Sacramento County
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JOHN
B. DUFFY
JOHN B. DUFFY.--A successful
vineyardist of Galt whose younger days were spent in Texas riding the
range, where he had many interesting experiences in that free, outdoor life, is
John B. Duffy, who was born in Cabell County, W. Va,
September 21, 1858, the son of Patrick and Martha (Wade) Duffy, the father a
native of County Galway, Ireland, while the mother was born in Lynchburg, Va.,
and reared in Virginia. They were the parents of seven
children: Mary, deceased; John B. of this sketch; Ellen,
Anna and Dora, deceased; William lives in
Texas; Margaret Olive lives at
Cincinnati,
Ohio. The mother passed
away at the age of thirty-six and in 1860 the father removed to
Bath County,
Ky., where he followed his work as a stone
mason and macadamized road builder, and lived to be seventy-eight years old.
John B. Duffy was reared at
Bethel,
Ky., and when he was nineteen he went to
Texas and started out for himself.
He became a rider on the cattle range and helped drive the first cattle
north into the Pan handle of
Texas in 1898. Mr. Duffy
made his home at
Sherman,
Texas, during the greater part of his cowboy
life, residing there from 1877 to 1889. Coming to Galt he
became interested in the orchard and fruit business and since then he has
developed three places. The first was a six-acre place on
Frank Street, and after he disposed of
this he improved a place of seven and a half acres near Galt.
His present holdings consist of seventeen acres one mile southeast of
Galt, and this he has partly set to vineyard and has completed a new residence
there, with many other improvements.
At
Sherman,
Texas, August 22, 1880, Mr. Duffy was married
to Miss Anna Brown and three children were born to them, Ray, Ruby and Don.
On January 24, 1921, his second marriage occurred at Sacramento, when he
was united with Mrs. Emma (Covell)
Tayler; she is a native of Michigan, but came here
with her parents when about fifteen years old, her father engaging in farming
near Santa Cruz and Redding. By her first marriage she is
the mother of two children, C. W. Taylor and Mrs. Frona
Smith of
Boise,
Idaho. During the World
War the former entered the R. O. T. C. at
Camp Pike,
Ark., and here he received his discharge in
December, 1918. Mr. Duffy is a Democrat in politics and in
fraternal life is a member of the Knights of Pythias,
being past chancellor of the Galt Lodge; he is a charter member of the local
Grange and was one of its officers during its organization.
At the time the
United States entered the World War, on
the 14th day of April, 1917, this regiment was mustered into the
Federal forces as the 158th Infantry, 40th Division, and
he was sent to
Naco,
Ariz., for border patrol work immediately
upon enlistment. In November they were transferred to
Camp
Kearney for overseas training and on
November 25, 1917, Mr. Duffy received his discharge there, not being eligible
for overseas service on account of his age; he was a member of the supply
company and was a wagoneer. He
is a member of Smith-Lippi Post of the American
Legion at Galt and is its chaplain and historian.
Transcribed by Priscilla
Delventhal.
Source: Reed,
G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California
With Biographical Sketches, Page 631.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007
P. J. Delventhal.