. C.W. Russell of Sacramento and she has three children, Ruth Harriet, Phillip R. and Clyde R. For several years Mr. Tomlinson has served the locality as a school trustee, being clerk of the board; in politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Neighbors of Woodcraft of Fruitvale, Cal.

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MRS. ALICE M. TONE

A pioneer of California and of San Joaquin County, Mrs. Alice M. Tone, residing at 135 East North Street, Stockton, is rounding out her life amidst the scenes of her girlhood, surrounded by those she loves. She is a true representative of the sturdy womanhood that braved the perils of the long and tedious journey to California in the early days. She came from her New York home to California by way of Nicaragua in 1853, when she accompanied her mother and brothers to join husband and father in the Golden State. Her father, Nicholas Walsh, was a Forty-niner. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he was married to Elizabeth Brannan and where their two oldest children, Alice M. and Thomas Walsh, were born. The latter is well and favorably known throughout this county. With his family, Nicholas Walsh set sail for America in 1842, landing in New York and living there until 1849. Two boys were born in that state: Henry W., now living on the Jack Tone road near Stockton, and Charles, deceased.

In February, 1849, Mr. Walsh and a party of men from his vicinity in New York left there under the guidance of Mr. Audubon, the naturalist, for the long trip to California. They had only pack animals and saddle horses and chose the Southern route as being the best at that time of year, and after eleven months the party arrived in the gold fields of the state. Mr. Walsh spent about a year in the mining districts, meeting with indifferent success, which possibly decided him that ranching was a surer way to independence than hunting for the shining metal. In 1851 he came down into San Joaquin County and bought out a squatter's right to 160 acres of land on the Waterloo road and here began stockraising and some general farming. As usual with the pioneer, he suffered many discouragements; but he stuck to his work and began making a name and place for himself in his community. He sent back to New York for his family, who joined him in 1853, arriving on April 22. With his neighbor, Mr. Kenyon, Mr. Walsh built the first schoolhouse in that part of the county on land owned by G. Moore. The school is known today as the Moore School. Mr. Walsh, Mr. Kenyon and Jacob Peters were the first trustees. When the new building was erected it was built on land donated by Mr. Walsh. In 1862, the year of the flood in this county, the people of the section about the Walsh ranch ran out of supplies. They built a boat, and starting from Walsh's house towed direct to Stockton to the stores for their supplies, and out into the open and back to the ranches. It was the custom to lay in enough supplies in the fall to last all winter, for the roads were impassable during the winter months. The dry year followed in 1864; then the ranchers had to go to the tule lands to cut hay for their stock, and it was during the travel back and forth that Mr. Walsh lost his life, falling from the boat and being drowned on September 6, 1864. Mrs. Walsh lived to reach the good old age of eighty-eight, dying November 22, 1892.

Alice M. Walsh was born in Dublin, Ireland, in September, 1838, and when four years old was brought to America by her parents, who located on Manhattan Island, New York State, and there she was reared and educated. In 1853, she accompanied her mother and three brothers to California. She well remembers the day they left New York for Brooklyn to spend a couple of days with an aunt before leaving the East. It was March 17, and the St. Patrick's Day parade halted their little party several times in passing. They left Brooklyn the 19th, and arriving at Nicaragua crossed to the Pacific side, and from there came on to San Francisco. She was then in her sixteenth year and the events of the long journey are stamped indelibly on her mind. The arrival of the family on the ranch in San Joaquin County was an event. It was known that Mr. Walsh expected his family, and in that family was a young lady; and young ladies being very few in number here, the whole population turned out to greet them as they made their way to the ranch home.

In February, 1855, Miss Walsh was united in marriage with John H. Tone, born in New York in March, 1826, and reared in the locality where the Walsh family had settled upon arrival in this country. He was a member of the same party of gold-seekers as was Mr. Walsh, and he mined with fairly good success for about a year, when he turned to agriculture and bought government land in San Joaquin County, in 1850. He had three partners, each buying 160 acres; but Mr. Tone finally bought out two of his friends and became the owner of 480 acres, all of which is still in the possession of the family. He became very well-known and did his part to help build up San Joaquin County, and by his death, on June 12, 1902, the county lost a progressive citizen and the family a devoted husband and father. Mr. Tone was a member of the Stockton Society of California Pioneers, and was a man whose word was as good as his bond.

