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JAMES WILSON STUCKENBRUCK
A resident of the most favored
section of the San Joaquin Valley is James Wilson Stuckenbruck, the successful
vineyardist recently chosen County Supervisor from the Fourth District. He was born in Tipton, Iowa, on December 14,
1857, the son of Frederick and Jane Stuckenbruck; and he was the third child in
a family of five. His father was a
farmer on a small ranch. James received
an education in the common schools.
At the age of thirteen he learned
the blacksmith’s trade at Tipton, Iowa, and later he went to Coon Rapids, Iowa,
following his trade there. From 1892 to
1897 he served as the postmaster at Coon Rapids, and while there he was also
for twelve years on the school board; he was for about fifteen years a resident
of that place.
At Bayard, Iowa, on October 16,
1882, he was married to Miss Anna Goodrich, a native of Michigan and the
daughter of Charles and Mary Goodrich.
His wife’s father was a blacksmith by trade, and he moved to Iowa when
Mrs. Stuckenbruck was a little child, and there the family resided for many
years. Mr. Stuckenbruck was employed for
three and one-half years, from 1902 on, in the government service at Fort
Bayard, acting as an instructor in mechanics on the Indian reservation. His health gave way, and in 1905 he and his
wife came to California and settled at Santa Ana, in Orange County, and after a
year and a half there, he went to Lodi, and in 1908 served in the legislature
until 1912. From 1914 to 1915 he was a member
of the State Senate. In 1915 he was
admitted to the bar of California, and practiced law at Lodi until 1917; and in
1918 he was elected Supervisor from the Fourth District, and he has served as
such since, to the satisfaction of everyone concerned.
Mr. Stuckenbruck has made his home
on his twelve-acre ranch, about three miles east of Acampo. He has one son, Ellory, a rancher, who
resides with him. Mr. Stuckenbruck is
vice-president of the Farmers Insurance Company of San Joaquin County, a Mason
of Lodi Lodge, and a member of the Knights of Pythias of Lodi.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1151. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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