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GEORGE COURTRIGHT
One of the well-known and respected
citizens of Lodi is George Courtright, a man who throughout his active business
life has been prominently identified with agricultural interests. He was born near Bodega Corners, Sonoma
County, California, on February 26, 1858, a son of John P. and Penina (Frowe) Courtright, both parents natives
of Illinois. The father crossed the
plains in 1851 and spent two years in the mines, when he returned to Illinois
and married Miss Pernina Frowe
and returned immediately to California, settling at Ione where he engaged in
mining for about four years; then removed to Sonoma County. In 1864 the family returned to Ione. The father spent many years going from place
to place, mining and prospecting until his death at the age of seventy-five
years. Besides the subject of this
sketch there were Clark and Anna Courtright.
The mother passed away at the age of sixty-nine years.
George Courtright was thrown upon
his own resources at the tender age of ten years, when he worked for wages and
helped support his mother. As he grew
older he saved his money and in time bought land until finally he had
accumulated 520 acres near Jackson, Amador County, which was mostly devoted to
raising hay; he also raised from seventy-five to 120 head of stock with from
fifteen to twenty head of horses. The
place had mineral deposits of gold, copper and chrome, but Mr. Courtright,
outside of mining chrome ore during the war, engaged in farming and stockraising.
The marriage of Mr. Courtright
occurred on November 13, 1900, at Reno, Nevada, and united him with Miss Lida Brick, a native of Alameda, California. She was a babe in arms when her parents died
and was raised by adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brick. Her adopted father was a jeweler by trade and
moved about considerably, so that Mrs. Courtright as she grew up attended
school at Alameda, Oakland, Napa and various places in Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Courtright are the parents of
two children: Norma, Mrs. Coleman, of
Los Angeles; and Martha L. They made
their home on the ranch at Ione until 1919 when they sold it and removed to
Lodi where Mr. Courtright bought three acres in the Barnhart tract on Stockton
Street; here he erected four houses, the family occupying one, while the other
three are rented. In national politics
Mr. Courtright is a Republican, and fraternally is a member of the Odd Fellows,
belonging to Truth Lodge of Stockton since 1892, and with his wife and daughter
is a member of the Rebekahs; he is also a member of
the N. S. G. W. at Jackson, California.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1532. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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