San Joaquin County Biographies
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JOHN W. GARRISON
An enterprising business man of Ripon, John W. Garrison is proprietor of the Model Market and is also the constable for Ripon, Cal., November 16, 1888, the eldest son and second child of a family of eight children born to his parents, John and Eliza (Fredericks) Garrison. The father was born in Ellisville, Ill., February 18, 1853, a son of William Pinckey and Amelia (White) Garrison, both natives of Indiana. Grandfather Garrison was a veteran of the Civil War. At twenty-nine years of age John Garrison left his home in Illinois and came west to California and directly to Ripon, where he worked as a farm laborer. Here he met and was married to Miss Eliza Fredericks, a daughter of John Fredericks, a California pioneer, deceased. The parents now reside on a ranch near Ripon, where they engage in general farming.
John W. Garrison attended the San Joaquin district school near Ripon until he was seventeen years of age, then found work on ranches in the neighborhood of his home. He then determined to learn the meat business and spent one year in a retail shop in Stockton; then returning to Ripon he entered the employ of the Ripon Meat Company, and was also interested in grain farming until 1917; then he conducted a retail route through the south San Joaquin district, and two years ago bought the Model Market at Ripon, which he has improved, and the business has steadily increased in volume. In May, 1922, Mr. Garrison took as his partner A.L. Stewart and the association has already proved of advantage to the company. The company operates two retail meat routes over fifty miles in length, which is a great accommodation to their customers and a valuable asset to the company.
The marriage of Mr. Garrison occurred at Modesto, September 12, 1912, which united him with Miss Anita Bailey, a native of Salida, Cal., a daughter of J.D. Bailey, a retired pioneer rancher now living at Ripon. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison are the parents of two children: Maxine and Violet. In June, 1921, Mr. Garrison was appointed constable for Ripon township and in 1922 succeeded himself to the same office unopposed. He is a Republican in politics and fraternally is a member of Mt. Horeb Lodge, I.O.O.F. and the Ripon Merchants' Association.
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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