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CHRISTIAN C. ABERSOLD
A prominent and favorably known
stock and grain farmer of the Mossdale district of San Joaquin County is
Christian C. Abersold, who owns and operates successfully a fine ranch of
ninety acres, which is devoted to raising grain, alfalfa and also a small dairy
is conducted. A native of Switzerland,
he was born in Canton Berne, February 14, 1864, and at the age of two years
accompanied his parents, Gottlieb and Elizabeth (Leman) Abersold, to America
where they settled near Winesburg, Ohio, in
1866. The father was a thrifty man and
was soon the owner of a farm near Beach City, Ohio, where a family of twelve
children was reared, nine of whom are living at present. Both parents have passed away.
Christian C. Abersold received a
good education in the schools of Ohio and the practical experience and
knowledge received on his father’s farm was a valuable asset when he started
out for himself. He and his older
brother John came to this county in 1885 and went to work on the ranch of P. G.
Sharp. John Abersold passed away in
July, 1887. Mr. Abersold, our subject,
remained on the ranch and soon became foreman, and two years later rented the
stock and ranch, farming the land to wheat.
He then rented the J. W. Graves ranch near Lathrop, where he farmed for
a year, then moved to the Billy Johnson Live Oak Stock Farm, conducting same
until 1898, when he rented the Clapp ranch and after one season there removed
to the Boice place, from which he moved to Lathrop
taking over the Lathrop Hotel in the fall of 1903, which he conducted for five
years with fine success. He then sold
his interests and purchased his present farm of ninety acres near the San Joaquin
River bridge at Mossdale, and this has been his home ever since, on which he
has erected a comfortable residence and fine outbuildings. This ranch is farmed to grain and alfalfa and
Mr. Abersold conducts a small dairy. He
has been caretaker of the highway bridge for a number of years.
The marriage of Mr. Abersold at
Vernalis, San Joaquin County, on November 10, 1897, united him with Miss Myrtle
P. Graves, a daughter of Mrs. Eliza A. Graves, widow of Newton H. Graves. She was born near Lathrop, June 1, 1879, and
attended the East Union School and when about fourteen years old removed with
her parents to the West Side. They are
the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living: Alfred Newton married Miss Loretta Long and
they reside at Stockton; Orpha Irene, deceased; Selma C. is Mrs. Henry Hartman,
and they have one child, Henry, Jr.; Ida Myrtle, deceased; Charles Franklin;
William Vance; Pearl Elizabeth; Frank Ernest; Mary B.; and Ruby G. Mr. Abersold is a Republican in politics and
for fourteen consecutive years he has served as a trustee of the Mossdale
School. Mrs. Abersold has taken a
prominent part in the civic and educational affairs of her locality, serving as
treasurer of the Parent Teachers’ Association of the Eighth district and in
April 1922, was elected president of the association. Mr. Abersold became an American citizen while
residing in Ohio and he has never regretted that he cast in his lot with the
citizens of the Golden State.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1519-1520. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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