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MADISON J. DRAIS
The junior member of the firm of
Albertson & Drais, realtors, Madison J. Drais, is among the city’s most progressive and capable
businessmen. He was born in Tulare
County, California, on April 19, 1876, the youngest of three sons of Alexander
S. and Augustine N. (Morrow) Drais, both natives of
Missouri. Alexander S. Drais crossed the plains, when a boy, with his parents in
an ox-team and his father became a grain farmer in the Farmington
district. He was a Civil War veteran
serving in a California company stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco, and
helped quell the Indian uprising on the Coast.
He was a member of Stockton Post, G. A. R. He farmed, for a time in Tulare County and
was a resident of Oakland for some time and at the time of his death on March
7, 1918, was living retired in Stockton.
The mother came to the Farmington section of San Joaquin County with her
parents when she was seven years old and was there reared and educated. Her marriage to Alexander S. Drais occurred on August 18, 1869, and they were the
parents of three sons: Albert S., living
in Oakland, Robert A., at Halleck, and Madison J., our subject. Grandfather L. J. Morrow crossed the plains
to California in 1858 locating in the Farmington section where he followed
farming; he served as a member of the Missouri Legislature and was also a
member of the California Assembly for a number of years. Mrs. Drais’
maternal grandfather fought in the Black Hawk War, while her paternal
grandfather fought in the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson. The mother passed away April 18, 1922, a
distinct loss to the community where she was well known for her kindly nature
and deeds of charity; she was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The old homestead at Farmington,
where she lived and where her parents lived, is one of the old landmarks of the
section. T J. Drais,
of Farmington, an uncle of our subject, is the only living pioneer member of
the family.
Mr. Drais
received his education in the schools of Oakland and then engaged in farming
near Farmington for a number of years.
In 1912 he sold his ranch and the following year he formed a partnership
with Ed Albertson in the real estate business, specializing in farm lands,
orchards, and vineyards. He has held an
assured position among the reliable and successful men of Stockton for many
years, and his personal worth and ability are entirely deserving of the esteem
which he enjoys. In 1896 Mr. Drais was married to Miss Lucy S. Stark, a native of
Danville, Contra Costa County, California, and they are the parents of two
children: Roy E. is married and is a
bookkeeper in the Bank of Italy, and Pearl A.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
796. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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