Merced-Mariposa County CA Archives Biographies.....Rector, Thomas Blackstone 1863 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

THOMAS BLACKSTONE RECTOR

   A successful rancher and business man of Merced County is Thomas B. Rector, a
native son of the State, born in Merced County near Hopeton, on February 10,
1863, the second son and child of Elbridge Gerry and Amanda (McFarlane) Rector,
pioneers of California, the former now deceased but the latter is a resident of
Berkeley and at the age of ninety-four is in possession of all her faculties and
enjoys life to its full. A full detailed mention is made of the family on
another page of this history.

   After finishing his school work, Thomas B. Rector was employed on his
father's ranch until he accepted a position as clerk at Snelling with
Simon-Jacobs Company, where he remained for five years. He next was interested
in extensive grain-farming on the bottom lands during 1887-1888, meeting with
fair results. He then entered the employ of John Ruddle and moved to the
Rotterdam Colony and ranched there in 1892. At Hornitos, Mariposa County, he was
next engaged as a rancher, then moved back to Merced County and bought forty
acres of land at Atwater, which he fully improved. He now owns ten acres near
Atwater, two and one-half acres lying in the town limits. He has since made this
section his home and is now living retired from farming activities.

   The marrage of Thomas B. Rector united him with Miss Mary Ellen Little, born
at Hopeton, a daughter of the late William Little, a pioneer in California of
1852, when he had crossed the plains. He followed stock-raising and ranching all
his life.   Mr. and Mrs. Rector have had five children, viz: William Gerry, of
Oakland, is married to Miss Genevieve Hart and they have one daughter, Marian;
Archibald Thomas, of Atwater; Mary Lee, a graduate of the University of
California, Class of 1924, married Paul Thornton and now lives in Petaluma;
Stanley and an infant are both deceased. Mr. Rector is a Democrat and he has
served as a trustee of the Snelling district. The family are members of the
Methodist Church.


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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