The marriage of John H. Tone with Miss Alice M. Walsh resulted in the birth of the following children: Mary Elizabeth, widow of John T. Doyle, is the mother of two daughters, Alice T., and Gertrude, of Stockton; Margaret F. married Samuel Store, and they have two sons, Walter T., who was purser on the boats running from San Pedro to Catalina until the World War, and then was on the “President,” taken over by the government and put in service between San Francisco and Honolulu, carrying troops and supplies; and Theodore J., who saw service in France with the anti-aircraft department. John N. Tone lives on the old home place, and has six children: Margaret, Alice, John H., Mary, Richard N., and Theodore T. Catherine married Frank B. Cliff of Berkeley, and has one daughter, Elizabeth, now the wife of Homer Gordon. Ella is the wife of Robert Benjamin, and resides on part of the Tone ranch; she has three children: Robert, Felecia and Theodosius. Anna is the wife of Harvey J. Conduit, of Stanislaus County, and the mother of three daughters: Jane, Helen and Patricia. One daughter, Alice, died in 1920; and another daughter, Laura, died at the age of five years. To such women as Mrs. Tone the country owes a debt of gratitude; for they have done their part to raise the standard of society, to make their children useful, and also tot inculcate patriotism in the generations to come.

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JOHN NICHOLAS TONE

A wide-awake, progressive rancher, whose commendable enterprise has steadily brought him handsome returns, is John Nicholas Tone, who has a very trim farm of 335 acres, 11½ miles out of Stockton, on what is popularly known as the Jack Tone Road. He was born on the old, historic Jack Tone ranch, on April 24, 1866, the son of John Henley and Alice M. (Walsh) Tone, a worthy couple also represented in the biographical memoirs in this volume. Our subject first attended school in the Moore school district, and by his fifteenth year had finished with the fifth reader. He then stayed at home for a year, and then took a course of five months at the Sacramento Institute, following that up, for a short time, with studies at the Santa Clara College, and topping off his preparation for life's struggle with a course in the Stockton Business College in 1883-1884.

John Nicholas Tone has always remained on the old John Tone ranch, and now owns the handsome tract of 335 acres of what was long his father's famous acreage. As far back as 1873, the large two-story brick residence was substantially constructed, and ever since then has been the hospitable Tone home. Besides being a member of the San Joaquin County Pioneer organization (since the sons of the pioneers were admitted to the order), he was one of the organizers of the Tokay Colony district school, and is now clerk of the school board. He is a Republican in matters of national political import, but non-partisan in all movements making for local advancement and improvement.

At Stockton, on February 3, 1904, Mr. Tone was married to Miss Grace G. Talbot, who was born near Linden, the daughter of Patrick and Margaret Talbot. Her father came to California a genuine Argonaut, in the glorious year of '49, sailing with thousands of others around the Horn, and Margaret came to California in 1852, by way of the Isthmus Route. Mr. Talbot first mined in the romantic Mariposa district, and then, finding the appeal of the soil-tiller greater than that of the digger of possible gold, he settled on a farm at Linden. Ten children were in time born to them; Margaret, now deceased; May C., John A., Elizabeth, Clara Augusta, Fannie, deceased, Thomas, deceased, Grace C., William, deceased; one child died in infancy. Mrs. Tone attended the Linden schools, and has many happy recollections of her school days. Six children have been granted her and her husband. Margaret and Alice are attending the Dominican College at San Rafael; and the others are John H., Mary Genevieve, Richard N., and Theodore T. Tone. The family are devout Catholics, and Mr. Tone is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He also belongs to the Elks at Stockton, and no one is more welcome in that circle.

