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JOHN THOMAS McKENZIE
J. T. McKENZIE, farmer of
Castoria, was born in Ballard County, Kentucky, in 1836. He left that State
when a small boy for Wisconsin, where he remained until 1864, when he came
across the plains to California with a train of 100 wagons; when they landed in
French Camp there were thirty-five wagons left. Mr. McKenzie lost no time or
money in looking about but immediately bought his ranch of 160 acres of choice
land, eleven miles from Stockton and four miles from French Camp on the
McKenzie road. The road was called by his name as he furnished the land for it.
The ranch produces mostly wheat and rye.
He was married in Wisconsin in 1863, to
Miss Lucy Graves, who was born in Warren County, Missouri, in 1840. They have
one son, James Henry Clay McKenzie, born September 18, 1870.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 253. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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