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GEORGE H. LOCKE
It is an unusual occurrence for one
who has been born and reared under the sunny skies of California to seek a home
in any other part of the country upon reaching years of maturity, as almost
without exception they remain in the midst of familiar scenes and take up their
life work. This has been true of the
life of Dr. Locke, who has never been outside of his native state except for
three years during his service in the United States Army in the
Philippines. Not only is he proud of his
nativity as a Native Son, but he also takes pride in the fact that he is a son
of one of the state’s sturdy pioneers, to whose bravery and indomitable spirit
this greatest of commonwealths owes its existence.
With the other children, George H.
Locke attended the schools of the village, from which he graduated with honors
in 1895. As he had been considering his
future course in life while a pupil in the grammar school, by the time of his
graduation he had his future plan of action well formulated, and without loss
of time he continued his studies in the veterinary department of the University
of California, preparatory to becoming a veterinary surgeon. After the completion of the course he
returned to Lockeford and opened an office for practice, following it with
considerable success for one year, when the breaking out of the
Spanish-American War broke in upon his plans and for three years he served as a
veterinary surgeon in the United States Army in the Philippines. With the close of his service he came back to
Lockeford and resumed his practice, and also again gave attention to his livery
business, which during his absence had been in charge of his brother.
Dr. Locke’s marriage occurred in
January, 1906, and united him with Miss Estelle Walsh, of Linden, San Joaquin
County, the daughter of H. W. Walsh, a well-known resident of that place. Two children have been born of the marriage
of Dr. and Mrs. Locke, Olga and Georgiana.
Fraternally Dr. Locke is a member of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, the California State Veterinary Medical Association and North San
Joaquin Valley Veterinary Medical Association.
Politically he is a staunch Republican, and has been state fire warden
for Lockeford since 1918. Since the
second year of the organization of the local center of the San Joaquin Farm
Bureau at Lockeford, Dr. Locke has been secretary one year; since then he has
been a director of the local center or a director at large of the county
organization. During his service he was
at the front from 1899 until 1902 under Gen. Funston.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
551. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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