San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/14/2009
JOHN BRICHETTO
Prominent among the experienced and highly progressive financiers of California to whom San Joaquin County in particular owes much for its up-to-date development along the broadest and most permanent lines, is John Brichetto, the well-known farmer and banker of Stockton, who was born at Banta, Cal., on February 5, 1881, the son of G. and Luigia (Canale) Brichetto, the former of whom is now deceased, and both of whom were natives of Italy. The father came to San Joaquin County in 1867, here mined, and then worked at tunnel construction for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Then, for a while, he settled in the San Joaquin Gardens on the river, and later located at Banta, where he raised and sold vegetables. In 1872, he opened a general store at Banta, which he conducted for many years. He was a large farmer and landowner in the Banta district at the time of his death, in 1916, and owned 9,000 acres of land on the West Side. Several children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brichetto, and among them were Irene, Minnie, Joseph C., Mrs. Mollie Raspo, and John, who was educated in the public schools of the locality, and at Santa Clara College. When through with his studies, he was associated with his father in the store at Banta, and after that he formed a partnership with his brother, Joseph C., under the name of Brichetto Bros., and they are now known as large grain farmers on the West Side, farming about 3,000 acres. Mr. Brichetto is president of the Board of Directors of the Banta-Carolinia Irrigation district, recently formed, which will care for the irrigation of some 20,000 acres in the Tracy and Banta districts.
In addition to his activity in agricultural circles, Mr. Brichetto is also prominent in banking circles. He is a member, for example, of the Advisory Board of the Stockton Branch of the Bank of Italy, and previously he was a director in the San Joaquin Valley National Bank of Stockton. He was also a director in the Bank of Tracy. He was once postmaster at Banita, and he is at present manager of the G. Brichetto estate.
In the year 1916, at San Francisco, Cal., Mr. Brichetto was married to Miss Nancy Kneass, a native of San Francisco and the daughter of E.D. Kneass of San Jose, Cal., a gifted lady, sharing the responsibilities and the rewards of her husband's strenuous life. Mr. Brichetto belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the Stockton Elks, and the Olympic Club of San Francisco.
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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