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JOHN FREDERICK TONS

Coming to America as a lad of fourteen from his home in Bremen, Germany, where he was born April 3, 1847, John Frederick Tons on reaching New York was employed for some years in the grocery store of his uncle there. In 1868 he set out on the long journey to California via Panama, and for a time he was engaged as an attendant at the State Asylum at Stockton. Later he became district agent for the Weiland Brewery of San Francisco and then for the Rainier Brewery, his territory comprising San Joaquin, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Stanislaus counties. He was connected with this line of business from 1874 to 1916 and he became one of the best-known men in the Valley, with a wide acquaintance in every section. His first location in Stockton was on Weber Avenue near Center Street and later he established his headquarters at 933 East Lafayette Street. Mr. Tons was a member of the volunteer fire department connected with the State Hospital and belonged to the Red Men, the German Order of Foresters and the Turnverein, to whose ranks his passing away on December 17, 1916, came as a distinct loss.

On May 17, 1874, Mr. Tons was married to Miss Johanna Barkhorn, who was born in Calaveras County, a member of a pioneer family there. Her father, John Barkhorn, came to California via Cape Horn in 1849 and settled at Angels Camp, Calaveras County, later becoming a resident of Stockton. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tons: John; Edna, the wife of James Mallott of Oakland; George; Ida M., the wife of John J. Burrows of Stockton; Edward; Alma, married Elden Willis of Stockton. The eldest son, John, was born at Stockton June 7, 1881, and at the age of fifteen joined his father in business, traveling throughout this district for fifteen years. He continued his father's interests for two years after the latter's death, but since 1918 he has been manager of Gianelli's grocery at Sutter and Market streets. His marriage united him with Mrs. Bessie Travers, a native of Ireland and he is a member of the Red Men, Stockton Lodge, No. 218, B.P.O.E., and the Commercial Travelers Association.

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CLARENCE A. TOWNE

Locating in Stockton thirty-six years ago, Clarence A. Towne established his business as a building contractor which he has successfully conducted for that length of time. A native of Illinois, he was born in De Kalb County on October 18, 1866, a son of D.M. and M.E. (Stone) Towne, both natives of Illinois. His father, D.M. Towne, came to California in 1876 and after a short stay in Contra Costa County, located in San Joaquin Valley where he followed building operations and farming for a great many years. D.M. Towne is a cousin of Hon. Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, and was born in De Kalb County, Ill., and put in almost two years in the service of his country during the Civil War, serving in the Army of the Cumberland in the 16th Army Corps. He enlisted at De Kalb, Ill., in Company C, 58th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on February 5, 1864, and was honorably discharged August 9, 1865.

Clarence A. received his education in the schools of San Joaquin County and at the age of fifteen learned the carpenter trade with with his father. In 1886 he left the farm and went to Stockton and worked for George Campbell, his first job being on Dr. Mersoll's residence on Linden Road; later he worked for James Brown and then became foreman for L.M. Furry and built the J.M. Welch residence on Eldorado Street and the J.H. Hough residence on East Park Street. A partnership was then formed with L.M. Furry, but was of short duration; when the partnership was dissolved, he went into partnership with Richard Noall, under the name of Noall & Towne, this partnership covering a period of twenty years. They erected a number of wineries throughout San Joaquin County, among them being the West Winery at El Pinal, the Hanford Winery, one at Selma, Kearney, Lodi, San Joaquin, Sanger, buildings for the California Wine Association and the Western Winery for the L.S. Westmore Company. During this period they also erected many fine residences in Stockton, among them those of Arthur Noble, Walter Hansel, the Paul residence in Bours Park, one for Dr. S.H. Hall and Dr. J.J. Tully. During the last five years, Mr. Towne has been operating alone and has been most active. He has erected business blocks in Ripon, remodelled the Dameron Hospital in Stockton, built the First National Bank and Farmers & Merchants Bank buildings in Modesto; he has also erected a number of fine dairy barns in the county, among which are the fine dairy buildings for Frank A. Guernsey on Rough and Ready Island. At the present time he is busily engaged in building the Mrs. J.D. Young residence at the corner of Van Buren and Flora; and the Mrs. John Mylco residence on North Street, also a number of buildings for Libby, McNeill and Libby on Tyler Island, on their asparagus farm, and many others.

Mr. Towne is a member of the Stockton Contractors' & Millmen's Association, also a member of the State Automobile Association. Fraternally he is a member of Stockton Elks No. 218, Truth Lodge of Odd Fellows and Parker Encampment.

