San Joaquin County Biographies
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JACK BARRON
A well-known, hustling realty dealer whose operations have had considerable significance for others as well as for himself, is Jack Barron, of 411-12 Commercial & Savings Bank Building, Stockton, a native of San Francisco, where he was born on March 1, 1881. As early as his thirteenth year, he started to work on a ranch at Riverbank, and when more experienced, he continued farm labor on ranches in the Delta district. Later, he was in the employ of the Stockton Glass Works as a fireman.
In 1916 he started in the real estate business by buying cheap lots in Stockton, which were then considered not worth bothering with, but in the selling of which he was successful, realizing some profit. He next associated himself with Kenneth T. Howe, the real estate dealer; and how they came to start together is very interesting. Mr. Howe had a horse which he wished to sell, and Jack said that nothing could be easier,—and at a good price, too. Jack made the sale, and Mr. Howe said that a man who could get that price for a horse, could also sell real estate. So Jack started in, and in the Mineral Baths Tract made a record for sales, taking first prize among other salesmen. He later became the exclusive agent for Mosswood Park, which was owned by Mrs. Mary B. Percival, selling off many lots there and he is still agent for the property.
Early in 1920 Mr. Barron became associated with P.H. Stitt in the sale of lots and houses in Tuxedo Park; and one of his first big deals there was in closing the sale of a $17,000 residence; and since that time he has sold real estate all over Stockton. He also buys lots and builds cottages and bungalows which he sells at a good profit and in this venture has met with very satisfactory results. Mr. Barron employs six and seven salesmen in his business, and along with his other transactions he buys and ships grapes, deals in farming and grape lands, and does a general real estate, loan and insurance business. He is a good judge of values, a wide-awake student of changing market conditions, and first, last and all the time, dependable. Mr. Barron's signs 10x30 feet in size bearing "Barron's Real Estate Exchange," are to be found on all roads and principal highways leading out of Stockton. Mr. Barron belongs to the San Joaquin County Realty Board; and as a Master Mason, he is a member of the San Joaquin Blue Lodge.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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