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SACCONE BROTHERS

Designers and builders of many of the fine homes of Stockton, the five brothers comprising this firm, John C., George W., Victor, Benjamin and Leo Saccone, were all born at Oroville, Butte County, Cal. Their parents were Joseph and Angeline (Malins) Saccone, the former a native of Italy, while Mrs. Saccone was born in Germany, and each had emigrated to California when they were in their teens and were married in Oroville. The father was a farmer and died when the boys were small and the mother brought her family to Stockton in 1908. She purchased a ranch of seventy-five acres and after living on it for about two years disposed of it and purchased eleven lots on East Lindsay Street in the 1300 and 1400 block. Assisted by her sons she built twelve houses on this property and on their return from the war she gave each a home. Since that time they have built many fine homes, ranging in price from $4,000 to $10,000, and among them are the following: Three for Mr. Bacigalupi, two for Mr. Buthenuth, two for Mrs. Kuhlmann; also homes for Mr. Fassler, L.S. Repetti, Mr. Moresco, E.J. Blanchard in Yosemite Terrace and Mrs. Alice M. Hopkins in Sperry's Addition and numerous others.

Victor Saccone, who looks after some of the business affairs of the firm, was born at Oroville, May 17, 1892, and completed his education in the Stockton schools and at Heald's Business College. He is a member of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N.S.G.W., and of Karl Ross Post, American Legion. During the World war he entered the service and trained at Camp Lewis, Wash., and served overseas as mess sergeant in Battery B, 347th Field Artillery, 91st Division, being stationed in the Verdun sector. After the armistice he was stationed in Germany with the Army of Occupation and altogether served for eighteen and a half months. On his return to San Francisco he was mustered out at the Presidio, April 26, 1919, and returned home. On June 12, 1922, he was married to Miss Ethel Jury, born in Stockton. Two other of the brothers also served in the war, George W. as a mechanic in the aero squadron, building planes in England, and Benjamin as an observer in the air service, stationed at Fort Sill, Okla.

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LOUIS R. SANGUINETTI

Prominent among the most enterprising firms of San Joaquin County are Sanguinetti Bros., the successful vineyardists and independent packers of table grapes of Lodi, worthily represented by Louis R. Sanguinetti, a native of that county where he was born on May 13, 1877. His father, Stephen Sanguinetti, a native of Italy, now deceased, came to America in early days and tried his luck at mining; but it did not suit him, so he located in Stockton, in the early '60s. He was given hard work in a vegetable garden at fifteen dollars per month. With his savings he bought land in the Delta district near that city, and engaged in farming; and he erected a brick house of thirteen rooms, and improved the place with flowers, palms and a garden, making it one of the show-places, in pioneer times. Some forty years ago, he bought the old Ayers Vineyard located on the Woodbridge Road, north of Lodi, and both of these places are still owned by the family. Stephen Sanguinetti married Miss Geronima Largomassino, and he was an exemplary husband, father, neighbor and friend. Several children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanguinetti: Fred, Louis R., the subject of our review; Henry, and Silvia. A daughter, Anna, married a gentleman of the same family name; Rose became Mrs. Vignola; and Palmira married J. Mezzera.

Louis, after finishing school, worked for awhile with his father on the home ranch, and when it was found that the Ayers Vineyard was not doing well, he was sent by his father to take charge of the place. From that time, the Ayers Ranch began to be a paying property, through the young man's able management; although he was only twenty-one when, in 1898, he took charge of it. This vineyard is one of the oldest in the county, some of the vines being sixty years old. It has sixty-five acres of Black Prince, Mission, Muscat, and Tokay grapes, and there is also a second orchard. With a brother, Henry, Mr. Sanguinetti packs independently, under the brand of Sanguinetti Bros., and this brand tops the prices in nineteen out of twenty cars shipped East. Mr. Sanguinetti has a one-third interest, with W.A. Spooner and James Anderson in a vineyard of eighty-seven acres; he also owns valuable real estate in Stockton, including two business blocks, and in 1922, he completed the Traveller's Hotel at Lodi.

