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HENRY HORACE DRAIS
A well-known couple, who well
deserve both their substantial prosperity and their popularity, are Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Drais, representatives of old pioneer families. Mr. Drais is a farmer and orchardist,
operating extensively near Farmington, and is a son of the late well-to-do and
honored pioneer Edward M. Drais, who figured in the early history of
Farmington, and whose life-story is given elsewhere in this volume.
Henry Horace Drais was born on March
5, 1877, and attended the public school at Farmington. At an early age he began to help with the
farm work on his father’s great rancho at Rock Creek, which comprised some
2,500 acres on the San Joaquin-Stanislaus county line, and which at that time
was devoted to grain and cattle. The
lessons in industry and business management afforded him in his youth have
served him well in after years. He has
prospered, and is now the owner of 450 choice acres on Little-john Creek, near
Farmington, which he has improved, and on which he is at present planting
twenty acres of the Tilton variety of apricots.
He purposes to engage more and more in horticulture, since his land lies
in a locality of late shown to be especially adaptable to cherries and
apricots. As a grower of wheat and
barley, he has few equals and no superiors in this section of the country. Mr. Drais is an untiring worker, and devotes
his best efforts to his farming operations, being therein ably assisted by his
only son, Leland Stanford Drais, who at present is residing upon the farm at
Farmington, while Mr. and Mrs. Drais are temporarily domiciled in Stockton,
without, however, having given up their rural home.
Mr. Drais was married at Farmington
on February 24, 1900, to Miss Annie Alders, a daughter of the late well-known
and highly respected pioneer, Charles M. Alders, of Farmington. Mr. and Mrs. Drais are the parents of one
child, Leland Stanford, already referred to, who is taking a live interest in
horticultural pursuits. During the late
war he enlisted at Mather Field, California, in the Aviation Corps. He served until the close of the war, and was
honorably discharged, being specially commended for the high grade of service
and character. He was recently married
to Miss Mildred Mobley, of San Francisco, and as assistant to his father, is
operating the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Drais take an active
interest in all matters pertaining to the general welfare. Mr. Drais is prominently connected with the
Native Sons of the Golden West, and with Truth Lodge, No. 296, I.O.O. F., of
Farmington; while Mrs. Drais is a Pythian Sister, and a worthy member of the
Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Still in the prime of life, with an excellent ranch and home as the
result of their own industry, Mr. and Mrs. Drais are maintaining the good name
and the old-time hospitality of their honored ancestors.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1148. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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