San
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FRANK E. HOGAN and GEORGE HOGAN
Well known in San Joaquin County as
successful ranchers of the Lodi section, Frank E. and George Hogan own and
operate a 126-acre orchard and vineyard located on the corner of Hogan Lane and
Cherokee Lane, two and a half miles south of Lodi. Both were born on the old Hogan ranch,
settled by their father in 1875. Frank
E. Hogan was born on August 11, 1879, a son of George and Elizabeth (Bennett)
Hogan, the former a native of New York and the latter of Illinois. The father, George Hogan, was taken by his parents
to Ohio, when he was a small child.
There they remained for a number of years, going thence to Illinois,
where his father, Edward Hogan, passed away in 1876. George Hogan was reared on a farm until
thirteen years old, when he started out for himself, working five years on a
farm. He then started for California in
1864, crossing the plains with a train of about forty families. The trip occupied about four months and was a
very pleasant one, as they had no sickness and lost no stock. George Hogan spent about a year on the John
Dodge ranch on the Calaveras River, and then purchased land on the Waterloo
Road. This he sold at the end of a year,
and went on the upper Stockton Road, where he rented land and farmed for one
year. In 1875, he purchased 380 acres of
land three and a half miles from Lodi and ten miles from Stockton on the
Cherokee Lane Road, which was devoted principally to the production of hay,
grain and stock; he also set out a small vineyard for family use. His marriage occurred in Illinois in 1861 and
united him with Miss Elizabeth Bennett; and they were the parents of twelve
children. He was a member of the Lodi I.
O. O. F. Lodge, No. 259, and also of the Lodi Grange, No. 92. George Hogan became a very prosperous
farmer. He passed away on August 9,
1894, at the age of fifty-seven years; and the mother died June 2, 1899, aged
fifty-nine years.
The two brothers, George and Frank
E. Hogan, jointly own the home ranch which now contains 126 acres, 42 of which
are in vineyard; the balance is devoted to almonds, pears and plums, with
sixteen acres in alfalfa and some grain land.
There are two large walnut trees on the place that were set out by the
father forty-six years ago and each season yield a large crop; Frank E. Hogan
lives in the house built by his father many years ago.
The marriage of Frank E. Hogan
occurred in Lodi on November 8, 1908, and united him with Miss Mina Williams, a
native of Henry County, Missouri, and the daughter of James Alvis
and Anna (Godwin) Williams. She is the
third in a family of five children:
Clyde, of Los Banos; Mrs. Hogan; Harry, a mechanic at Lodi; Marie,
residing in Lodi; and Charles, living at Los Banos. Mrs. Hogan received her education in the
grammar schools of Missouri and in 1906 came to California. Her father lived in Lodi until 1910, when he
removed to Los Banos, where he resides at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan are the parents of twin
girls, Eleanor Lucille and Leanor Louise. In politics he is a Republican and he is a
member of the N. S. G. W.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
629-630. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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