Lodi People & Places

To see research about Lodi’s historic Buildings, Structures and Sites, please visit the Lodi Preservation Alliance starting 2027.

Lodians of Historical Interest

Susan Jahant Bawden, Lodi's First Female Funeral Director and Owner of Lodi Cemetery
Juliet Wells Brier, Pioneer Missionary and "The Heroine of Death Valley"
Laura DeForce Gordon, Attorney, Activist, and Lodi's Nationally-Known Suffragist
Frank O. Hale, Funeral Director and Lodi's Second Mayor
The Lawrence Family, Ezekiel (Founder of Lodi) and son George (First Mayor)
Estella Smith, rancher and owner of Lodi Lake for 35 years
Jessie Spenker Beckman, born at and managed Jessie's Grove