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Joaquin County
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FRANCIS DELBERT REYNER
An excellent representative of the
agricultural interests of San Joaquin County is found in Francis Delbert
Reyner, whose energy, determination and enterprise have carried him to a well-to-do
and influential position among his fellow men.
His ranch and residence are located one and a half miles south of Banta,
and he has been a progressive and industrious member of the farming class since
young manhood. A native son of
California, he was born on the Hinkle ranch near the New Jerusalem district
school, on September 17, 1874, and is the only son of Francis and Louisa A.
(Travis) Reyner, natives of Maryland and Missouri respectively. His father was a pioneer of California in
1861 and his life history will be found elsewhere in this work.
Francis Delbert Reyner received a
good education in the schools of Banta, from which he was graduated in
1897. At the age of fourteen years he
was able to take a man’s place on the headers during harvest time. After finishing his schooling he went to
Stockton, where he was employed by Noble D. Powell. While working there he learned the electrical
supply business, and thereafter for the next three years engaged with the
Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Company as lineman and in other capacities;
then he went to Alaska and there he helped to establish the Alaska Fishing and
Development Company and also conducted a fish saltery,
this venture engaging his attention for a year and a half. He then returned to San Joaquin County and
engaged in farming on the old home ranch and since 1907 has made this his home.
The marriage of Mr. Reyner united
him with Miss Anna M. Vail, a daughter of Platt and Almira (Horton) Vail, early
settlers of Stockton. Her father came to
California in 1849 and was engaged in mining until 1854, when he returned to
the east and engaged in farming near Elk Point, South Dakota. In 1889 they returned to California and in
March, 1903, he passed away, the mother surviving him until February 24,
1922. Two daughters survive them, Mrs.
Reyner and Mrs. H. C. Haslan. In politics Mr. Reyner is a Republican; and
all movements and measures which affect the general welfare are to him matters
of deep interest.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
980. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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