At Stockton, November 27, 1900, Mr. Sanguinetti was married to Miss Tillie Sturla, a daughter of Paul Sturla, an early settler in Lodi, whose rise and success is portrayed elsewhere in this volume. Melvin Stephen, the elder son who graduated at the head of his class at the Lodi high school in 1921, is now a student at Stanford University, and Allen Paul, the younger son, attends the Lodi grammar school.

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JACOB PRESTON SARGENT, M.D.

Among the many notable families who have lived in San Joaquin County, perhaps no one was more widely or favorably known than the Sargents, and Dr. Jacob Preston Sargent was a worthy representative of this pioneer family. A native Californian, he was born on the old Sargent ranch in San Joaquin County, June 8, 1863, the son of Roswell C. Sargent, more familiarly known as Ross Sargent. The father was born in New Hampshire in 1821 and descended from sturdy New England stock. His earlier years were spent on the home farm, and when eighteen years of age he moved to Boston, where for a short period he worked for wages, afterward engaging in the milk business with his brother, J.P. Sargent. In 1847 he went to Chicago and was the pioneer ice merchant of that city. This enterprise he conducted for about two years, and in 1849, in company with his two brothers, J.L. and J.P. Sargent, he started overland for California, arriving on October 13, 1849. For a year and a half they engaged in mining, merchandising and teaming in Placerville, but in 1851 came to San Joaquin County, preempted land and started farming. From that time he began increasing his holdings by purchase and by reclamation of the rich overflowed land so that he became one of the largest landholders in the county, his holdings reaching in the neighborhood of 25,000 acres. Mr. Sargent used up-to-date methods in farming and was notably successful. He invested heavily in different manufacturing enterprises in the county and also in city property in Stockton. As the years passed, these holdings have grown enormously in value, and at the time of his death, June 15, 1902, he left an extremely valuable estate. Mr. Sargent was popular with all classes of people. He was an unassuming man and always showed great consideration for the rights of other people. Liberal and charitable to almost an excess, it is not strange that his death caused genuine sorrow in the homes of a large percentage of the people who knew and honored him. Mr. Sargent left two children, Jacob Preston, the subject of this sketch, and Mrs. F.N. Vail, of San Francisco.

Jacob Preston Sargent began his education in the district school in the vicinity of his home until fourteen years of age, after which he went for three years of age, after which he went for three years to St. Matthew's Hall at San Mateo, and for the two succeeding years to a private institution in Napa Valley. After this he attended for about six months at the San Joaquin Valley College at Woodbridge. He then commenced attendance on medical lectures at Cooper Medical College, New York, and was graduated there May 4, 1886. He practiced in the out-door department of Bellevue Hospital until the latter part of that year, when he returned to California. After practicing about three months in San Francisco, he went back to the ranch, and devoted his entire attention to the management of the estate, the large interests absorbing most of his time. At this time, the Sargent ranch consists of 3,700 acres, of which 183 acres are in vineyard, 1,000 acres devoted to grain raising, 2,000 acres in pasture and some in alfalfa. The vineyard is under the Stockton-Mokelumne irrigation system.

On November 14, 1889, Dr. Sargent was married at San Francisco to Miss Bettie Falk, a native of New York. Dr. Sargent passed away June 7, 1921. Highly esteemed among his many friends for his social nature and genial disposition, he formed strong friendships by his deference for the opinions of others and his kindly consideration.

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PETER SARGENTI

A successful vineyardist and orchardist, from Canton Ticino, Switzerland, is Peter Sargenti, who is ranching about two miles north of Acampo, off the Cherokee Lane road. He was born at Magadino on February 12, 1872, the son of Paul and Theresa (Macagni) Sargenti, industrious, honest and progressive farmer folks, who were blessed with eight children, four sons and four daughters. Peter had a good education, so that when he was seventeen, and ready to push out into the world, he was well prepared. He not only came to the United States, but he luckily pushed on to California, and settled at San Rafael, in Marin County, in 1889, where he worked for two years on a dairy farm. He then spent seven years in dairy work, at Half Moon Bay, in San Mateo County, and after that he went to Solano County, where he was in dairying for four or five years. In 1903 he returned to Switzerland for five months, enjoying again the scenes in the republic so familiar to him, but also glad to get back to the Golden State.

