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FLOYD E. GARNER
A young businessman of promising
ability is found in Floyd E. Garner, the capable field superintendent for the
Earl Fruit Company of the Lodi district.
A native son, he was born near Acampo, San Joaquin County, on July 18,
1894, a son of Charles C. and Martha (Blodgett) Garner, the former also a
native of California and the latter of Missouri. His paternal grandparents removed from
Galena, Illinois, to California in 1853 and settled in Tuolumne County and two
years later Charles C. was born at Chinese Camp, California. In 1864 the family removed to San Joaquin
County and settled on the Benedict ranch, which they cleared and planted to
grain. The family were located on
different ranches throughout the county until in 1878 when they removed to
Whitman County, Washington, where they farmed for three years and then returned
to San Joaquin County, purchasing a ranch near Acampo and Mr. Garner has the
distinction of being one of the first men to plant Tokay grapes in that county. Charles C. Garner has always been interested
in horticulture and viticulture and in 1904 established a real estate business
in Lodi, and he has won his way to the front by application to business and
honest dealings with his fellowmen. He
is held in high esteem in the community which he has helped to develop.
Floyd E. Garner was educated in the
grammar and high schools of Lodi and completed his education by a business
course at Heald’s Business College in Stockton.
For the past ten years he has been working for the Earl Fruit Company,
with the exception of the two years that he served in the World War, and in the
fall of 1920 he was made field superintendent.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps in the fall of 1917 and received his
training at Mare Island and in May, 1918, went overseas with the fourth
replacement troops as a member of the 23rd Machine Gun Company,
Second Division, as a gunner. Upon his
arrival he was sent to the front and from June 12 to September 9, 1918, saw
active service on five fronts, taking part in the battle of Chateau Thierry, as
well as all the engagements of the Second Division and was fortunate enough to
come through without a scratch; on his return to the United States, he received
his honorable discharge on July 15, 1919.
His marriage united him with Miss Georgia Henderson, a native of San
Joaquin County and they have one daughter, Dorothy Dean. Mr. Garner owns a fine twenty acre Tokay
vineyard of eighteen year old vines near Youngstown. He is a member of the Lodi Post, American
Legion.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
871. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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