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JAMES E. NELSON, M. D.
Since becoming a resident of Lodi in
1905, Dr. James E. Nelson has witnessed the phenomenal growth of this section
of San Joaquin County with a great deal of interest, and his influence as a
physician and as a business man has had much to do with the actual development
of the community. He came here when Lodi
had a population of only 1,300 and began the practice of medicine, continuing
at his chosen calling until he now is recognized as one of the leading
physicians of Lodi and San Joaquin County.
A native of Pennsylvania, he was born on a farm near Volant, Lawrence
County, May 23, 1879.
His education was received, first in Volant, and then at a school in
Rogers, Ohio. In 1901 he was graduated
from Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, with the degree of B.
S., and four years later he received his M. D. degree from the medical
department of the University of Missouri at Columbia. During the month of September, 1905, he
arrived in California, located in Lodi in the Bank of Lodi building on West
Pine Street, and began the practice of his profession. With the passing of the year’s success has
crowned his efforts and he now enjoys a large practice. He is a member of the County and State
Medical societies and of the American Medical Association.
The marriage of Dr. Nelson united
him with Miss Grace Belle Mudd, a native of Missouri. They are the parents of two children,
Margaret B. and William Raoul. Dr.
Nelson is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, holding membership in the Ben
Ali Temple in Sacramento. In civic affairs
Dr. Nelson was instrumental in organizing the Rotary Club of Lodi and served as
its president the first year. He is also
a member of the board of trustees of the Lodi Union High School and of the Lodi
board of health and a member of San Joaquin board of health of the local health
district of which he was one of the organizers.
To show his faith in the community he has invested in country real
estate and owns an eighty-acre vineyard east of Lodi. While a student in college he was active in
athletics and was an expert golf player.
Dr. Nelson enjoys fishing above all other outdoor sports and each summer
he and Mrs. Nelson seek some favored spot in the mountains where trout abound
and they have visited nearly every part of the state where trout fishing is to
be found. Dr. Nelson is one of the real
“boosters” for this favored section of the San Joaquin Valley and in his
adopted city he is always found ready and willing to lend his aid in its
development.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1167. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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