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ADOLPH H. LINNE
The determination to win success has
been the paramount characteristic in the career of Adolph H. Linne. Though obstacles and discouragements were
many, he pressed steadily forward, until he was an influential citizen of the
community. His native city is San
Francisco, where he was born on June 1, 1871.
Very early in life he was thrown upon his own resources as his parents
passed away in the early ‘80s. The
necessity of earning his daily bread required most of his time, and his
schooling was therefore very meager, but he had
learned well the lessons of honesty and industry. In October, 1883, Mr. Linne came to San
Joaquin County and found employment on the Henry Fink ranch at Bethany, where
he remained for about four years; then he was transferred to Mr. Fink’s ranch
near Banta, and until 1898 continued to labor upon the Fink ranch, when he went
into partnership with his brother, Henry A. Linne. Entering into an agreement with Mr. Fink
whereby they could farm 1,000 acres on shares, the brothers began
operations. The first year was a very
dry one throughout the entire district, and as the systems of irrigation had
not been completed, the farmers suffered greatly from the drought and, in
consequent, short crops, but they persevered and became well known for their
extensive grain farming. As their income
increased, they purchased 640 acres of land south of Tracy, which is today a valuable
property, devoted to grain raising, and in 1907 Mr. Linne built a fine
residence and other substantial buildings.
As time went on the Linne brothers have acquired more land, some of
which faces on the Lincoln Highway southeast of Tracy and is now some of the
most desirable land in the locality.
There was 520 acres in this tract, all under irrigation; 160 acres has
been divided off into forty-acre tracts, and sold off. The remaining 360 acres is devoted to grain,
but the Linne brothers are preparing it for orchard and alfalfa.
The marriage of Mr. Linne was solemnized
in 1901 and united him with Miss Annie Collins, a daughter of the late Capt.
John W. Collins, an old sea captain, who married Miss Annie Pruser,
a native of Germany, born in 1831, who came to America about 1867. Capt. Collins died near Tracy in 1876. Mrs. Linne was reared and schooled in the
Jefferson district, the old school remaining within a half mile of their home until
1915, when it was torn down and the district consolidated with the Tracy public
school. Mr. and Mrs. Linne are the
parents of two children: Adolph H., Jr.,
a graduate of the West Side Union High School, Class of ’21, and Wilma E. Mr. Linne was one of the organizers of the
West Side Bank, which is now a branch of the Bank of Italy, and he is a member
of its advisory board; also a charter member of the Tracy Parlor, N. S. G. W.,
No. 186, and an active member of the Knights of Pythias.
Mrs. Collins, who was a sister of
the late William Pruser, wealthy pioneer rancher near
Tracy, resided with her brother until her death in 1907, his death occurring at
a later date. She was well beloved and
highly respected, and was the mother of three children: John W. Collins of Stockton; Annie, Mrs.
Adolph H. Linne; and Minnie, the wife of Paul W. Harder, a prosperous rancher
residing near Tracy.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page 892.
Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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