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ALFRED R. STROTHER
A native son of whom Californians
may well be proud is Alfred R. Strother, the progressive and very successful
dairy-farmer, living three and one-half miles northwest of Lodi. He was born in Stanislaus County, not far
from Salida and about half a mile from the old Dale ranch, on June 22, 1881,
the son of William E. and Ella (Feagan) Strother; his father was a pioneer of California, who came
here from Missouri and settled in the Salida district, where Alfred went to
school. The worthy couple were blessed
with seven children, among whom Anna was the eldest, and Bertha, Robert,
William and Ella are the next youngest.
Then came the subject of our story; and after
him the youngest, Ora. William Strother,
the father, was a grain farmer, and few knew better what could be produced
under the favoring agricultural conditions of the Golden State.
In 1900 Alfred Strother left his
home and ever since he has made his own way.
When he came to the vicinity of Lodi he worked on ranches; and near
Acampo he was married to Miss Gertrude Hartman, the ceremony occurring on
October 25, 1910. She was born in Kulm, North Dakota, the daughter of Joseph Hartman, the
well-known vineyardist whose life story is elsewhere given in this work; and
there she was educated. Both her father
and mother (who was Miss Caroline Relinger before her
marriage) favored her home as well as her school education.
Mr. Strother purchased a ranch of
twenty-five acres about three and one-half miles northwest of Acampo, and there
he has one of the best-appointed and most up-to-date, sanitary dairies to be
found anywhere in the county. He has
pastures of alfalfa on his ranch and the milk he delivers has the richest of
cream. He also has his own irrigation
plant and he has improved his farm in many ways, including the erection of
various buildings. He has lived on this
ranch for the past seven years; and he formerly ran a ranch of 400 acres owned
by Mr. Bender, his neighbor. This ranch
he conducted for four years, prior to its being taken charge of by Mr. Bender’s
son.
Five children make up the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Strother: Ella, Ora,
Evelyn, Alfred and Grace. Mr. Strother
is an independent in politics and a good “booster” in his community.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1578. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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