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MALCOLM LEA
Among the younger generation of vineyardists in San Joaquin County who are demonstrating
their aptitude for viticulture is Malcolm Lea, the owner of fifteen acres south
of Victor. He is a native of Cleveland,
Tennessee, born July 27, 1898, a son of John G. and Mamie (Hunton)
Lea. His father, John G. Lea, was a
merchant of Cleveland and came out to California when Malcolm was a boy of nine
years. The family settled in Lodi and
remained there until a few years ago, when his parents removed to Sacramento,
where the father conducts a mercantile business. Malcolm is the fifth of a family of six
children, as follows: Ruth, Mary, Grace,
Robert (deceased), Malcolm and James.
Malcolm Lea attended the Lodi
schools, which afforded him a good working education; and at the age of
nineteen he took his first job with the Superior Manufacturing Company of Lodi,
where he worked for two years. Saving
his money, he invested it in a five-acre tract of land south of Victor, and in
the fall of 1921 purchased an additional ten acres. He is now improving this with buildings, and
has set seven acres to grapes and seven acres to almonds, which within a few
years will insure him a good income.
The marriage of Mr. Lea occurred in
Lodi on October 1, 1921, and united him with Miss Martha Nies,
a native of South Dakota, and a daughter of Henry and Christina Nies. Mrs. Lea
accompanied her parents to Lodi when she was a small girl, and there received
her education. Mr. Lea manifests a
public-spirited interest in the well-being of his community.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1516. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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