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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

JACK BANCHIO

   Born in Brisbane, Australia, of Italian parentage, Jack Banchio is typical of
the hardy mountaineers of northern Italy, as will readily be seen from an
incident here related, which took place in his childhood days, and truly shows
that "the boy is father to the man." His parents went from Piemonte, northern
Italy, to Australia, settling in Brisbane, and there Jack was born and reared,
and his schooling obtained in the public school. He had his own ideas on the
subject of education, however, and when eight years old he decided to start out
in life for himself, and ran away from home, starting afoot to the interior of
Australia. The school and truant officers undertook to return him to his
parents, and overtook him quite a distance from home; after capturing him they
made him ride on a horse with one of the officers, and while en route the
officers, tired from their chase, stopped to get some refreshments, leaving
young Jack on the horse; he turned a handspring off the animal, and was again
soon lost in the brush. He this time headed across country, as the officers had
threatened to whip him and put him in jail for being a bad boy, and he headed
for Ipswich, where he arrived safely. The officers were soon in pursuit, but,
being a strong, husky lad, used to the wilds, he succeeded in outwitting them
and did not go home until he was about twelve years of age.

   Not a long time following this occurrence, his parents left Brisbane for New
Zealand, and after remaining there a short time they went to Sidney, Australia,
and then decided to return to northern Italy via the Indian Ocean to the Isle of
Ceylon, through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, then down the Mediterranian to
Italy; so before their son Jack was much older he had become quite a traveled
youngster and knew how to find his way about. On reaching young manhood he came
to California, and finally landed in Merced County in 1910, where today he is
one of the influential men of that district, one of the city trustees of
Gustine, and proprietor of the Gustine Hotel, and Gustine Hotel Grounds. A man
of originality and strong character, his influence is always for progress and
the further advancement of his home section, and he has proven himself a real
citizen of his adopted country. He has in his possession citizenship papers of
England, Italy and the United States.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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