San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/9/2010
GEORGE W. LEISTNER
George W. Leistner, born February 22, 1878, at Boise, Idaho; educated in Stockton schools, two years at Stanford University, admitted to bar but never practiced. Entered real estate business in 1904; member of firm of Grunsky, Dietrich & Leistner, later Dietrich & Leistner. Identified with development of Stockton and San Joaquin County; president of Stockton Chamber of Commerce in 1915; past president of the Stockton High School Alumni Association; Yosemite Club of Stockton, Stockton Golf and Country Club. Vice-president and one of the organizers of San Joaquin County Abstract Company; secretary and identified with organization of the Stockton Investment Company, builders and owners of the Hotel Stockton; secretary of the Stockton Realty Company, owners of Bours Park; secretary of the City Development Company, Mutual Development Company and Valley Colony Company, and at present vice-president of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce and president of Stockton Golf and Country Club, and director of Merchants, Manufacturers and Employers Association; president of Land Settlement Board for graduates of the United States Rough and Ready Training Center.
Married Florence J. Ashley; two children, George W. and Mary Louise. Fraternal association: Member of Elks, Knights Templar, and Shrine.
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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