Yolo-Contra Costa-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Tadlock, Elbert 1841 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

ELBERT TADLOCK

    Traditional statements in regard to the Tadlock family indicate their long
and honorable identification with Scotland and their early immigration to the
new world, where they witnessed the development into a vigorous republic of the
scattered and unassociated colonies. The founder of the family in Kentucky was
Lewis Tadlock, a native of Virginia, born in 1800, but for years a planter in
Kentucky, where he died in 1849 ere yet he had succeeded in securing a
competency for the maintenance of his wife and their family of young children. A
man of unusual mental vigor he had identified himself with the public life of
the community and had advocated Whig principles with a firmness that never
wavered. After he had removed to Kentucky he met and married Miss Margaret
Crawford, who was born in the blue grass state in 1806, being of Scotch lineage
and a daughter of James Crawford, presumably of Virginian birth.

    Very shortly after the death of the husband and father the Tadlock family
removed to Missouri and resided in Moniteau county. Two of the four sons,
Rilford G. and Elbert, who became pioneers of Yolo county, were born at the old
plantation in Kentucky near Tompkinsville, the county seat of Monroe county, the
birth of the older having occurred February 7, 1839, while the younger was born
September 10, 1841. After the daughters had married the mother decided to
accompany her sons on their removal to the west and they crossed the plains with
ox-teams and wagons in 1856. On their arrival in Yolo county the mother
pre-empted a claim to three hundred and twenty acres and there her son, Rilford,
established a frontier home, remaining for some years to look after her
interests. The younger son, Elbert, secured work as a laborer on ranches. During
the spring of 1858 he walked to Contra Costa county with a capital of $2.50 and
there he secured work on a ranch. His earnings were utilized in the purchase of
a horse, bridle and saddle, and with these he rode home in comfort. Later, while
working as a ranch hand, he bought some wild Spanish horses and devoted
considerable time to breaking them for use. The task was one of danger and
difficulty, but it brought him considerable profit.

    With a desire to own a ranch of his own the young settler filed a claim on
raw land, but the prolonged drought caused a loss of crops and he then allowed
the claim to go by default. During 1862 he rented land for the purpose of
planting a crop, but his plans were changed and instead he began freighting with
mule-teams from Sacramento to Virginia City. For four years he hauled to and
from the mines and during the latter part of the time he used a team of eight
mules. After he discontinued the freighting business he bought his brother's
interest in the ranch of their mother and thereafter engaged in the raising of
grain. Upon the building of the railroad through this section of the country in
1877 he built a warehouse, 48x200 feet in dimensions, at Scott's Station, now
called Citrona, which he still runs, and there stores large quantities of grain,
his warehouse having a capacity of nearly four thousand tons.

    By trading his interest in the home ranch for one hundred and sixty acres in
Yolo county Mr. Tadlock laid the foundation of his subsequent prosperity. During
1883 he bought three hundred and fourteen acres two miles northwest of his
earlier purchase and during 1898 he bought an adjacent tract of two hundred
acres, thus becoming the owner of more than five hundred acres in one body. He
still retains two hundred acres in the home place south of Madison, improved
with a neat residence and a substantial barn. Ten acres are planted to almonds
and the balance of the land is devoted to grain. As a farmer and fruit-raiser he
possesses the long experience so essential to the truest success, while energy
and industry have aided him in the accumulation of a competency. Politically he
votes the Democratic ticket both in local and national elections. When Buckeye
Lodge No. 195, F. & A. M., was organized at Winters he became a charter member
and was honored with election as the first senior warden, and afterwards served
as master for two terms.

    The marriage of Elbert Tadlock took place August 19, 1869, and united him
with Miss Anna White, a native of Lafayette county, Mo., but a resident of
California after 1868. Reared in the faith of the Christian Church, she has been
a sincere member of that denomination from childhood and Mr. Tadlock also has
been one of its leading local workers for many years. They became the parents of
seven children, of whom Emma died at the age of thirteen. The others are William
E., Orville C., Thomas E., Ada, Margaret and Nannie. Orville C. took the regular
course of study in. the law department in the California State University and is
now located at Madison. Ada is the wife of Ira Morris, of Winters, where the
latter is cashier of the First National Bank; and Margaret married Dr. J. H.
Hale, of Winters.

    The eldest son, William E., married Ella York, a daughter of Meredith Roper
and Susan (Maxwell) York, natives respectively of Kentucky and Missouri, but
pioneers of the west. After having completed the studies of the Esparto high
school William E. Tadlock engaged in ranching for himself and now operates two
hundred acres of land, including twenty acres of alfalfa under irrigation. In
addition to his farm pursuits he has charge of four acres of fruit land, from
which he sells large quantities of peaches, apricots and almonds in their
season. Another source of income is his drove of one hundred hogs and pigs and
in addition he has other stock on the ranch. For some years he filled the office
of road overseer and in that office accomplished much for the improvement of the
highways of the district. While favoring Democratic principles he is inclined to
be independent in local campaigns and gives his support to the men whom he
considers best qualified to promote the interests of the county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
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
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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