San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/24/2010
WILLIAM LORD
Those who have business dealings with the American Railway Express Company's office at American Avenue and Market Street, Stockton, appreciate the experience and foresight and untiring efforts of the ever-accomodating general agent, William Lord. A native son—having been born in Colfax, Placer County, on June 17, 1871—he has had the commendable pride to make Stockton's express service second to none in the country; and that he has pretty well succeeded, the satisfaction of the average citizen will testify.
His father, Thomas J. Lord, was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother, who was Miss Caroline Thorn before her marriage, was a native of England; and it thus happened that in this blending of Old and New England inheritance and force, the lad was particularly fortunate in his parentage. William attended the public schools at Colfax, meanwhile keeping his eyes wide open and greatly enlarging his knowledge by observation and occasional practical experiment; and when, at the age of seventeen, he was offered a chance to enter the service of the Wells Fargo Company, it was found that he was able, from the start, to assume responsibility. He learned all the branches of the business, taking one after another up in rotation, for he was by turn driver, clerk and messenger, and after awhile he became route agent. He was the agent at the Ferry office in San Francisco, then he was agent at Salt Lake City, and then at Denver; and at other times he was at Tonopah, Nev., and in various places in Oregon and Washington. He may be said to have followed his line of work all over the Western States, and he is particularly well-known on the Pacific Coast. When the express companies were consolidated in July, 1918, he was sent to Stockton to take charge of the express office; and he has made it of increasing importance. Mr. Lord is married, and has one son, Harold J., of San Francisco. He belongs to Lodge No. 944, B.P.O.E., at Ashland, Ore., and also to the Maccabees.
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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