Merced-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Medlin, Florsilin D. (jr.) 1893 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

FLORSILIN D. MEDLIN, JR.

   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, 1915, 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.


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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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