On his return he settled in Contra Costa County, at Knightsen, and there he had a fine dairy of his own, continuing to operate it for two and one-half years. Then he came to Holt Station, Roberts Island, in San Joaquin County, and for three years was foreman of a dairy there. He then removed to Banta, running a dairy for four and one-half years; and from Banta he moved to his present location, where he bought thirty-two acres. This ranch has thirteen acres of vineyard, eight acres of orchard, and eight acres of alfalfa; and there is a small dairy on his present ranch. He has developed the orchard of prunes, peaches and cherries and the alfalfa there.

At Suisun, on July 5, 1904, Mr. Sargenti was married to Miss Ernestine Madonna, who was born in Solano County, near Suison, the daughter of Paul and Theresa (Piezzoni) Madonna, both born in Intragna, Ticino, Switzerland. Her father was a dairy farmer, who came to California in 1872, and settled in Solano County, where he was married. He lived to be seventy-one years old, and died in 1909. Her mother is still alive, residing on a ranch south of Lodi. Ernestine was sent for a while to the schools in Half Moon Bay, and then, when her parents moved back to Suisun, she finished her studies there. They have one son, Peter, who is attending the Lodi high school, class of 1925. Mr. Sargenti is a Republican, and is a good “booster” for the locality in which he lives and thrives.

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FRANCIS H. SAUNDERS, D.V.M.

IRA E. SAUNDERS

A young man of energy and enterprise, who has made a place for himself in the professional circles of Stockton is Francis H. Saunders, D.V.M., who is conducting a hospital at 336 East Lafayette Street with pronounced success. He was born on his father's ranch on Roberts Island, San Joaquin County, Cal., June 3, 1897, a son of Ira E. and Elizabeth (Watson) Saunders, natives of Rhode Island and California, respectively.

Ira Saunders was born at Central Falls, R.I., in 1848, his parents being Moses and Eliza (Sprague) Saunders, also natives of that state, and in the maternal line Ira Saunders was of Scotch descent. In the year 1851, Moses Saunders, the grandfather of our subject, came to California via Panama. He engaged in gold mining in Calaveras County, where he died in 1877. In 1857, when a mere boy, Ira Saunders came with his mother and other members of the family to California, also via Panama; they made their way direct to Calaveras County where they joined the husband and father. There Ira grew to manhood and attended the public schools of that county. He engaged in mining and sheep raising in the early days, but in 1886 he settled on the San Joaquin River, the portion of the county known as Roberts Island, where he purchased 230 acres of farming land; he drained the swamp land and otherwise improved the ranch with farm buildings, dairy barns, etc. On December 24, 1882, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Watson, a daughter of David Watson, and seven children were born to them: Addie V., Elizabeth A., Ira E., David G., Moses R., Francis H., and Lolita. Fraternally he was a member of Mineral Lodge, I.O.O.F., at Copperopolis, Cal., and in politics was a Republican; he also served as clerk of the board of trustees of the Fairchild school district. He passed away in 1912, his wife surviving him until 1917, when she too passed away. The home ranch on Roberts Island is still in the possession of the family, and is operated by the older brothers of our subject.

Francis H. Saunders began his education in the grammar school of Stockton, then attended the Stockton high school for three years, at the end of which time he entered the San Francisco Veterinary College, where he remained for one year, then entered the Washington State College, from which he was graduated in 1921. He enlisted and remained in service three months during the World War. In 1922 he formed a partnership with C.L. Wrinkle and they conduct a veterinary hospital at 336 East Lafayette Street, Stockton. He is a member of the San Joaquin County Veterinary Association, the Stockton Kiwanis Club, the Whitman Lodge, No. 49, F. & A.M., at Pullman, Wash., and Pacific Parlor No. 10, N.S.G.W., of San Francisco. He is honorary member of the Veterinary College Fraternity, Alpha Psi.

