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 228

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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On August 14, 1882, at Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., Miss Scarrow was married to Mark Scott, a native of Montreal, Canada, a son of John and Jane Scott. Mr. Scott received his education in the grammar and high schools of Montreal and was one of nine chil- dren: Mary, Anna, Isaac, Jane, William, John, Mark and Marion, twins, and Robert. Mr. Scott learned the carpenter trade and worked at it until his mar- riage, then he engaged in farming for six and a half years in Canada; the family then removed to Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., where they farmed for the fol- lowing seven years; then they removed to Mitchell, S. D., where they bought a quarter-section of land in that vicinity and farmed for six and a half years. The family then returned to Michigan and engaged in the dairy business for a number of years. Seven- teen years ago the family removed to the state of Washington and settled at College Place, near Walla Walla, where they had an apple and cherry ranch until 1912, when they came to California and pur- chased a fifteen-acre ranch under the Stockton- Mokelumne irrigation ditch three miles south of Lodi. Ten acres of this ranch is in a Tokay vine- yard and the remaining four acres in an orchard of peaches, plums and cherries. Mr. Scott was not long permitted to enjoy California, for he passed away four years after taking up his residence in San Joaquin County. Mr. and Mrs. Scott were the par- ents of eight children: Mrs. Abbie Woodhall, Mrs. Fannie Roberts, and Mrs. Elizabeth Flower, all re- siding in Walla Walla, Wash .; Lottie resides at home;

Fred lives in Los Angeles; Wesley resides in Berke- ley; Alma lives on the old home place, and Russel is at home with his mother. Four years ago Mrs. Scott moved to Lodi and makes her residence at 215 Tokay Street. She is a Republican in politics and an active member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Lodi.

EDMUND C. SCHNAIDT .- Among the younger generation of business men in Lodi, and a recent addition to business circles, is Edmund C. Schnaidt who, on August 3, 1922, purchased the drug store owned by the late Robert L. Graham, who estab- lished it some forty years ago and for thirty-eight years was located on the corner of Elm and Sacra- mento Streets. He was born in Menno, S. D., June 17, 1899, a son of Christopher and Mary (Hoff) Schnaidt. Grandfather Schnaidt was a prominent factor in the development of the Dakotas and at the time that the territory was divided into two states, he was a congressman; he was also chairman of the state board of charities and corrections of South Dakota.

In 1901 Edmund C. Schnaidt came with his par- ents to Lodi, where the father engaged in the real estate and insurance business, which he conducted until his death by drowning at Stockton on January 2, 1916; the mother passed away in 1904. Edmund C. started his education in the grammar schools of Lodi, then entered the high school and after three years in high school enlisted in the Navy, becoming pharmacist mate on U. S. S. Plattsburg. He then was employed by Mr. Weihe, where he received practical experience in the drug business; he then entered the University of California and was gradu- ated with the class of 1922. Returning to Lodi he again entered the drug store of Mr. Weihe, but re- mained there only a short time, when he bought the Robert L. Graham business and he is readjusting the stock into an up-to-date establishment; he also has a branch of the United Cigar Company.

On August 19, 1921, in San Francisco, Mr. Schnaidt was united in marriage with Miss Mae Belle Cooper, a native of Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Murdock and Gwendolyne Cooper. In 1912 the family came to California and settled in San Francisco, where the father worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Mrs. Schnaidt was edu- cated in the grammar, high school and Heald's Busi- ness College in Sacramento and for three years be- fore her marriage was a stenographer in the Anglo- London & Paris National Bank in San Francisco. Mr. Schnaidt is a Republican in politics and is deep- ly interested in community affairs.

JOHN SCHENKENBERGER .- For almost a quarter of a century, John Schenkenberger has lived in the Lodi district of San Joaquin County, eighteen years being spent on a nineteen-acre ranch, three miles southwest of Lodi on the Lincoln Highway, which he developed to vineyard and later sold. He was born in South Russia not far from Odessa, June 28, 1854, a son of John W. and Christina Schenken- berger, both natives of Russia. When he was nine- teen years old, his parents left their native country for America and settled at Yankton, S. D., where the father farmed until his death at the age of sixty-six, the mother surviving until she was sixty-eight years old. They were the parents of nine children: Jacob,

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Charles and Michael are deceased; Clara, John Phillip, Katherina, Peter and Adam are living.

