History of San Joaquin County, California : with biographical sketches of leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, Part 227

Author: Tinkham, George H. (George Henry), b. 1849
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1660

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Mr. MacGarva went to Canada from Scotland and took up a homestead in Alberta, which he proved up on and lived on until 1903, when he came to San Francisco and was employed for the following four

years by the Standard Oil Company. During the year of 1908 he came to his present ranch, about five miles south of Lockeford, where he purchased twenty acres and engaged in the dairy and egg-pro- ducing business. He has ten cows and has worked up a private dairy products route in Stockton, where he disposes of his farm products at retail. He has built a comfortable house and he is well equipped to handle his dairy and poultry business in a first-class manner. Mr. MacGarva is a life mem- ber of the Masonic order of Glasgow, Scotland, be- ing a member of the Royal Arch there, and in poli- tics is a Republican.

SERAPHIN MARCEAU .- A continuous resi- dent of San Joaquin County for the past forty- seven years, Seraphin Marceau has been a partici- pant in the growth and development of the county during that period. He was born on his father's farm in the rural district of Sainte Anne, near Que- bec, Canada, on March 25, 1855, a son of Chris- topher and Mary (Desonia) Marceau of French de- scent, who settled in Canada in an early day. There were eight children in the family: Phillip; Louis; Onisim; Napoleon; Seraphim, our subject; Adol- phus; Mary; and Etucan.

As a boy, Seraphin Marceau attended the public school, and when he reached the age of fifteen years he served an apprenticeship for three years learning the carpenter's trade. After completing his apprenticeship he worked there for three years as a journeyman carpenter, and in 1876 came to Stockton, Cal .; he followed his trade and did con- tracting and building in a small way in the vicinity of Waterloo, which occupied him until. 1878, when he engaged in the liquor business there; later when he removed to Clements he went into the hotel business and continued there for eight years, when he sold his business and located in Lockeford in 1890, where he has been in business from that time to the present.

The marriage of Mr. Marceau occurred at Clem- ents, Cal., on February 23, 1886, and united him with Miss Allie C. Fox, a native of Comanche, Cal., a daughter of James Fox, a grain farmer who came to California in an early day and settled at Con :- anche, and there Mrs. Marceau received her educa- tion. They are the parents of one son, Dan V. Marceau. Politically Mr. Marceau is a Democrat and fraternally is a member of the Knights of Columbus of Stockton.

FRED LEO MARCHAND .- A native Califor- nian, Fred Leo Marchand was born near the pres- ent site of the thriving town of Newman, October 25, 1879, a son of Leo and Johanna (Jeschke) Mar- chand, both natives of Prussia. The father left the home for America before the outbreak of the Civil War and in 1861 enlisted for service in the U. S. Navy, serving for over three years, and was dis- charged in Pensacola, Fla. In 1869 he arrived in San Francisco and soon after removed to San Joa- quin Valley, locating in the grain country near Newman, where he engaged in farming. There were five children in the family: Fred Leo, the sub- ject of this sketch; Anna, deceased; William J. re- sides at Stockton; Lilly, Mrs. H. A. Davidson, re- siding in Stockton; and Charles J. resides in Los Angeles. The father passed away in 1920 at the

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age of eighty-three and the mother was seventy-one when she died.

Fred Leo was a child of one year when his par- ents removed to Stockton, where his father worked in the lumber business, and later conducted a dairy for fourteen years, and in that city Fred Leo re- ceived his education. When he was fourteen years old he learned the harness-makers' trade and for thirteen years was associated with C. Rodder. Fif- teen years ago he removed to Lodi, where he opened a shop of his own. As the automobile in- creased in importance and popularity, Mr. Marchand added the line of auto trimming, which has well- nigh done away with his harness business; he now owns his own building, 40x100 feet, and conducts a thriving business.

On November 26, 1908, in Lodi, the marriage of Mr. Marchand united him with Miss Grace Roulette, born in Sainte Genevieve, Mo., a daughter of J. T. and Emma Roulette, who had three children: Addie, Mrs. Banta, resides in Richmond; Lawrence T. resides in Plumas County; and Mrs. Marchand. The mother passed away in May, 1922, and the father is a farmer in the Lodi vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Mar- chand are the parents of two children, Uvon Cath- erine and Fred Leo, Jr. Besides his harness and auto trimming business Mr. Marchand owns fifteen acres in vineyard three miles from Lodi. He is a Republican. Fraternally he is a member of the N. S. G. W. and is past president of the Lodi Parlor; he is also a member of the Eagles and the Forest- ers of Stockton, and has passed through the chairs of the latter. Mr. Marchand believes in the unin- terrupted prosperity and development of Lodi and environs and he is deeply interested in all that per- tains to the welfare and progress of his locality, and is a typical western citizen.

