San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/27/2009
JOHN C. CHRISMAN
A citizen of Tracy whose worth has been recognized in that he was elected secretary of the West Side Irrigation District, is John C. Chrisman. His father, John Chrisman, crossed the plains with an ox team in 1859, from Mt. Carroll, Ill., and settled in French Camp. In 1869 he removed to Tracy, San Joaquin County and here John C. was born on November 5, 1878.
John C. as a lad received his schooling in Tracy, and many were the days spent in the wheat field. In 1900 he was appointed to a clerical position at the County Hospital, where he remained for three years; he then entered the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad in the same capacity and remained with them until 1907, when he removed to Oakland and became clerk of the store department of the Southern Pacific Railroad and occupied that position for the next three years. He then entered the Dixon Business College in Oakland and upon the completion of the course went to Stockton and entered the Stockton Business and Normal College, taking the normal course, from which he was later graduated. He then followed teaching and was principal of the grammar schools at Live Oak, Linden, Ripon and Tracy.
In Stockton on December 29, 1908, occurred the marriage of Mr. Chrisman and Miss Leona A. Patton, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patton, honored pioneers of San Joaquin County. They are the parents of two children, Robert P. and Greta. The family returned to Tracy in 1915, and two years later Mr. Chrisman was elected to the office of secretary of the West Side Irrigation District, which position has received his undivided attention. Fraternally, he is a past grand of Sumner Lodge of Odd Fellows, and past Patriarch of Tracy Encampment, and at the present time is historian and publicity manager of this organization. Mr. Chrisman has frequently contributed to the newspapers of the county articles on local institutions, which have been well received. Republican in politics, he has always given his time and means to the advancement of the principles of that party. He and his family are associated with the First Presbyterian Church of Tracy, and since the retirement of his father, John Chrisman, from the board of trustees, he has taken his place. His property interests are at Linden in the eastern portion of the county and are growing more valuable each year. During the war Mr. Chrisman was deputy food administrator for the West Side.
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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