John Schenkenberger received his education in the public schools of Russia and when he came to Amer- ica with his parents in 1873, he assisted his father in farming until he was old enough to homestead a tract of land of his own near Yankton, S. D. In Decem- ber, 1878, he was married to Miss Louisa Berreth, also a native of Southern Russia, born in the same vicinity as her husband. She is the daughter of Michael Berreth and the youngest of a family of five children; Conrad, Katherina, Michael, Jacob and Louisa, the mother passing away when she was a small girl. Mr. and Mrs. Schenkenberger lived on their homestead until 1889, when they removed to Hutchinson County and rented a farm near Menno, where they remained until 1898 when they came to California and settled at Lodi. Here Mr. Schenken- berger purchased nineteen acres of unimproved land three miles southwest of Lodi on the Lincoln High- way, which he gradually developed to vineyard which he farmed until 1916 when he sold out and removed to the Barnhart tract near Lodi and remained there until they moved to their present home located at 215 West Walnut Street, where Mr. Schenkenberger is living retired from active business cares.

Mr. and Mrs. Schenkenberger are the parents of ten children: Louise, deceased; Amelia, Mrs. Lange, residing in North Dakota; Lydia, Mrs. Stoddard, re- sides in Fresno; John and Henry reside in Lodi; Pauline, Mrs. J. A. Bender, resides in Lodi; Jacob served in the 363rd Regiment, 91st Division overseas, was wounded in the battle of the Argonne, resides in Lodi; Sarah, Mrs. W. A. Moore, resides in Lodi; Sam- uel resides in Lodi; Bertha, Mrs. Fred Hoff, resides in Lodi. Mr. Schenkenberger has been actively inter- ested in the affairs of his locality and served as trus- tee of the Henderson school district for one term. He favors the Republican platform and so casts his vote. The family are members of the German Re- formed Church in Lodi.

MISS ESTELLA M. SMITH .- Among the promi- nent women of Northern San Joaquin County, Miss Estella M. Smith has for many years been esteemed as a substantial resident of her community and fac- tor for good and progress in religious, moral and so- cial circles. Since 1885 she has been a resident on her beautiful estate of thirty acres situated near Woodbridge on the Lodi-Woodbridge Road at Smith's Lake. She first saw the light of day at Jack- son, Amador County, and is a daughter of Charles Edward and Isabelle (Robertson) Smith, the former a native of Kennebunk Port, Me., and the latter born near Toronto, Canada. The father crossed the plains in an ox-team train to California in 1853 and the mother came about the same time via the Panama route. The father engaged in mining at Jackson for a few years, then followed farming until 1874 when he went to Sacramento County remaining there for one year; then in 1875 he located at Woodbridge where he purchased eighty acres on the south bank of the Mokelumne River. On this ranch is located what is known as Smith's Lake, a small body of water covering about fifteen acres surrounded by large oak trees. Charles E. Smith purchased this ranch from Capt. McQueen and owned it a few years when he sold it and removed to Escalon where he lived and farmed for seven years; then returned to Lodi and bought back his original place and lived

upon it until his death in 1902, at the age of seventy- two years, while the mother passed away in 1900, at the age of fifty-eight. The eighty acres was origi- nally heavily wooded and only a portion of it was cleared when Mr. Smith purchased it and during his lifetime he cleared the balance and planted it to vine- yard; in 1885 he built a fine residence on his place. He was school trustee and was a member of Wood- bridge Lodge of Masons. This worthy couple had four children, three living, Miss Smith being the youngest.

Estella M. Smith received her education in the Woodbridge grammar school and San Joaquin Valley College at Woodbridge, where she was graduated in 1893 with degree B. S. She grew up on her father's farm which has enabled her to continue the cultiva- tion and care of a portion of the old homestead. Fifty acres of the original tract has been sold, so that Miss Smith now owns and operates thirty acres all in full-bearing vineyard. She is most progressive in her methods of farming and her labors and super- vision have been attended with excellent results. As her father was a stanch Republican so Miss Smith votes. Her father was also a strong and active mem- ber of the Woodbridge Masonic Lodge and Miss Smith is past matron of Woodbridge Chapter No. 118 of the Eastern Star Lodge at Woodbridge. She is a Presbyterian in religion and her mother was one of the early members of Woodbridge Presbyterian Church. Her life has been characterized by unflag- ging industry and it is upon this foundation that she has builded her present prosperity.