MASON HOSPITAL OF LODI .- Among the institutions of San Joaquin County caring for the sick and unfortunate residents of Lodi and vicin- ity is the Mason Hospital of Lodi, which is con- ducted by Mrs. Thirza M. Cole and her sister, Mrs. Nellie B. Yates, joint owners of this institution. Mrs. Cole was born at Greeley, Colo., and received her education in the grammar and normal schools of Colorado; she then took up nursing at the Salida, Colo., Red Cross Hospital, and in 1911 finished the course and became a registered nurse. She was then superintendent of the hospital at Salida, Colo., four years, when she came to California and en- gaged in general nursing practice in Lodi, with the exception of one year spent at Fresno. During the influenza epidemic, Mrs. Cole was put in charge of the work to control the epidemic at the Mason Hospital.

In 1921, Mrs. Cole purchased the hospital from Mr. Slauson, and since acquiring it she has remodeled and equipped the same. New beds, bedding, rugs and other necessary equipment have replaced the old and it is now modern in every respect, as well as sanitary in every particular. The hospital will ac- commodate fifteen patients and it is filled to capac- ity most of the time. Her sister, Mrs. Yates, is part owner and assists Mrs. Cole in conducting the institution. The hospital is equipped with a modern operating room for all kinds of surgical cases and also for maternity cases; it is a branch of the Emer- gency County Hospital at Stockton. Mrs. Cole is

thoroughly competent to handle the most intricate of surgical cases; and her humane side is her most outstanding characteristic, and the patients of the Mason Hospital find in her a most considerate as well as efficient nurse and friend.

NELSON QUENELL .- Among the prosperous farmers and dairymen of the New Hope school dis- trict of San Joaquin County is Nelson Quenell, who conducts a dairy of forty cows on an eighty-acre ranch seven miles northwest of Woodbridge. A native of Alexandria, Ontario, Canada, he was born October 24, 1864, a son of Donald and Anna (Cart- ner) Quenell, both natives of Canada, and farmers all their lives. The father, who was of French des- cent, passed away at the age of ninety-four, and the mother, of Scotch descent, at the age of seventy-two, while the grandfather, Donald Quenell, lived to be 102 years old. Donald and Anna Quenell were the parents of six children: John, deceased; Agnes; Alex- ander, deceased; Margaret, deceased; Richard, de- ceased; and Nelson, of this review.

Nelson Quenell received a grammar-school edu- cation, and when he was sixteen years of age ran away from home. He made his way to Port Arthur on Thunder Bay, at the head of Lake Superior, and worked on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad; for five years he worked his way westward, to Regina, and then left the company and came to British Columbia. He was married in North Dakota, at St. Thomas, and again went to work on the Can- adian Pacific, continuing till the spring of 1886, when he returned to St. Thomas, and located a homestead of 160-acres of land near Langdon, N. D., proved up on it and remained there for five years. Here Mr. Quenell took out his first citizenship papers; he re- ceived his final papers in Stockton, Cal. In 1890, he removed to Palmero, Cal., where he found employ- ment on the Southern Pacific Railroad for a short time; then he came to Stockton and worked for Angus McKinnon, the building contractor, for five years, and during that time helped to put in the concrete work on El Dorado Street on the water front. He was then employed as engineer on the pile driver on Grand Island, until 1904. He then began farming, first for five years on Grand Island, and then at New Hope Landing for another five years. He was en- gaged in dairying until November, 1922, at which time he sold out and located in Woodbridge, where he is now engaged in merchandising

On August 24, 1885, in North Dakota, Mr. Quenell was married to Miss Mary McLean, a daughter of Angus and Isabelle (McKinnon) McLean, the former a native of the Highlands of Scotland. Her father left Scotland and settled near Toronto, Canada, where he farmed until his death at the age of fifty years. The mother, also born in Scotland, passed away re- cently at the age of seventy-four. They were the par- ents of nine children who grew up: Flora, Mary ( Mrs. Quenell), Catherine, Christine, Annie, Sarah, Mar- garet, Daniel, and Isabelle, who is a trained nurse living in San Francisco. Mary McLean was born near Paisley, Canada, where she was educated in the public school. Mr. and Mrs. Quenell have a family of eight children: John M., in Los Angeles; Angus, at Thorn- ton; Agnes, Mrs. Maher, of Sacramento; Catherine. Mrs. Henry Thompson, of Thornton; Edna, Mrs. George Woods, of Los Angeles; Ethel, Mrs. Edison. of Woodbridge; Rena, Mrs. Edward Beckwith, of Sacramento; and Roy, at home. They are also rais-

