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WILLIAM MECKLENBERG
For
the past thirty-seven years William Mecklenberg has
continuously resided in San Joaquin County and since early manhood has been
prominently identified with the agricultural interests of San Joaquin County,
having been one of the most extensive grain farmers of the West Side. He was born at Des Moines, Iowa, on February
2, 1883, and when two years old was brought by his mother to this state and
entered the home of George Thoming, near Vernalis, and in this splendid
environment he grew to young manhood. He
received a good education in the schools of the district and when he was
fourteen years old began to make his way in the world. He worked for five years on the Thoming
ranch, or until he was nineteen years old, then began to farm on shares,
receiving in the neighborhood of 11,000 sacks of grain for his share. In 1905 he purchased 160 acres of land and
gradually added to it until he owned a half-section, and with another
quarter-section leased he thus farmed 480 acres to wheat and barley. In connection with his grain raising, he had also dealt in buying and selling mules and
horses.
On account of failing health he sold
everything in 1919 and upon his removal to Tracy, he underwent three serious
operations, but by excellent care is slowly regaining his former health. He now owns twenty acres of excellent
irrigated alfalfa land on the Lincoln Highway, three miles east of Tracy, on
which is a fine residence and other farm buildings. Mr. Mecklenberg is
the father of two children, Ivan and Dorothy, and his mother makes her home
with him. He owns a residence on East
Tenth Street and other desirable town lots in Tracy. Politically he is a Republican and
fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. He is a representative resident of San Joaquin
County, where he has made his home from his boyhood days.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1400. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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