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LAWRENCE HEARTY
About sixty-three years ago Lawrence
Hearty settled in Stockton. He became a
prominent citizen and was associated with many early events in the county, as
well as with its later progress and improvement. For several years he conducted the Weber
stables, and then in 1874, bought 520 acres of land near Ripon, where he
engaged extensively in grain farming and stockraising until his death in
November, 1901. On May 8, of the
following year, 1902, his widow passed away, leaving two sons and two
daughters. Charles died on May 22, 1922,
survived by one son, John Bertrand Hearty.
Catherine E. is the widow of Thomas Clinton. Thomas Clinton came to California in 1877,
and engaged in farming until his death, November 29, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton were the parents of four
children. Annie is the wife of Alfred
Carroll, and they have two children and reside at Atlanta; Alice is at home
with her mother; Edward is associated with his mother on the home ranch; Nellie
is at home. Annie Hearty, the deceased
wife of James McCormick, is survived by three children: Mary A.; Mrs. C. C. Hitchcock; Charles B.;
and James, Jr. Thomas Hearty is a
successful grain farmer in Dent Township.
From 1910 he was justice of the peace of that township, until it was divided
in 1923, forming Ripon Township, and he was elected in the latter township.
Lawrence Hearty and his good wife
were most liberal in their contributions to charities, more particularly to St.
Patrick’s Parish at Atlanta. Their
daughter, Mrs. Clinton, is also a faithful member and an untiring worker for
the cause of St. Patrick’s. Mrs. Clinton
and her son are associated with Thomas Hearty in general farming. They enjoy the confidence of the business
community and the respect of their associates in social life, and are
consistent members of St. Patrick’s Parish.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
605. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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