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CHARLES H. DAVIDSON
For the past sixteen years Charles
H. Davidson has been the faithful mail carrier of the rural route No. 6 out of
Stockton and in the interim conducts two ranches, one on McKinley Avenue south of
Stockton and the other near French Camp, the two places containing about
sixty-five acres. He is a native son of
California, born near Oakdale, February 23, 1876, a son of Marcus A. Davidson,
a native of Vermont who pioneered in California, first as a prospector, then as
a stock raiser and dry farmer, but before his death engaged in dairying and was
a staunch advocate of irrigation. Both
parents are now deceased. Charles H. was
reared in Stockton and attended the Jackson school. Early in young manhood he started in a small
way to retail milk to the residents of Stockton and steadily his business grew
until it became very extensive and he conducted it for ten years with fine
profit; later he engaged as teamster for the company for five years.
On June 3, 1896, Mr. Davidson was
married to Miss Emma H. Hoessel, a native of Stockton
and a daughter of George E. Hoessel, prominent
pioneer and butcher of Stockton. George
E. Hoessel married Miss Carolina S. Wagener, who
passed away January 13, 1922, an honored pioneer woman of her locality. Three sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Davidson: Walter W. is a graduate of the
public schools and the University of Washington and at present is a veterinary
surgeon and state meat inspector; Carleton H. is a rancher; and Charles M. is a
student in the Stockton high school. Mr.
Davidson owns the old Captain Moss home place on McKinley Avenue, South
Stockton, also a fine ranch near French Camp and spends much of his leisure
time at his ranches. Mr. Davidson and
his two eldest sons are members of the Stockton Parlor of the N. S. G. W., and
Mrs. Davidson was a member of the N. D. G. W.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
815. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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