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ing a nephew named Morman Hall, and have taken care of him since he was a baby. He is now seven- teen years old and they are educating him as their own child. There are four grandchildren. John Que- nell has two children, Robert Nelson and Dorothy; Mrs. Ethel Edison has one daughter, Elizabeth; and Angus Quenell has one daughter, Ethel Marian. For four years, Mr. Quenell was school trustee on Grand Island; for six years he served as school trustee of the New Hope School in Thornton district; and then for one year he served on the school board of the Ray district. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, No 106, of Sacramento; and Mrs. Quenell was a member of the Cortland Lodge of Pythian Sisters until the lodge was disbanded.

MRS. HATTIE E. RATHBUN .- For thirty-eight years Mrs. Hattie E. Rathbun has been numbered among the citizens of the Golden State, and for the past thirty-two years has resided in San Joaquin County, during which time her husband Charles W. Rathbun was actively connected with the educational affairs of the county. She was born at Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wis., a daughter of Benjamin Frank- lin and Olivia' (Dale) Gibbs, both natives of New York, early settlers of Wisconsin. When our sub- ject was five years old her parents removed to Mason City, Iowa, where she was reared and educated. There were five children in the family: H. L., re- sides at Calistoga, Cal .; Eugene, deceased; Benjamin, resides in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Hattie E. Rathbun, the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth. The father passed away at the age of eighty-seven and the mother at the age of sixty-seven.

On September 25, 1881 at Mason City, Iowa, oc- curred the marriage of Miss Hattie E. Gibbs and Charles Wilbur Rathbun, a native of Sparta, Wis., born November 30, 1858, a son of Eldridge and Lydia (Osborne) Rathbun, both natives of New York, who removed to Wisconsin in frontier days. When Charles W. was eleven years old the family removed to Mason City, Iowa. Eldridge Rathbun was a vet- eran of the Civil War and lost his life in the service of his country during that conflict. Charles W. re- ceived a fine education in the schools of Iowa and after graduation was engaged in teaching until 1884, when the family removed to California, settling in Calistoga, where he was engaged in teaching for five years; then they removed to Inyo County, where he taught in the Big Pine and Lone Pine schools. In 1890 they came to Lodi and for a number of years Mr. Rathbun taught at the Turner and Franklin dis- trict schools. On account of failing health Mr. Rath- bun was obliged to give up his chosen profession and took up carpentering and contracting in Lodi, which he followed until his death, August 11, 1911. Mr. Rathbun was a Republican in politics and fraternally was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Wood- men of the World and the Maccabees of Lodi.

Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun were the parents of seven children: Mary E., is a teacher in the Lodi schools; Eldridge, resides in Lodi, as does Mrs. Nora Brown; Percy D., is employed in the postoffice at Lodi; Eliza- beth, Mrs. Jensen, resides in Loomis, Cal .; Dorothy and Phillip W., are at home. The family reside at 125 North Hutchins St., Lodi, in the home built by the husband and father sixteen years ago. Mrs: Rathbun is a member of the Ladies of the G. A. R., of Lodi.

EDWARD ANDREW REID .- Well known for his connection with the business interests of Lodi, Edward Andrew Reid is the popular proprietor of the Perrin Hotel on South Sacramento Street. He be- came a citizen of Lodi in 1920, and has ever since been closely identified with the commercial and civic" growth of that town. He was born in Redding, Cal, October 6, 1878, a son of Edward Alexander and Artie (Salnave) Reid. The father was born in Ala- bama, and crossed the plains to California in 1849 and worked awhile in the mines; then he farmed a section of land where he raised cattle and hogs; later he sold his ranch and went into the livery business in Redding, which he continued until his death at the age of seventy-seven years. The mother was a New Yorker by birth and is still living at the age of eighty- four years. Edward Andrew is the only child of this pioneer couple and his education was gained in the public schools of Redding and later on in a business college in Oakland. After his school days were over, he assisted his father in the livery business in Red- ding and when his father died in 1902 he continued the business until he built a garage, which he con- ducted for two years when he sold out and removed to Sacramento, where he became the proprietor of two hotels, one on Seventh and I streets and the other on Fourteenth and J streets.