OTTO SPENKER .- A prosperous agriculturist and viticulturist of San Joaquin County, Otto Spenker belongs to one of the well known old-time Californian families who were early settlers of this locality. His home estate, situated three and a half miles west of Lodi on the Kelly Road, consists of 640 acres. He was born on his father's ranch, which he now owns, June 22, 1871, his parents being Joseph and Anna (Schliemann) openker. The father was born in the province of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, in 1834. He grew to manhood in Germany, and at the age of twenty, in 1854, took passage at Hamburg on a sail- ing vessel which twenty-eight days later landed him in New York City. During the several subsequent years he employed himself in several of the southern and western states, and for two years was in Stephen- son County, Ill From Freeport, Ill., in 1859 he started for California, joining a train consisting of eighteen wagons and driving an ox-team across the plains. They arrived in this state about the middle of September, and for a short time after his arrival he was engaged in mining gold. Then for several years he was in the employ of others in ranching in San Joaquin County, and in the fall of 1864 he began business in that line for himself, locating on a place about eight miles north of Stockton. He contin- ued there until the fall of 1872, when he settled on the ranch near Woodbridge where he carried on his agricultural operations until his death. In 1870 Mr. Spenker was married to Miss Anny Schilder at native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. By this union there were two children, Otto and Jessie, the wife of Henry C. Beckman. Both parents were mem- bers of the German Lutheran Church in Lodi. The and the mother resides on the old home place with her son, our subject.

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Otto Spenker attended the grammar school at Woodbridge, finishing at the San Joaquin Valley College at Woodbridge, taking a three years' course and graduating in 1889. From youth up he was suc- cessfully identified with his father in extensive farm- ing pursuits. His father owned 1000 acres of land along the Mokelumne River, a portion of which was heavily timbered and much of this was cleared and put under cultivation. Mr. Spenker now owns 640 acres, seventy of which is in vineyard, sixty acres in alfalfa and the balance general farming land; the entire ranch is under the Stockton-Mokelumne irriga- tion system. He is a director in the First National Bank of Lodi and a stockholder in the Lodi Invest- ment Company. In 1907 he erected a fine residence on his property, where he now resides with his mother.

LOUIS F. STABELL .- One mile west of Clem- ents is located the 100-acre ranch owned by Louis F. Stabell, an energetic farmer of good business qualifi- cations. He was born in Alsace near Strasbourg on May 11, 1862, the son of Frank and Caroline Stabell, farmers of their native country. Louis F. Stabell is one of a family of four children, but the only one re- siding in California. In 1880, Mr. Stabell came to the United States and worked for wages for five years in New York, or until he came to California. Arriving in California, he stopped for a short time in Sacramento. Going then to San Joaquin County, he worked as foreman for James Brown on his dairy ranch and remained there for the following fifteen years. He then went to Terminous and purchased a sixty-acre tract of land, and in the meantime owned and operated the Terminous store and hotel for six- teen years, when he sold his interests and located at Clements and purchased the place where he has since

resided His place consists of 100 acres one mile west of Clements which was a barley field in 1918, but which Mr. Stabell has patiently and intelligently brought to a high state of cultivation. He has eighteen acres in vineyard, a family orchard and twelve acres in alfalfa. Mr. Stabell is a man that is never idle, is never satisfied unless he is helping to increase the yield of the soil, thus aiding materially in the progress of the community.

Mr. Stabell's marriage in San Francisco on Novem- ber 7, 1892, united him with Miss Ceciline Gorman, a native of Quebec, Canada. Mrs. Stabell came to California in 1889 in company with a brother. Mr. and Mrs. Stabell are the parents of two children: Paul L. and Viola. In national politics a Republican, Mr. Stabell readily aids all measures that are for the upbuilding and development of the community where he has made his home for the past thirty-seven years.

CLARENCE B. TENNYSON, D. D. S .- Activity and energy in business affairs will do more to ad- vance a man in his financial standing than the influ- ence of friends or the assistance that comes through inheritance. In America the man is held in highest esteem who has builded his success upon the founda- tion of his own energy, capable management and keen discrimination. Such a one is Clarence B. Tennyson, the popular and successful dental sur- geon of Lodi, Cal. He was born at Three Rivers, Mich .. April 8, 1876, a son of Daniel D. and Lilly (Benham) Tennyson, natives of England and Michi- gan, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Tennyson are the parents of three children, Dr. H. A. Tennyson, Clar-

ence B. of this sketch, and J. B., in the postal service in San Jose. The father is a Government land attor- ney in San Jose, where he located when our subject was a young lad.