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GLEN E. SAXTON

Among the more recent acquisitions to the business circles of Tracy is Glen E. Saxton, the proprietor of the G.E. Saxton Plumbing Shop, and has already proven himself a valuable asset to the progress and building up of the San Joaquin County. A native of Michigan, he was born at Albion, Calhoun County, on June 30, 1888. His father, Justus Saxton, was a native of Bristol, Pa., and emigrated to Michigan in the early '60s, where he was employed as a painter.

Glen E. Saxton attended the public schools of Michigan, and as a boy sold newspapers at Battle Creek to earn his own way. In 1904 he left home to work in a large implement shop and spent two years there learning the machinist's trade; later he removed to Roseburg, Ore., and for a number of years his occupations were diversified, working in the hemp rope mills, the pine box factories and Sutter's Paper Box factory; later upon removing to Portland, Ore., he took up the plumber's trade, working as an apprentice, and in 1908 he removed to White Salmon, Wash., and established his first plumbing store with repair shop in connection and built up a fine trade, which he continued for a year and a half when he disposed of it to good advantage. Learning of a good opening in Portland he returned there and entered into partnership with Mr. Lonpaugh in the conduct of an extensive pumping machinery business, which occupied him for one year. He then became much interested in the Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh, Pa., and upon hearing that a plant was to be opened at Thompson, Nev., he made application for the position of superintendent and foreman in the scientific mining and leaching of copper; five years were spent in that occupation and Mr. Saxton was released with reluctance as the general foreman of this concern.

The marriage of Mr. Saxton united him with Miss Bonnie Moquist, a daughter of A.E. Moquist, of Los Banos, Cal. They are the parents of one child, Ellis Edward. In December, 1920, Mr. Saxton opened his shop in Tracy and the volume of business has so increased that he has sought larger quarters twice, his present location being at 30 West Eighth Street. He owns a comfortable residence in Tracy and has entered into the industrial life of the community with true California spirit, and has already taken a most active interest in the progress and development of the West Side country. In politics he is a Republican, and fraternally is a Mason and has been a member of the Odd Fellow lodge for fourteen years.

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THOMAS F. SCALLY

A familiar figure on the streets of Stockton and among the business men of that thriving city is Thomas F. Scally, more familiarly known as Tom Scally, the genial proprietor of Scally's hardware store, located at 28 North California Street. A native son of the Golden State, he was born in Stockton on December 3, 1877, a son of Patrick and Mary Josephine (Dennis) Scally, who were both natives of Ireland. His father was an early settler of Stockton, locating here in 1876, and for seven years was with Miller's Warehouse Company, then for twenty-three years was the foreman of the Farmers' Union and Milling Company. At the present time he is the proprietor of the Santa Fe Hotel located on East Taylor Street. The mother has passed away.

Thomas F. Scally began his education in the Jackson school, later entering the Brothers' College. While a young man he was determined to learn the hardware business and entered the employ of Steiney & Ladd, and remained with them for one year; then he entered the employ of the Ruhl Stove and Hardware Company. During 1904 he became a partner of William C. Shuler and Fred Tschierschky in the hardware business, being located at 526 East Main Street. In 1913 our subject sold his interest and started into business for himself where he is now located and his business has grown to successful proportions.

From 1901 to 1913, Mr. Scally made a name for himself as a pitcher in semi-professional baseball in the San Joaquin Valley; he pitched for the Stockton Athletics; also for clubs in Modesto, Livermore, Oakdale and Elk Grove. His team won the pennant in the Valley League in 1902. His marriage united him with Miss Josephine M. Hild, a native of Arcata, Humboldt County, Cal., and they are the parents of one daughter, Josephine. He is a member of the Elks, the Eagles, the Red Men, Knights of Columbus and the Y.M.I. He has always entered enthusiastically into the civic life of the community and is ever ready to put his shoulder to the wheel to help its progress and prosperity.

