San Joaquin County Biographies


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JAMES O. LOCKWOOD.
 
        A prominent and successful viticulturist of the Lodi district is James 
O. Lockwood, whose characteristics of thrift and industry have served as 
stepping-stones to his present prosperity. A native of Ohio, he was born near 
Olathe, Wayne County, on December 5, 1853, but was taken by his parents to 
Hardin County, Iowa, when but a small child and there he grew to manhood on a 
farm. In the spring of 1878 he went to Jewell County, Kans., and took up a 
homestead of 160 acres, which he farmed for fourteen years; he then returned to 
Iowa and farmed the home place until 1904, when he removed to California and the 
following year located in Lodi. He purchased ten acres of four�year-old Tokay 
vines, for which he paid $335 per acre, located near Acampo. Within one year he 
sold this place at an advance of $165 per acre; he then bought twelve and a half 
acres planted to four�year-old Tokay grapes located in the Mills tract, two 
miles west of Lodi, which has proven a wise investment, as the average yield is 
ten tons to the acre; he also owns an eight-acre vineyard, two and a half miles 
to the southeast of Lodi.
        Mr. Lockwood has been twice married, his second wife being Miss Sarah 
Malcom before her marriage, a native of Michigan. Fraternally, Mr. Lockwood is a 
member of the Lodi Lodge No. 267, I. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood are active 
members of the Christian Church of Lodi, and he is a deacon in that church. He 
is widely and favorably known throughout the community as a man of dependability 
and his efforts are used for the upbuilding of his locality.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p  1175        
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.