Sacramento County
Biographies
JOSEPH FEUSI
JOSEPH FEUSI.--More than a third of a century has passed since Joseph Feusi arrived on the Pacific Slope, and he has been a resident of California since 1886 and of Sacramento County since 1890, where he has been identified with farming in the Fruitridge section of the county. He is a native of Switzerland, born June 18, 1865, the eldest son of Sigmond and Alice (Wyhler) Feusi, both natives of the same country. Sigmond Feusi was a soldier in the Swiss army, and his son Joseph also served his country from twenty to twenty-three years of age. He then left his native land for America and California, arriving at Galt, and soon found employment on the large ranch owned by Dr. Harvey. One year later Mr. Feusi went to Sutter County and for two years he worked on a dairy ranch.
The marriage of Mr. Feusi united him with Miss Anna Jung, a native of Switzerland, a daughter of a Swiss watchmaker, and they are the parents of seven children: Sigmond, deceased; Joseph, a carpenter residing at Fruitridge with his wife and four children; Annie, Mrs. Joel Whitehurst, who has two sons and resides in Sacramento; Arnold and Alice, both deceased; Leo; and Matilda. In 1889 Mr. Feusi sent for his wife and child and they took up their residence in the Fruitridge section six miles southeast of Sacramento on the lower Stockton road. In 1897 Mr. Feusi became a United States citizen and has since voted the Republican ticket. At the outbreak of the World War Mr. Feusi entered the railroad shops as a blacksmith and since that time has been steadily occupied at this trade, as well as looking after his ranch property.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 983.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.