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HERBERT M. SCHAUR

Among the more important building supply organizations of the West Side section of San Joaquin County is the Tracy Lumber Company, of which Herbert M. Schaur is the general manager; he is also a stockholder in the parent company, known as the Santa Fe Lumber Company with headquarters in San Francisco, owners of the following branches: Tracy Lumber Company at Tracy, Brentwood Lumber Company, at Brentwood, Cal., Patterson Lumber Company, at Patterson, Cal., and the Newman Lumber Company, located at Newman, Stanislaus County, Cal. A native of Baltimore, Md., Mr. Schaur was born on August 26, 1883, a son of Charles E. and Florence E. (Arminger) Schaur. His paternal ancestors were of German birth, while his maternal ancestors were of Scotch origin. In 1895, his father passed away and the responsibility of the support of the family rested on the shoulders of our subject, then a lad of about twelve years. His first job was as stock clerk for a large dry goods house and within two years he was advanced to the position of clerk in the office; however, the opportunity came to enter an attorney's office with a chance to study law and he also availed himself of a course in a night school; he then obtained a position as a traveling salesman for a wholesale provision house of Baltimore, covering the territory of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, continuing until 1905, with the exception of two years that were spent in Pittsburgh, Pa. Removing to California, he located in Los Angeles, where he remained three years. Then he went into the large lumber camps of Mendocino County; gradually working his way up from the bottom he became the superintendent of two mills which he conducted with the utmost success. Some nine years ago he became associated with the Santa Fe Lumber Company and in 1917 was sent to Tracy to assume the general oversight of their branch yard.

The Tracy Lumber Company has aided in the growth and upbuilding of Tracy and other towns nearby, and the merchants and business men have found its management ever ready to cooperate with them in achieving results; its officials and employees have all been boosters in aid of irrigation movements, which have shown so forcibly how valuable water is in crop production, and they are strong for the upbuilding of this section of Central California. They are distributors for the famed Simplex silo and the Papec ensilage cutter.

The marriage of Mr. Schaur occurred on June 4, 1907, and united him with Miss Carrie N. Beattie, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W.G. Beattie of Tracy, prominent in professional and social circles. They are the parents of two children, Margaret N. and Herbert M. Jr. Mr. Schaur is past president of the Chamber of Commerce and is now a director and has accomplished much as a member of the executive committee. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally is a Mason and Odd Fellow, and past patron of the Eastern Star Lodge of Tracy. He is the owner of desirable real estate in the Rosedale subdivision of Tracy.

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H.B.O. SCHEFFEL

A representative farmer of the Peters section of San Joaquin County, is H.B.O. Scheffel, whose residence in the county dates from 1883, and since 1891 he has resided on his present home place of fifty acres eleven miles east of Stockton on the Copperopolis Road. He was born in the province of Saxony, Germany, September 14, 1857, and received a good public education; in 1881, he left Germany for America, and upon his arrival spent a few months at St. Louis, Mo.; then he began to work his way westward, stopping in Utah, where he rode the range until 1883, when he came to Stockton, Cal.

At Stockton, in 1891, occurred the marriage of Mr. Scheffel and Mrs. Sarah Ellen (Webb) Leonhardt, widow of C.H. Leonhardt. Mrs. Scheffel is a native daughter of California, born near Linden, March 28, 1859, a daughter of William Golden Webb, who came across the plains to California in 1854, where he located near Bellota, then called Fisher's Bridge, and engaged in farming until his death on March 24, 1871, survived by fifteen children, of whom Mrs. Scheffel is the fifth. Mrs. Scheffel's mother passed away in 1907, aged seventy-two years. By her first marriage, Mrs. Scheffel had three children: Louena died at the age of sixteen years; Frances Mabel is the widow of W.C. Waite and she has one son residing at Richmond, Cal.; she is a past noble grand in the Rebekah Lodge; Glen E. has a wife and three children, and they reside near Peters.

Mr. and Mrs. Scheffel are the parents of six children: Richard O. died in infancy; Walter Vernon owns a twenty-acre ranch near Peters and is associated with his brother in farming; Amelia Violet is a graduate of the Western Normal School and at the present time is in training at the Merritt Hospital in Oakland; Lewis G. has a wife and one child and they reside in Stockton; Hugo William enlisted and served three months in the Merchant Marine during the World War and is now a rancher on fifteen acres near Peters; Archie Lester is a machinist for the Holt Manufacturing Company at Stockton. The same year that Mr. Scheffel was married, he purchased fifty acres near Peters and eleven miles east of Stockton, where he has since engaged in farming. Thirty-one years ago Mr. Scheffel became a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Linden, and Mrs. Scheffel is prominent in the Rebekahs there. Mr. Scheffel has given his loyal support to the school system of the county and for four years served as trustee of the Everett school district. Mr. and Mrs. Scheffel have many warm personal friends in the community where they have spent so many years.