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EMANUEL TRACHIOTIS

Since 1918 Emanuel Trachiotis has been the sole owner and proprietor of the Olympia Oyster Grotto located at 35 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, where he has built up a prosperous business and enjoys the esteem of his associates. He was born at Kranidi, Greece, November 26, 1892, a son of Demetrius and Theodora (Augerinou) Trachiotis. Both parents were born and reared in Greece and Demetrius Trachiotis is a wealthy, retired sponge merchant. At the age of fifteen Emanuel Trachiotis boarded a Greek liner at Pireaus, Greece, and after a voyage of fifteen days arrived in New York; from there he went to Canton, Ohio, but soon after left for Stockton, Cal., where his uncle, J. Despotakos lived. Emanuel attended the Stockton high school. He began to work for his uncle in 1910, who was owner of the Olympia Oyster Grotto, and in 1918 he purchased the business and his uncle returned to his old home in Greece.

On June 5, 1922, Mr. Trachiotis was united in marriage in Greece with Miss Athanasia Eiconomou, a daughter of Constantino and Helen (Radous) Eiconomou, and the young couple returned to their Stockton home on September 1, 1922. Mr. Trachiotis received his U.S. citizenship papers and served in the Army in the cooks and bakers school as mess sergeant at San Francisco; his service covered a period of eight months and he received his honorable discharge; he is now a member of the Karl Ross Post of the American Legion in Stockton and also the W.O.W. In April, 1921, Mr. Trachiotis organized the Hellenic Mutual Society, a Greek-American fraternity, and served as its first president for one term; this society now has a membership of 120.

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MARY A. TREDWAY

One of the pioneer families in the Golden State is that which now finds a worthy representative in San Joaquin County in Mary A. Tredway, herself a pioneer of 1868 and the widow of William H. Tredway, a pioneer of 1854. Mary A. Tredway in maidenhood was Mary A. Ring, who was born in the state of New York, February 15, 1845, a daughter of Greenleaf and Betsey (Bunker) Ring, her father a native of New Hampshire and her mother of Vermont. Greenleaf Ring was a farmer in his native state who moved to New York state shortly after his marriage and remained there until after the birth of our subject. She was ten weeks old when her parents removed to Illinois, and the father purchased a quarter section of land west of Wheaton, which he farmed. For the benefit of his growing family, they lived in the town of Wheaton on account of the good educational advantages. There were six children in the family: Orvis was a member of the first graduating class of Wheaton College. He came West and settled in Nevada, where he became prominent in educational affairs and for twenty years was state superintendent of schools. Although unmarried, he has to his credit the education of several young men and left a lasting memory of the early days of that pioneer country. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and an Elk and died at the age of seventy-seven. Austin Ring died at the age of seventeen; Angelia, Mrs. Batchelder, was the wife of a Civil War veteran who gave his life for his country; Susan, Mrs. Hicks of Nevada, Iowa, passed away January 19, 1922; Mary A. is the subject of this sketch; Henry Sylvester is deceased. Greenleaf Ring was born April 11, 1808, and died December 30, 1877, and the mother was born May 3, 1810, and passed away February 15, 1875.

Mary A. Ring received her education in the grammar schools of Wheaton, Ill., and finished with a course in the Wheaton College and in 1868 came out to California, making the journey via the isthmus route. On May 19, 1870, she was married to William H. Tredway, who was born in Steubenville, Ohio, September 30, 1844. When he was ten years old, he accompanied his parents and other children across the plains from Ohio to this state. His father, Sylvester V. Tredway was a California '49er, who was born December 21, 1820, and crossed the plains to California in 1849, and after his arrival mined gold for some time. In the fall of 1853 he returned to Ohio via the Isthmus of Panama, and in March, 1854, brought his family, consisting of wife and three children, of whom William H. was the second child, across the plains to the Pacific Coast. His route was by way of St. Joseph, Mo., and he brought along a band of cattle and horses, arriving in San Joaquin County on September 10, 1854. For a time the father mined for gold in Calaveras and Amador counties, and also established and conducted several trading posts in those two counties. He located on the ranch in San Joaquin County in the year 1852, and was among the first settlers, and resided there until the day of his death. He was a member of the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers, a Republican in politics, and was affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at Stockton and also with Jefferson Lodge, I.O.O.F., at Woodbridge. He married Miss Isabella McLaughlin, a native of Ohio, by whom he had three children: George W., William H. and Rebecca J.