Clarence B. began his education in the grammar school of San Jose and after his graduation from the San Jose high school he entered the Dental Depart- ment of the University of California, remaining a stu- dent there for two years. He then entered the office of Thomas Morfield, D. D. S., in San Francisco, where he was employed for one year, and then fin- ished his dental studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at San Francisco, from whence he graduated with the degree of D. D. S. with the class of 1899. He remained in San Francisco for a year engaged in the practice of his profession, then in 1900 removed to Lodi where he has steadily built up a fine practice; he has well-appointed offices in the Hale Building on West Pine Street, and he employs the best scientific methods known to dental surgery.

On December 11, 1897, in San Francisco, Dr. Tennyson was married to Miss Jeannette Hamilton, born in San Jose, Cal., a daughter of W. C. Hamilton, an early settler of San Jose, Cal., who was born in the North of Ireland, while the mother was a native of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Tennyson are the parents of two children: Vivian Barbara and Alfred H. and they reside at 303 North School Street, Lodi. In politics Dr. Tennyson is a Republican and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and with his family is a member of the Congregational Church of Lodi.

WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON .- Among the prosperous and progressive agriculturists and viticul- turists of San Joaquin County, is William Henry Thompson, now living retired, but still interested in that most attractive industry, grape culture. He was born on his father's ranch in San Joaquin County about two miles south of Lodi on August 10, 1873, a son of James Edward and Angeline (Pope) Thomp- son. The father, James E. Thompson, was born in Arkansas in 1839 and when he was twenty-one years old he started across the plains with his parents. They came with an ox-team train consisting of twen- ty-eight wagons, arriving in California in 1861, and their first stopping place was Woodbridge. The father mined at Copperopolis in the early days; later coming to the Lodi district he bought a ranch three and a half miles from Lodi in the Alpine school dis- trict and it was in this school that our subject re- ceived his education; he is one of a family of five chil- dren, namely, John, Katherine, Mrs. Goodwin of Lodi; William Henry; Amelia, residing in Alameda; Bert died at the age of thirteen. The father acquired 240 acres of land in the Lodi section and set five acres to vineyard and two acres to an almond orchard. Be- fore his death, he sold his entire property and re- moved to Lodi where he passed away at the age of seventy-seven years; the mother still lives in Lodi at the age of seventy-five years.

William Henry Thompson was occupied assisting his father in the management of the home ranch until he was twenty-eight years old, then he bought fifteen acres on the Lockeford Road two and a half miles east of Lodi; nine acres he set to Zinfandel grapes and five acres to Tokay grapes and he built a com- fortable house on the place with good farm build- ings. He was married at Stockton on November 11,

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1903, to Miss Lulu Beckman, born on the same ranch and in the same house as her husband, a daughter of William and Sophie (Fox) Beckman, born in Ger- many and Sonora, Cal., respectively. William Beck- man came to California when about sixteen years old, locating at Lodi where he married Sophia Fox, a daughter of John and Minnie (Hackie) Fox, pioneers of Sonora, Cal. William Beckman died on his farm and his widow now resides in Lodi. They had six children: Lulu, Mrs. Thompson; Mrs. Emma Tucker of Fresno; Albert of Stockton; Edith resides with her mother; Charles and Eugene of Lodi; the latter served overseas in the 91st Division.

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson lived on their ranch for eight years after their marriage, then sold it and bought a house and lot on Cherokee Lane east of Lodi. About six years ago he purchased a residence in Lodi and moved to town and in 1920 he bought six lots on the corner of Sargent Road and Quimby Avenue and has erected an oil service station and store on the corner and has it leased. Mr. Thompson has an eight-year lease on a twenty-five acre Tokay vineyard just north of the corner of Stockton and Almond Avenue one and a half miles south of Lodi. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of three children: Verda Bernice, William Edward and Ver- non Henry, and in politics both are Republicans. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Maccabees of Lodi and Mrs. Thompson is a member of Lodi Parlor, N. D. G. W., and also of the auxiliary to the American Legion and W. R C., and both are members of the Lodi Methodist Episcopal Church.

