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LOUIS J. CHAPPUIS
For the past fifteen years, Louis J.
Chappuis has resided on his ranch three miles southeast of Lodi on Kettleman
Lane, which consists of twelve and one-half acres devoted to vineyard. He was born in Perry County, Missouri, on
November 23, 1853, the sixth in a family of nine children born to John C. and
Louisa Chappuis. In 1865 the family
removed from Missouri to Rice County, Minnesota, where the father engaged in
farming near the town of Faribault, and in the grammar schools of that place
Louis J. received his education. During
twenty-seven years of his life he remained at home with his parents and the
practical knowledge of agriculture he gained has been of great value to him in
grape culture.
In 1880 Mr. Chappuis went into the
Red River country and homesteaded a tract of land in Polk County, Missouri;
however, he longed for his old association of home and friends, and sold his
homestead rights and moved back to Faribault, where he purchased sixty acres on
which he raised grain and ran a dairy, and there his marriage occurred on
January 9, 1889, which united him with Miss Mary J. Chapdelaine,
a native of Faribault, and a daughter of Francis and Philistie
Chapdelaine.
Success crowned the industry of Mr. Chappuis and in 1907, when he
decided to remove to California, he had sufficient means to purchase a home
place of twelve and one-half acres, which was set to young vineyard; later he
bought thirteen and a half acres a little south of his home place, which was
also set to young vineyard, and Mr. Chappuis has further improved the places
with an irrigation system by which he has an abundance of water for the
cultivation of his vineyards. Mr. and
Mrs. Chappuis are the parents of eight children: John C., an engineer in the Stockton Paper
Mills, died July 2, 1922; Nellie is Mrs. Eugene Beckman of Lodi; Peter,
Alexander, Albert and George; Dollie, Mrs. Vernon Pope, lives in Lodi, and
Henry is at home. In politics Mr.
Chappuis is a Republican, and fraternally is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
Lodi. He and his family are members of
the Catholic Church. Peter and Albert
served about a year in the army, but before they saw active field duty the
Armistice was signed.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1577-1578. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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