While residing in Sacramento Mr. Reid was mar- ried to Miss Ada Haskin, born at Granby, Mo., a daughter of N. W. and Martha Haskin. Mrs. Reid was four years old when her parents removed to California and settled at Nevada City, where her father worked in the mines and where she received her education. She is the eldest in a family of five children, the others being, Thomas, Mrs. Marie Ap- pearson, Mrs. Ethel Gardner, and Mathew, who died in 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Reid have an adopted daughter, Ruth. In February, 1920, Mr Reid removed to Lodi and leased the Hotel Imperial. This he oper- ated until January 1, 1921, when he entered into a five year lease for the modern, forty-five-room Perrin Hotel, located on South Sacramento Street, where he is meeting with deserved success. Mr. Reid is a Republican in politics and fraternally is affiliated with the Odd Fellows at Redding; he is a past grand of that lodge and is past president of the Encampment at Redding; he is also a member of the N. S. G. W.

FREEMAN J. MATTICE .- Among those inter- ested in agriculture and stockraising in San Joaquin County, Freeman J. Mattice resides on his thirty- acre ranch, five miles southwest of Lodi. He was born at Volcano, Amador County, Cal., March 27, 1866, a son of Simon Peter and Agnes (Stockton) Mattice. The father was born in Cornwall, Canada, and first came to California in 1852 across the plains and mined in Amador County for four years. He returned to h's Canadian home and was married to Miss Agnes Stockton, returning with his wife to California the same year via Panama. He mined one year at Placerville, then removed to Volcano, where he mined with moderate success. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice were the parents of nine children: Emma is Mrs. Joe McKindley at Acampo; William, George, and Charles are deceased; Arthur; Free- man J. of this sketch; Mrs. Leona Wilson, de- ceased; Chester R. of Acampo, and Edward of Lodi. The father passed away at Volcano at the age of seventy-two; and in 1887 the mother with some of

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her children moved to Florin, Cal., then farmed on the Consumnes; then in 1896 she came to San Joaquin County and lived here until her death, pass- ing away at Acampo at the age of eighty-three.

Freeman J. Mattice received his education in the grammar schools of Volcano and since he was twen- ty years old has made his own way. He first worked as a ranch hand, then leased a farm in Sacramento County in the Lee school district near Florin, which he ran for four years when he located on the Con- sumnes River; then in 1900 moved to Sheldon and in 1908 removed to Clements, where for ten years he was in charge of the Irvin ranch.

The marriage of Mr. Mattice in Amador County occurred June 20, 1893, which united him with Miss Lilly May Clark, a native of Nebraska, daughter of B. A. and Margaret Clark. She is one of a family of fourteen and when she was sixteen years old came with her parents to California and settled in Amador County, where her father engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice are the parents of six children: George died at the age of twenty-five; Gladys is Mrs. Oren Nevins, and the mother of three children, Robert, Ralph and Naomi; Willis makes his home with his parents; Harvey lives near Lodi; Margaret and Vernon are at home. In 1918, Mr. Mattice re- moved to the Henderson school district of San Joa- quin County, where he had bought thirty acres in 1917, which is devoted to raising alfalfa and he also has a small dairy. Mr. Mattice served on the She !- don school board, and is a member of Clements Lodge No. 355, I: O. O. F. at Clements, of which he is a past grand. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice both be- long to the Rebekahs at Clements, in which Mrs. Mattice is a past noble grand.

EDWARD G. McCAUSLAND .- A well known citizen of Lodi, where he has resided since 1911, Edward G. McCausland is an enterprising agricul- turist and business man. He was born in Lexing- ton, Mo., April 20, 1893, a son of Ernest M. and Jennie (Goode) McCausland. The father was a merchant for many years in Lexington; later he be- came a member of the working force of the New York Life Insurance Company. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. McCausland, Edward G., of this sketch, and Harold. The family left Missouri for California in 1911 and settled in Lodi, where the father passed away at the age of sixty years, while the mother is still living and resides in Lodi.

Edward G. McCausland had the advantage of a good education, first in St. Joseph's grammar school, then was graduated from the Stockton High School and in 1916 was graduated from Stanford University, where he took a course in journalism. Following his graduation from Stanford University he entered the employ of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany and remained with that company until his country called him. He entered the service in No- vember, 1917, and was sent to Camp Lewis in the 166th Depot Brigade and was a member of the third officers' training camp at Camp Lewis; later he was transferred to the 316th Military Police of the 91st Division and was sent overseas, where he took part in four major engagements, namely, St. Mihiel, Ar- gonne, Lyse-Scheldt and the attack on Audenarde. After the war he was stationed at La Ferte-Bernard, the embarkation area of France. In 1919 he returned to the United States and the same year was honor- 96

ably discharged from the service at the Presidio with the rank of corporal. Upon his return to Lodi he engaged in the real estate business and is also the owner of 120 acres of land in Madera County about fourteen miles south of Merced on the Merced- Los Banos Highway; he also owns forty acres on Harney Lane in the vicinity of Lodi. He is a Demo- crat in politics and a member of the American Legion of Lodi; and is a member of the Christian church in Lodi.