MELVILLE R. HOWLAND .- A representative successful viticulturist of San Joaquin County, Mel- ville R. Howland resides on his home place of seven acres southeast of Lodi. He was born at Lathrop, Cal., on October 1, 1893, a son of Oliver M. and Jo- anna (Remington) Howland. Oliver M. Howland was also born at Lathrop, where his father had settled in 1851, having crossed the plains to California that year. There were four children in the family: Humphrey B., Melville R., Aubrey O. and Gertrude. The father passed away at the age of fifty-one and the mother now resides in Stockton, Cal.

Melville R. Howland began his education in Stock- ton, whither his parents had moved when he was two years old; later the family removed to Santa Cruz and he attended the Santa Cruz high school. He then took up civil engineering and was employed by various companies throughout the state; then for six years he worked for the city of Stockton as a civil engineer. His marriage occurred at Lodi on Septem- ber 1, 1917, and united him with Miss Ruth Brown, a daughter of William C. and Emma McSherry Brown. The father is a native of San Joaquin County and is a member of the well-known realty firm of Ashley & Brown. The most recent engineering work done by Mr. Howland was in reclamation work in the No. 2020 Reclamation District lying in the northeast- ern part of the county, but now devotes most of his time and energies to the cultivation and further devel- opment of his 140-acre Tokay vineyard at Escalon. This vineyard is under the South San Joaquin County Irrigation Ditch and Mr. Howland has ample water for irrigating purposes. On his home place of seven acres he has built a modern bungalow and has in- stalled a pumping plant. In politics he is a Democrat

and fraternally is a member of Stockton Lodge No. 218, B. P. O. E., Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W., and is a past president of the latter order.

CHARLES DE CARLI .- A native son, born in Stockton, April 13, 1872, Charles De Carli is the son of Charles De Carli, who was born in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. Having been left an orphan he came to Stockton, Cal., when twelve years of age and was in the employ of Antonio Galgini's fish market where he learned the business so that later on he started a busi- ness of his own as a dealer in fish, poultry and eggs, being located on Weber Avenue.

Here he continued in business and was on the high road to success when he was stricken in death from small pox at the age of thirty-two years, having al- ready accumulated considerable property. He had married a native daughter of San Joaquin County, a Miss Isadora Versallo, whose parents were California pioneers, and she passed away at the age of forty-two years, leaving two children, Charles of this review and William Tell.

On completing the grammar school, Charles became a clerk in the grocery store of Granville Bros., con- tinuing with them for twenty-five years, becoming one of their most valued employees. Resigning his posi- tion in 1916, he entered the employ of the city as janitor of Franklin school, the Board of Education having sent for him to accept the place, as it was an exceptionally difficult place to fill. However, he dis- charged his duties satisfactorily for four years and then was transferred to the street department and soon afterwards to the park department, and he is now in charge of Columbus Park. Mr. De Carli's marriage occurred in Merced County, where he was united with Rosa A. Vacaro of that county, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Madeline Christy of Stock- ton. Mr. De Carli is prominent fraternally, being a member and treasurer of Iroquois Tribe of Red Men and has served as secretary and treasurer of the board of relief of the Red Men for this district for the past ten years. He is also a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Eagles, having been a member of its board of trustees. The U. P. E. C. also number him among its members. He has been active as a Republican, having served about twenty years as a member of the Republican County Central Com- mittee.

HARVEY A. GOODMAN .- The farming inter- ests of San Joaquin County find a worthy representa- tive in Harvey A. Goodman, who makes his home on his eighteen-acre vineyard on the Quimby Road in the Lodi section of the county. His has been a suc- cessful career and one which indicates the opportuni- ties that are open to young men of determination, ambition and diligence. He was born at Sycamore, Ill., on June 1, 1852, a son of Henry and Lizzette (Brown) Goodman, and is one of two children, the other being a sister, Francilia. When our subject was a small lad of two years, the family removed to Chatfield, Minn., and here his father homesteaded eighty acres of land; later he purchased thirty-five acres in the same vicinity and cheaged in furniss

Harvey A. Goodman received his education in the grammar and high school of Chatfield, Minn., and on Christmas Eve, 1874, was married to Mis Tami A. Robinson, a native of the same part of Illinois as her husband, and a daughter of Joseph Robinson, a

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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 228

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