San Joaquin County Biographies


This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm




FRED F. KOLB.
 
        Since 1904 a resident of San Joaquin County, Fred F. Kolb was born in 
Saxony, Germany, September 21, 1855, the son of T. and Auralia Kolb, both 
natives of Germany, who came to the United States when Fred F. was a lad of 
fourteen, settling in Webster County, Iowa, where they purchased eighty acres 
and engaged in farming. There were eight children in the family, of whom Fred is 
the sixth. He received a good education in his native land, and after coming to 
Iowa with his parents, remained with them until his marriage in the spring of 
1877, when he was united with Miss Augusta Will, also a native of Saxony, 
Germany, the daughter of Christian and Frederica Will. Her parents came to Iowa 
about the same time as her husband's parents and engaged in farming in the same 
vicinity. She is the third-born of four children. After his marriage, Mr. Kolb 
purchased a quarter-section of land in Webster County, Iowa, and farmed it for 
thirty years, and during that time was a supervisor in his township for many 
years and also served on the local school board. Eighteen years ago, the family 
came to California and purchased the six-acre home place, which is devoted to 
table and wine grapes, irrigated by a pumping plant. Mr. and Mrs. Kolb were the 
parents of six children, five of whom are living: Herman resides in Iowa; Rose, 
Mrs. Kugesberg; and Anna, Mrs. Kirchhof, of Iowa; Otto resides at Tracy; 
Leonard, at home. Mr. Kolb and his wife belong to the Lodi Lutheran Church.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p   1631       
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.