HENRY F. MERRILL .- Among the vineyardists who is devoting his energies to this branch of agri- culture is Henry F. Merrill, who resides on a ten- acre vineyard southeast of Lodi. He was born in Campo Seco, Calaveras County, Cal., on May 13, 1887, and is a typical Western man, possessing the energy, determination, and enterprise which have been the dominant factors in the upbuilding of the Pacific coast country. He is the son of Douglass and Anna Virginia (Whitaker) Merrill, natives of New York and California, respectively. The father came to California in an early day and was a building con- tractor in Lodi and the mother came to California with her parents in 1861 and also settled in San Joaquin County. They had four children: Mamie Adaline, Mrs. C. C. Wright; Nellie, Mrs. Howard Gillespie; Henry F., and Joseph F.

Henry F. Merrill attended grammar school at Campo Seco, Lodi, Lockeford and Live Oak, and in November of 1909 was married at Stockton to Miss Emma Vollbrecht, a daughter of William and Anna Vollbrecht, her father a native of Germany who came to America with his parents when three years old. Mrs. Vollbrecht is one of twelve children. Her father is deceased, but her mother still lives in Iowa. Mr. Merrill is a lather by trade and was en- gaged throughout San Joaquin County until Novem- ber, 1920, when he came to the Lodi section and purchased his vineyard on which he has since resided. The ranch is irrigated by a four-inch pump which supplies ample water. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill are the parents of three children: Emily, Bernice and Lowell, and in politics he is a Democrat.

W. J. RICHTER .- An able craftsman, successful business man, and progressive, public-spirited citizen, is W. J. Richter, owner and proprietor of the leading plumbing and tinning establishment at Ripon, Cal. He is a native son, having been born at San Fran- cisco, April 23, 1884. His parents are J. L. and Maria (Peterson) Richter, who both reside with W. J. Richter on a ten-acre ranch on the state highway, near Ripon. Both parents were born in the year 1854, the father being a native of New Jersey, while the mother was born in Denmark. The father came with his parents to California in 1864 via the Isthmus, landing in San Francisco. There he grew up and learned the metal-worker's trade, of which he was a pioneer in the Bay City. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Richter were married in California, and were the par- ents of three children: Clarence, who works in the post-office at Alameda; a second child, who died in infancy; and W. J. Richter, of this review.

W. J. Richter grew up in Alameda City, where he attended the public schools; and when he had finished the grammar school, he entered upon a four-year ap- prenticeship, serving out his time with W. F. Schulte, a plumber and many of Vol. II .in

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entered upon his trade, his first employment being with George Lahr, in Oakland. Going to San Fran- cisco, he there worked at his trade as a plumber and tinsmith. From there he came to Ripon, and went to work for Davis Brothers. After working for four years in their employ, in 1920 he bought out their tinning and plumbing department, and two years ago he moved into his present commodious quarters in the John Manson block on Stockton Street.

Mr. Richter's marriage occurred in 1909, uniting him with Miss Mildred Bonnell, of Oakland, who was born in Illinois, and came to California with her par- ents when a young girl. He is a prominent member of the Odd' Fellows, at present noble grand of Mt. Horeb Lodge, at Ripon, and is also a member of Alameda Parlor, No. 47, N. S. G. W.

CHARLOTTE SCOTT .- A worthy citizen of San Joaquin County who has resided here since 1912 is Mrs. Charlotte Scott, widow of Mark Scott, who passed away six years ago on their home place of fifteen acres three miles south of Lodi. In maiden- hood, Mrs. Scott was Miss Charlotte Scarrow, a na- tive of Toronto, Canada, born June 6, 1859, a daugh- ter of James and Abigail (Nelson) Scarrow. Both parents were natives of England and while a young man James Scarrow settled in Canada, where he followed his trade of carpenter. Mrs. Scott is the third in a family of ten children and the only one residing in California. The other members of the family are, Elizabeth residing at Calgary, Canada; Alma resides at Creemore, Canada; Mary at Toronto; Emma; Nelson is a teaacher in the University of To- ronto; Ellen resides at Creemore; George at Mani- toba; Alice resides in Saskatchewan; Charles is also a resident of Canada. Both parents lived to be about sixty-five years old. Mrs. Scott received her educa- tion in the grammar and high schools of Ontario, Canada.

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History of San Joaquin County, California : with biographical sketches of leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, Part 227

Author: Tinkham, George H. (George Henry), b. 1849 Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1660

Author: Tinkham, George H. (George Henry), b. 1849
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1660