William H. Tredway was reared to manhood in San Joaquin County, finishing in the public schools of the county the education which he had begun in Jefferson County, Ohio, and he also attended Napa College at Napa. He taught school for a short time in Napa County, but from youth up he was extensively engaged in farming. He became one of the leading ranchers of the county, and at one time owned 1,100 acres, forty acres of which was devoted to vineyard, and the rest to grain and pasture. Here Mr. and Mrs. Tredway made their home and reared their five children, namely; Sylvester Greenleaf Tredway, born May 23, 1870, married Miss Grace Maddocks and they were the parents of two children, Winthrop Henry and Marjory Lucile. He died January 27, 1912, at Sebastopol, Cal., and his widow in October, 1922; Orvis Wesley Tredway, born May 6, 1872, married Miss Sarah Cook of Glenbrook, Lake County, Cal., and they had five children—Harmon, William, Bessie, Cecil and Kenneth; he died November 15, 1913; Bessie Bell, widow of Warren Fowler, now resides in Stockton; Susie May is Mrs. Leon L. Kaiser, and with her husband resides on the home place; Ora R., Mrs. John Emde, the only one born on the old home place, resides in Lodi and has two children—George Wm. and Ora Lois.

For thirteen years Mr. Tredway served as deputy county assessor of San Joaquin County and was a stanch Republican in politics, casting his first vote for Lincoln. He was a Mason and served as chaplain of Woodbridge Lodge No. 131 F. & A.M. of which he was a past master; he was also a past patron of Woodbridge Chapter No. 118, O.E.S.; he was also a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, and was just preparing to have the Shrine degree conferred upon him when he died. Mrs. Tredway is a member of the Eastern Star Chapter of Woodbridge. Mr. Tredway passed to the Great Beyond in November, 1911, mourned by the residents of San Joaquin County for he was prominent and influential citizen of that county. The present real estate holdings of Mrs. Tredway consist of 750 acres of well-improved land, thirty acres of which is in vineyard and the balance is used for grain and pasture, her stock averaging about 100 head. She has seen the county emerge from wild pioneer conditions and take its place among the leading counties of the great commonwealth, and her mind is stored with many interesting reminiscences of the early days.

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EMERY E. TREMAIN

An experienced, wide-awake mechanic whose workshop is much sought by the users of auto-trucks, truck-bodies, etc., desiring first-class service, is Emery E. Tremain, the wood-worker and blacksmith of 640 East Market Street, Stockton. He is the agent for the G.M.C. motor truck and the Swinehart truck tire, nor could the successful manufacturers of these products well find a more capable representative. He was born near the Allegheny River, in Allegheny County, Pa., on February 16, 1872, and reared at Wichita, Kan. In 1891, with a boy friend as a companion, he started West, expecting to settle in the state of Washington; but they landed in Stockton with just five dollars as their combined capital. Emery secured work on John Williams' ranch, and later he accepted employment with the Ed Clowes ranch; then he went to the Smith ranch, where he was foreman for three years. All in all, he put in eleven years on ranches, and in those early days used to work on a thirty-two-horse grain harvester.

In 1901 he started to learn the blacksmith's trade with L.F. Salbach, but when he had finished, at the end of three years, he opened a small shop for himself at the corner of Stanislaus and East Market streets. He had saved $650, but it was necessary to assume a debt of $1,465 for machinery and tools in order to equip even a modest work-shop in the way he believed it out to be done. In one year, however, he had earned enough to enable him to clear off all indebtedness. In 1907 he bought a lot on East Market Street, the site of his present building, paying $2,500 for the same, but he was obliged to borrow $1,500 in order to close the deal; but again luck, or better still, the rewards of foresight and industry were with him, for in another year he had made money enough to wipe out that new indebtedness and to take care of the purchase. In 1911 he erected a two-story building of cement and brick on his lot, at a cost of $7,500, borrowing half of the money in order to build; but now his property is free of debt.

