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REUBEN PIXLEY
REUBEN PIXLEY dates his birth
March 2, 1842, in Genesee County, Michigan, the son of Theron and Sarah
(Brannack) Pixley. Theron Pixley, the father of our subject, was a farmer by
occupation. He was a native of Ohio, but went to Michigan when a young man and
was one of the early settlers of that State, and took his land from the
Government. He remained there until 1849, when he came to California, crossing
the plains, and returning East in 1852, where he remained but a short time,
when he returned again to California and located in San Joaquin County; there
he remained until 1888, when he removed to Washington Territory, where he now
resides. Mr. Reuben Pixley was born on a farm and remained at home until twenty
years of age, when, in 1856, he came to California via the Isthmus, sailing
from New York on the Atlantic. He landed in San Francisco, where he remained
but two days, when he went to San Joaquin County, where his father was located
on a farm. He remained here until 1861, when he enlisted in the United States
army, going to Salt Lake, where he was quartered for four years, at the end of
which time he returned to San Francisco (January 9, 1865). Thence he returned
to San Joaquin County, where he has been a constant resident ever since. He
purchased his present property, consisting of 160 acres, in October, 1873. It
is under a superb state of cultivation, and improved with the very best of
buildings. Mr. Pixley does general farming, raising hay, grain and stock. He
was married in 1868 to Miss Mary Briggs, a native of Illinois. They have two
children, a girl and a boy, viz: Ora E. and Chester B. Mr. Pixley is a member
of the I. O. O. F., of Lodi Lodge, No. 259, and also Lodi Grange. He is a
practical farmer and plainly shows the early training in that direction. His
farm is situated two miles from Lodi.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 581-582. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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