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CHARLES W. HOAG
A native son of California, who is
now being substantially rewarded for many years of active work in the culture
of grapes, is Charles W. Hoag, born in Lake County on February 6, 1894, a son
of Charles and Anna (Shaver) Hoag. The
father, Charles Hoag, was born in Iowa, came to California during the year
1862, and settled near Yuba City, where he took up a homestead; later he
removed to Lake County, and Charles W. Hoag received his education in the
district schools of that county. The
family removed to Chico, California, remained there for one year, and then
located in Lodi, where the father bought a twenty-acre vineyard near the town.
Twelve years ago he sold this property and purchased 160 acres near Bellota, California;
later this property was sold to one of his sons, who now runs
it. Mr. and Mrs. Hoag were the parents
of ten children: Lilly, Rose, Daisy,
Victor, Myrtle, Amiel, Violet, Charles W. (of this
review), Esther, and Delia.
At the age of nineteen years,
Charles W. Hoag began to make his own way in the world, working for wages as a
farm hand for the next two years, when he purchased eleven acres in vineyard
near Victor; later he sold this property and bought twenty-five acres planted
to almonds, which he has recently removed preparatory to setting out grape
cuttings. A comfortable and modern
residence is nearing completion. Mr.
Hoag also owns a ten-acre vineyard set to Tokay grapes. The ranches are equipped with pumping plants
for irrigation. He has recently
purchased tract of 160 acres at Chowchilla, upon which he is now planting
thirty-five acres of peaches and thirty-five acres of grapes. Mr. Hoag is also in partnership with J. J. Schmeidt in a seventy-acre vineyard east of Victor.
The marriage of Mr. Hoag occurred in
Oakland on December 26, 1920, and united him with Miss Wally Poser, born in
Perham, Ottertail County, Minnesota, a daughter of Carl and Francis (Horn)
Poser. Her father died when she was
eight years old. The mother resides at
Lodi. They were the parents of eight
children, Mrs. Hoag being the sixth in order of birth. Politically Mr. Hoag is a Republican, and
fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Red Men.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1560. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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