In February, 1915, Mr. Tremain took on the agency of the G.M.C. motor truck, and so successful has he proved himself in presenting the claims of this superior outfit that he has readily made important sales to the leading establishments in Stockton, among them being the Sunset Lumber Company, the Stockton Transfer Company, the San Joaquin Oil Burner Company, the Stockton, Littlefield and Horan Furniture companies, the Stockton Soda Works, the Goodale Transfer Company, the Hatch Lumber Company, etc.

Mr. Tremain, among other ventures, pioneered an automobile stage company from Stockton to the Yosemite Valley, by way of Big Oak Flats, securing a franchise and putting on a twelve-passenger coach, and from the beginning the undertaking “boosted” Stockton, although it was not until the second year that it paid expenses. Then, at a fair profit, Mr. Tremain sold the line to Bob Young, having previously opened an office in San Francisco for the stage route. Mr. Tremain, who has always been one of the most enthusiastic and loyal boosters for Stockton, has himself invested in a vineyard of ten acres in the Victor Tract near the city. In earlier days he was a member of the Terminal City Wheelman's Club, and took part in many road races across the country, and quite naturally for one who has come to be so actively engaged in motoring he has worked hard, wherever the opportunity presented itself, to forward the cause of better roads. Mr. Tremain has leased his ground floor, blacksmith and wood-working departments to Messrs. Bidwell and McKinnon, who will conduct that branch, while he gives his time to the truck and tire business.

In 1901, at Stockton, Mr. Tremain was married to Miss Susan C. Pope, a native of Stockton, and a member of one off the well-known pioneer families of this section, her mother having crossed the great plains to California many years ago. One son, Virgil E. Tremain, has blessed this fortunate union. Mr. Tremain is a member of the San Joaquin Auto Trades Association, and of the State and National Auto Trades societies, and for more than twenty years he has been a popular member of the Red Men.

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JOHN P. TRIOLO

Business enterprise finds a stalwart exponent in the person of John P. Triolo, whose progressive spirit and determination have won for him a prominent position in the business circles of Stockton. Mr. Triolo was born in Chicago, Ill., on February 21, 1880, and grew to manhood and was educated in that city. He then entered the employ of Porter Brothers, fruit packers and shippers, and became their European manager; and during the ten years he was employed by them he made seven round trips to Mediterranean ports. In 1905 he came to California in the interest of the same company, locating at Los Angeles, where he remained for six years.

In 1911 Mr. Triolo came to Stockton and went into partnership with Louis Calestini in a general real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Triolo & Calestini. Their operations covered a large territory, and besides conducting a most successful real estate business, they erected business blocks and residences, selling them at a profit, and in this way built up a lucrative business. Their popularity and success as realtors is demonstrated by the fact that in many instances they sold the same property twice. They consummated the sale of the Bronx Hotel, the Masonic Temple building, and the Hodgkin block on Weber Avenue. Vacant property has also received their attention, as they sold 200 lots in the business district, on which business blocks have been erected.

Many dairy and fruit ranches were also developed and sold by them. At one time they were the owners of a seventy-acre dairy on the Calaveras River near Linden, which supported one of the best herds of Holstein cows in the county. Recently, Mr. Calestini withdrew from the firm and is now doing business under the firm name of the Louis Calestini Real Estate Company.

The marriage of Mr. Triolo united him with a native daughter of California, Miss Harriet Long, and they are the parents of four children: Ellen, Charles, John and Daniel. A man of force and ability, he has ever believed in constructive measures, and he stands high in the community.

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JAMES S. TRIOLO

In a life of well-directed business activity, resulting in success, James S. Triolo has become well known as a produce shipper of San Joaquin County. A native of Illinois, he was born in Chicago, October 12, 1883, and at the early age of fourteen began working in the produce business in Chicago, packing for the firm of Porter Bros. Company on South Water street. His father was a large importer of Palermo, Sicily, and when James was seventeen years old he went to that city and worked for his father for three years, packing and shipping lemons and oranges. In 1902 he came to California, accompanied by his father and a brother, and for three years was associated with them in the Ontario district of Southern California, packing and shipping oranges and lemons. At the end of three years he removed to San Francisco and engaged in the commission business until 1912, when he settled in Stockton and established his own business. He represents White Bros. & Crum of Salt Lake City; Dawson Bros. Company of Denver, Colo. He buys wine grapes for Descalzie Company of Pittsburgh, also for L. Gallucci Company, a large Eastern firm, and for Shafton & Company of Chicago, buying all kinds of produce direct from the grower and paying cash for same and shipping over 1,000 carloads yearly from Stockton and vicinity. He maintains offices in Sacramento, Walnut Grove and Turlock. He is an ardent booster for San Joaquin County, which he considers the richest and most productive county in the world, and which he believes to be only at the threshold of its productivity and prosperity.

