Find A Grave Memorial# 41525035
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Apr 13, 1944, Obit, Orland, Glenn Co., CA:
J.F. Mallon Claimed by Death
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon for James F. Mallon who died yesterday afternoon at his home west of Orland. Death was due to a heart ailment.
Born in Salina, Kansas, in 1873, he was married in 1902 to Jacquelin Chatfield in Colorado. Upon coming to California, the couple settled at Princeton where he had a large part in the development of irrigation and reclamation districts in Glenn and Colusa counties.
He was among the first in planning the Central Valley Irrigation project, being vice-president of the California State Irrigation Association. He was in charge of the building of the Hamilton City-Harrington railroad. He also developed the first rice project in Colusa county.
The family moved to Orland in 1928, acquiring the Allen Moore ranch in the buttes, and engaged in the livestock business. He was an active member of the Federated Church here. He is survived by his wife and three children, J.D. Mallon of Orland, Mrs. Stanley Truman and Mrs. Neva Aubin, both of Oakland. There is one brother, G.E. Mallon living in Colusa, and two brothers and four sisters, all living in Kansas.
Funeral rites will be held at the Federated Church at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with interment in the Graves cemetery.
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Occupation: Rancher, farmer, vice-president Calif State Irrigation Association, developed first rice project in Colusa County, California.