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JOHN W. HERZOG
A native of the Duchy of Baden,
Germany, where he was born January 16, 1870 John W. Herzog has become, through
his foresight, progressive enterprise and enviable industry, one of the
successful, influential and desirable citizens of Acampo. His father, Frederick Herzog, was a shoemaker
by trade, and the father of three children:
our subject, Mary and Felix; he and his wife, who was Amelia Stephom before her marriage, did the best they could for
the education of their small family, and John was able to attend school in
Germany.
In 1888 he came to the United States
and California, and settled at Franklin, Sacramento County; and for about
twelve years he worked for wages as a farm-laborer. He then leased about 125 acres near this
place and ran a dairy; and removing to Arno, in Sacramento County, he conducted
a dairy on about 700 acres under a lease.
He farmed successfully there, using only the most modern of appliances
and up-to-date methods, until he came to his present location, a portion of the
old Fawcett ranch, the history of which is given in the Fawcett story, in
another part of this historical work.
Eventually he bought sixty acres of the Fawcett Ranch, fourteen of which
he has in alfalfa; and there he conducts a small dairy.
At Sacramento in December, 1900 Mr.
Herzog was married to Miss Cynthia Lauchert, who was
born in Germany near the scene of Mr. Herzog’s birth, and came to the United
States with her parents when she was five years old. Her parents were August and Cynthia Lauchert, and her father was also a dairy farmer. Growing up in the Golden State she attended
the schools of Sacramento County, and so early imbibed the American
spirit. Mr. Herzog who is a Republican
and his good wife are enthusiastic Americans, their admiration of things in the
Old World in no wise interfering with their appreciation of the land of their
adoption. Mr. Herzog belongs to the
Modern Woodmen of America, being affiliated with Franklin Lodge.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1613. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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