The marriage of Mr. Triolo united him with Miss Ada Crowley, a native of Wisconsin, whose father is a prominent lumberman of that state, and they are the parents of two children: James S., Jr., and Beatrice E. Mr. Triolo is a member of Westgate Lodge No. 335, F. & A.M., of Los Angeles, Pyramid No. 3, Sciots, of Sacramento, and the Sacramento Lodge of Elks. He is eminently public-spirited in all matters that affect the general welfare, and is held in the highest esteem.

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SVEND OTTO TRONDHJEM

When S.O. Trondhjem located at Ripon in 1908 there were but six frame structures in the business section of the town, consequently this was a good opening for a first-class contractor and builder. Among the business blocks he has erected are the First National Bank Building, the postoffice and scores of attractive residences throughout the South San Joaquin section. He has also been very successful in his agricultural pursuits, for on his forty-acre ranch he has developed a very productive peach orchard of five acres and the balance of thirty-five acres produces an abundance of alfalfa since irrigation has been developed in the district. He was born in Nyborg, Denmark, February 16, 1881, and by the time he was thirteen years old his school days were over and he began to learn the stone and brick mason and plasterer's trade and followed this for six years in Denmark; he then went to Hamburg, Germany, where he followed his trade for four years in the large cities of central Germany; he then retired to his native country for a visit for a few months; then, believing that greater opportunities for young men to succeed financially were to be found elsewhere, he went to Cape Town, South Africa, where he soon found work and was occupied for four years in contracting and building; then he started for an extended tour and three months were consumed in visiting in Australia, South Sea Islands, Seattle, British Columbia, and in February, 1907, he arrived in San Francisco. He remained in the Bay district about one year and during this time took out his first naturalization papers. In 1908 he located in San Joaquin County, where he bought a forty-acre ranch, a portion of the Thomas Frederick place, two miles west of Ripon, and has developed it into a most productive place.

During 1914, Mr. Trondhjem made an extended trip to Denmark to visit his old home and while there was married to Miss Anna Rasmussen, a native of Denmark and a daughter of Jasper and Mary Rasmussen, farmer folk in Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Trondhjem are the parents of four children: Rita, Greta, Svend Otto, Jr., and Julia. Besides raising peaches and alfalfa on his ranch, Mr. Trondhjem has a dairy, which he has leased to others for the next three years. During the spring of 1922 he completed his fine modern residence on the outskirts of Ripon, where the family reside and from which he handles all of his contract work. Fraternally he is a member of the Danish Brotherhood at San Francisco, Cal., the Dania Society at Modesto, and the Mt. Horeb Lodge of I.O.O.F. at Ripon.

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MARTIN TROY

For more than half a century Martin Troy has been a resident of San Joaquin County, as he was a lad of only seven years when he accompanied his parents here. He was born in Ireland on November 11, 1864, the son of Peter and Margaret (Ryan) Troy, both natives of that country, where they were married. They were the parents of five children: Thomas, Martin, Mrs. Julie Effinger, Mrs. Eugene S. McComb, and Frank. The family came to Lodi in 1871, and here the father farmed for the remainder of his life; the eldest son, Thomas, is now farming the old home place.

Martin Troy received his education in the schools of the Lodi district and when only twelve years of age he started to work on ranches in the vicinity of his home, and since that time he has continued to engage in orchard and vineyard work, being well known through his long residence here. Mr. Troy's marriage united him with Miss Mary Carroll, who was born at Santa Clara, Cal. Five children have been born to them: Mrs. Margaret Nichol of San Francisco; Frank, also of San Francisco; William; Emmet; and Martin, who gave his life for his country, falling while in action on the battlefields of France in one of the last battles of the World War.

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