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WILLIAM SCHLOSSMAN

A deep student of political economy who has become a strong advocate of irrigation, and has thereby wielded an enviable influence for the public good, is William Schlossman, president of the board of trustees of the West Side Union high school. He was born in North Riga, on the Baltic, on June 22, 1866, and owing in part to the foresight of his father and mother, received what was then called a good common schooling; and after graduating from the Gymnasium at Riga, he entered the College at Dorpat, in 1884, majoring in economics. Owing to family reverses, however, he was forced to abandon his college course; and when death took away his mother, early in 1887, he entered the employ of a large wholesale and importing house of raw-silk stock and other products of the East Indies, China and Japan, and for two years he was engaged in the purchasing agent's department. He made two trips to the Far East, by way of the Suez Canal.

In February, 1889, Mr. Schlossman landed at San Francisco, after a boisterous trip around the Horn, intending at first only to make a short visit and then to return to his post as purchasing agent; but after a careful survey of conditions in San Francisco, he resolved to tarry indefinitely. In April of that year he pushed inland into the San Joaquin Valley, and with the exception of five years, from 1902 to 1907, when he was engaged in real estate in San Francisco, he has made Tracy his headquarters and home. The fire, following the earthquake of April 16, 1906, swept away his fortune; and in 1907 he removed to San Joaquin County for good. He took up construction work with the engineers' department of the Western Pacific, and was for five years in charge of the Stockton-Livermore division. In 1908 he acquired his ranch of 160 acres, and he has since devoted a part of his time and energy to agriculture.

Naturalized at Stockton by Judge J.H. Budd, in 1896, since which eventful moment he has worked for better citizenship under the banners of the Republican party, William Schlossman has made a worth-while contribution to the building up of the West Side. He has been particularly active in laboring for better schools, and were it not for such men as the late Dr. J.S. West, one of the broad-minded and progressive veterans who helped to lay the foundations of this region, George J. Luhrsen, and our subject, the movement in 1910 for a West Side Union high school might never have taken place. Now the section enjoys an institution said by many to be at least fifteen years ahead of the average high school to be found in other like localities in the state. Mr. Schlossman has served as president of the board of school trustees since 1917.

At San Francisco, on February 16, 1903, Mr. Schlossman was married to Mrs. Matilda Gerlach, who has resided in California since 1880; and one child was born to them, Elsie. She is the wife of Arthur F. Michel, and they have two children, Billy and Florence, and reside at Oakland. Mrs. Schlossman's maiden name was Matilda Grell, and she was born in Saxe-Meinengen, being a daughter of Christian and Katherine (Lammerhard) Grell, her father being a prominent mason and storekeeper at Saltzungen. Her mother died when she was only thirteen years of age. She was married to her first husband, William Gerlach, July 7, 1881, and became the mother of four children by her first marriage; George is a rancher residing in the West Side Irrigation District; Ford is in Napa; Rudolph died when thirty years of age at Tracy; Frieda is the wife of Francis Jack Norman and resides in Oakland. Since 1904, Mr. Schlossman has been a member of the I.O.O.F., and is a past noble grand of the Summer Lodge of Tracy, and only recently he resigned the office of secretary, after five years of continuous service, whereupon, on the evening of July 16, 1921, he was presented with a beautiful silver tea service as token of the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow Odd Fellows. He is also a member and a past officer of the Encampment. Mr. Schlossman was secretary of the Tracy Chamber of Commerce for ten years. He resigned that position in 1910, in order to take up the secretaryship of the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, which comprises 18,000 acres.

