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HAZARD ZOLLIE BARDIN
A rancher of Upper Roberts Island,
numbered among the enterprising agriculturists of his locality, is Hazard
Zollie Bardin, the owner of a choice Delta farm of 100 acres, which was
formerly a portion of the Pescadero grant, highly
cultivated and well improved. He was
born at Parler, South Carolina, August 23, 1881, a son of Hazard and Ida J. (Exum) Bardin, natives of South
Carolina of English and French descent.
Hazard Bardin, Sr., was a merchant in Parler, South Carolina, and was
also a manufacturer of turpentine, owning a factory which he conducted for
forty years. In 1892 he removed with his
family to Ft. White, Florida, also in the yellow pine woods, the same as at
Parler, so he again engaged in manufacturing turpentine until he gave up active
business about five years ago. He was
bereaved of his wife in 1899. Eight
children were born to them, seven of whom are living, Hazard Zollie being the
eldest. As a lad he received a good
education in the public schools and a military school at Palatka, Florida
remaining at home with his parents until 1901, when he went to Jacksonville,
Florida, where he was occupied in the offices of the Southern Express Company
for five years. In 1907 he came to San
Francisco and entered the employ of the Wells Fargo Company as messenger,
traveling throughout California and continuing in that position for seven
years. He was thus able to judge the
different localities of California by actual observation and San Joaquin County
was selected as the place for his permanent home.
On October 6, 1914, Mr. Bardin was
married to Miss Louise Undine Kuckuk, Union Island, the first white child to be born on that island. She is the daughter of Fred and Lena (Ellebrock) Kuckuk, early settlers
of San Joaquin County. Her parents were
pioneers on Union Island and Mr. Kuckuk aided in
reclaiming the Delta country where he is still engaged in farming. They have two children living, Fred Jr., the
eldest, and Louise Undine, who received her education in the Byron school,
riding a pony eight miles to school every day.
In 1908 she purchased 100 acres with money she had made in the sheep
business and in 1914 she and her husband took up their abode on this tract of
land, then a swamp covered with tule. At
the present time it has been reclaimed and planted to alfalfa and general
farming products, and hogs and sheep are being raised profitably. Mr. Bardin is a member of the American
Federation of Farmers and he and his wife in their political preferment are independent,
preferring to vote for principle rather than party.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
964. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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