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JAMES O. LOCKWOOD
A prominent and successful
viticulturist of the Lodi district is James O. Lockwood, whose characteristics
of thrift and industry have served as stepping-stones to his present
prosperity. A native of Ohio, he was
born near Olathe, Wayne County, on December 5, 1853, but was taken by his
parents to Hardin County, Iowa, when but a small child and there he grew to
manhood on a farm. In the spring of 1878
he went to Jewell County, Kansas, and took up a homestead of 160 acres, which
he farmed for fourteen years; he then returned to Iowa and farmed the home
place until 1904, when he removed to California and the following year located
in Lodi. He purchased ten acres of
four-year-old Tokay vines, for which he paid $335 per acre, located near
Acampo. Within one year he sold this
place at an advance of $165 per acre; he then bought twelve and a half acres
planted to four-year-old Tokay grapes located in the Mills tract, two miles
west of Lodi, which has proven a wise investment, as the average yield is ten
tons to the acre; he also owns an eight-acre vineyard, two and a half miles to
the southeast of Lodi.
Mr. Lockwood has been twice married,
his second wife being Miss Sarah Malcom before her
marriage, a native of Michigan.
Fraternally Mr. Lockwood is a member of the Lodi Lodge No. 267, I. O. O.
F. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood are active
members of the Christian Church of Lodi, and he is a deacon in that
church. He is widely and favorably known
throughout the community as a man of dependability and his efforts are used for
the upbuilding of his locality.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1175. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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