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Born in 1863 in Carpenteria, California, and died in 1926 in Camarillo. Joseph's father was Henry, who moved from Manasses Junction (Bull Run) Virginia in 1853 to Carpenteria. Joseph eventually took over the ranch with his father. The Rindges purchased enough lima bean seed to cover 1500 acres in and around the Zuma mesa area in 1905. They purchased the seeds from the Lewis Ranch--only twenty-five miles away in Camarillo--who were pioneers in lima bean farming. The ranch was lost in 1930, after the 1929 stock market crash turned the Lewis buildings into a mental hospital called the Camarillo State Hospital. The Lewis genealogy is as follows: Francis Lewis (b. 1750), Henry Lewis (1818), Joseph Lewis (1863), Guy Lewis (1886), Harold Lewis (1910), Vivian Lewis (1941) [married Dale Smith], Todd Smith (1964), Darren Smith (1967), Gloriana Smith (1984). Vivian and my children are the sixth generation in California."
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