He also owned farmland and timber.
Much of the eastern half of the island is privately owned farmland and vineyards.
But he noted that many city dwellers owned farmland or were interested in environmental and agricultural issues.
Upon becoming citizens, these new Americans could own homes and farmland, and petition for family from their nation of birth.
Fielding Mahone ran a store at Monroe and owned considerable farmland.
The bill, approved 258-149, prohibits foreigners from owning farmland but allows them to lease plots for up to 49 years.
The couple owns farmland in the Klamath Basin where they raise horses.
His father owned a tomato cannery and extensive farmland in the Sharpsville area.
Most of the economic activity of the municipality is based on subsistence farming with a large percentage of its inhabitants owning farmland.
His mother's family had owned farmland that later became the Loop in Chicago.