Zane McIntosh(1975-2012)
- Actor
Zane Mc Intosh was born in 1975 in Napa and raised in the towns of
Yountville, Rutherford, and St. Helena. Mc Intosh's maternal family
thrived by farming land holdings within the Napa Valley for 7
generations, since their first arrival in 1849 by horseback, ship,
stage coach, and covered wagon. In Napa City his ancestors held the
successful law firm Johnston and Johnston, along with several
businesses, during the 19th and 20th centuries. His family were
founding members of the Napa Valley Country Club, Napa State Hospital,
and devoted their time towards holding elected offices, including 2
seats on the California State Senate. His father's line also pioneered
California during the 1849 gold rush. His paternal family eventually
settled within the Duboce Triangle District of San Francisco, while
later surviving the 1906 Great Earthquake. The actor's lineage descends
from some of the earliest established European families from the
Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Antebellum Old South. Zane's maternal
grandfather and maternal grandmother both descend from the House of
Plantagenet. The actor descends from the Saxon Kings of England (Edward
I), the Kings of France and Spain, the Dukes of Normandy, and the
Counts of Flanders. One of his ancestors is French Nobleman Matthieu de
Jouhet, Master of the Horse to Louis XIII of France. Through his
father, the Zane is 1st cousins, 5 times removed, to United States
President Ulysses S. Grant. Oral tradition on his maternal line points
to close blood ties to President Tyler, President Johnson, and
President Taylor; and to Jefferson Davis through marriage. His mother
is a grape grower of Cabernet Franc in the Rutherford Bench. The
actor's father built submarines for the United States Navy. During Mc
Intosh's formative years he was an avid member of the Rutherford 4H
club, eventually serving as its treasurer and president. While at St.
Helena High School, he involved himself in sports, primarily football
and track. Mc Intosh attended the University of Oregon where he first
took advantage of acting classes while concurrently double-majoring in
Psychology and Sociology. He later obtained a masters degree in
counseling from Sonoma State University. Before acting Mc Intosh
supported himself by keeping individuals safe from harm while in a
temporary period of psychiatric crisis. Prior to this he involved
himself towards the making of wine and viticulture.
