Lodi People & Places

To see research about Lodi’s historic Buildings, Structures and Sites, please visit the Lodi Preservation Alliance starting February 2026.

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, unmarried Farmer/Rancher and Owner of Lodi Lake