San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 1/17/2010
THOMAS JEFFERSON GILL
A native son of the great Golden state, who, by hard, intelligent work has won a place for himself in the business world, is Thomas Jefferson Gill, residing with his family in Stockton. He was born near Liberty, San Joaquin County, on his father's farm, February 17, 1862, a son of W.J. and Elizabeth (Coffer) Gill, the former a native of Lexington, Ky., and the latter of Illinois. His father, who was a minister of the Christian Church, crossed the plains with an ox-team in 1852. He purchased the old Jahant ranch of 160 acres near Liberty and engaged in stockraising; later he traded the ranch and moved to Inyo County and engaged in stockraising there until his death at Independence; the mother is also deceased. They were the parents of five children of whom three are now living: Thomas Jefferson, the subject of this review; Mrs. W.J. McCowan, of Portland, Ore.; H.D., of Lone Pine; George M., deceased, was Superior Judge of Inyo County; Lafayette, a prominent attorney of Riverside, is also deceased.
In 1885 Thomas Jefferson Gill returned to San Joaquin County where he has made his home ever since. His marriage, which occurred in Stockton, united him with Miss Lulu M. Harris, a native of Stockton, where her father was a pioneer blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Gill are the parents of one son, Claude M., an attorney. The latter was educated in Stockton, was graduated from the Stockton high school; later studied law and was admitted to practice in 1909; he is a member of the Masonic order. He is married and has one son, Melvin C., also born in Stockton, thus making three generations of the Gill family who were born in that city. Mr. Gill is a strong Republican, and co-operates in all movements for social uplift, as he shows his public-spiritedness in endeavoring to raise civic standards.
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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