Merced County Biographies

FLORSILIN D. MEDLIN, JR.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        As the son of one of the pioneer grain ranchers of the San Joaquin 
Valley, Mr. Medlin has passed most of his life in Merced County, and he is now 
one of the prominent business men of the Los Banos and Dos Palos districts. Born 
in Los Banos, on March 10, 1893, he is a son of F. D. and Jennie (Koepf ) 
Medlin, both natives of Tennessee, and the latter still living to enjoy the 
fruits of their early labors. The father came to California some fifty years 
ago, and for many years was a grain farmer on the west side of the valley; he 
lived to reach almost eighty years, dying in Dos Palos in August, 1924. Eleven 
children were born to F. D. and Jennie Medlin; the nine now living are: E. G., 
of Fresno; R. B., of Los Banos; C. Y., of Dos Palos; W. G., of Sacramento; M. 
M., of Dos Palos; P. E., of Sacramento; Mrs. B. F. Smith, of Tracy; F. D., of 
Los Banos; and Mrs. Carroll Jones, of Fresno.
        Florsilin D. Medlin got his early schooling at the McGill School, near 
Los Banos, and also attended schools in Los Banos, Newman, and Gustine, 
finishing at the Dos Palos High School. He then took a course at the Barnes 
School of Embalming, in San Francisco, and gained practical experience with 
Halstead and Company, in that city. Returning to Dos Palos, he opened a 
furniture store and undertaking business, which he later sold out, and bought 
the undertaking business of W. J. Stockton, of Los Banos, which he has since 
operated as a first-class establishment, also maintaining a branch at Dos Palos. 
He has always carried on his work in the most conscientious manner possible, 
using modern methods, and the aids which science has brought to bear on this 
most necessary work for humanity. In the years he has been in business he has 
gained the respect and confidence of his community as a man of fine character 
and high ideals.
        The marriage of Mr. Medlin, occurring in Dos Palos on August 17, 191S, 
united him with Margaret C. Mason, a native of Santa Cruz, and two children have 
been born to them, Thaylia and Garna. Prominent fraternally, Mr. Medlin is a 
member of Los Banos Lodge No. 312, F. & A. M.; Merced Chapter No. 12, R. A. M.; 
Centinella Chapter No. 136, O. E. S.; Mountain Brow Lodge No. 82, I. O. O. F. of 
Los Banos; Merced Parlor No. 24., N. S. G. W.; and U. P. E. C., Los Banos 
Council.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 693-694