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WILLIAM J. SCOTT

Among the well-known and successful contractors now operating in San Joaquin County is William J. Scott of Stockton. He was born in Belfast, Ireland, on November 18, 1887, the son of English parents, and as a lad he attended school near Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, until he was fourteen, then he became apprenticed to learn the trade of carpenter in Cleator, England, the time being seven years to complete the trade and he had to give a bond of fifty dollars as a guarantee that he would remain the required period of time. The wage paid him was one dollar per week, and in addition he had to supply his own tools; in England it requires a greater variety of tools to carry on the carpenter trade and the lad had two chests full of different kinds of tools. He learned the trade on the large estate of M. Ainsworth, a member of parliament who owned mines and mills and houses that were occupied by the employees who numbered thousands, and his training covered every department of wood working craft, pattern making, mill work, turning, etc. It is safe to say that the knowledge gained in those seven years have equipped Mr. Scott to be a specialist in almost every line of work where wood, brick or cement is used in building.

When he had finished his apprenticeship he went to London and in time became a foreman with a large contracting firm, later was manager, and before he left England he was a partner, the firm being known as Scott & Meech, general contractors at Brixton Hill, London, Southwest. This firm built hundreds of seven-room houses of brick and stone, with leaded-glass windows, for a man who owned the property and afterwards sold them. It was a frequent sight to see twenty of these houses going up at one time on a single street, enclosed by stone and brick walls, and often there would be several blocks of houses under construction at one time. Five special designs were used in every one hundred houses built. In England a man working for a contractor was under close scrutiny, as his family history, past experience and even the clothes he wore must be satisfactory to the employer.

William J. Scott had heard much about California and he was very anxious to see the land of sunshine and gold for himself and in 1911 he left his native land bound for San Francisco, and he arrived in the city of Stockton in the winter during a flood when many of the streets were under water. He was accompanied by his brother, Samuel Scott, a mechanic who had hoped to find employment in some factory here but he was unsuccessful and soon went away. William J. was built of sterner stuff and remained. He could not find any work at his trade here so he went to Middle River to work on a cannery under construction. Arriving at his destination he approached the foreman, who asked him if he had brought his blankets. This was his initial experience into the life of the workman in this state and he was obliged to send back to Stockton for an outfit and he was bunked in a room with eight others. When the job was finished, Mr. Scott came back to Stockton and was engaged as a stair-builder by the Union Planing Mill; later he worked for Totten & Bryant, becoming foreman of their crew. He again was employed by the Union Planing Mill Company as the manager of their plant, remaining until he took up contracting on his own account in 1913. It is needless to say that Mr. Scott had many trying experiences getting used to Western life and ways, often wishing he had remained back in England, but would never admit defeat and stuck to his work until he has risen to a position of prominence.

In 1913, Mr. Scott began taking contracts in Stockton, his first contract being the Golden West Hotel, and soon had a fine business started, giving every part of the construction work his personal attention. Among some of the homes he built during the ensuing years are M. Woodward, J. Patti, G. Jordan, H. Patterson, Grover Smith, J. Howe, S.H. Rothermal and E.E. Jenkins; he built the Elmwood school, Greenwood school, and Summer Home school near Manteca; and he also has done considerable private work for E.F. Harris. He erected the modern block for Charles Gall on West Main Street and the new building for the Black's Package Company on Weber Avenue, as well as remodeled their old store, and built and designed the Baccicco flats on East Poplar Street; he also rebuilt Cowell Bros.' building on Weber Avenue and Hunter Street.

The marriage of Mr. Scott in 1913 united him with Miss Margaret Black, born in England and a niece of the late Prof. Samuel Black of San Diego, the former president of the State Normal of that city. This union has been blessed by two children: Samuel James and Mary Janet—twins. Mr. Scott is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Sciots and the Merchants, Manufacturers and Employers Association since its organization, and Builders' Exchange. In religious connection he is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, and superintendent of the Sunday school. In 1920 he took his family for an extended trip back to England and visited points of interest, old scenes and friends of his youth, but having become typically Western he was not content to stay there, even though he had an offer from the builders' association to start him in business. He returned to the country of his adoption more than ever glad that he had pitched his tent in California where opportunities are offered the busy man to make a name and place for himself on his own merits, as has been done by Mr. Scott. He is a “booster” for San Joaquin County and feels that it has only made a start for the prosperity that is to be granted it and its citizens in the future.

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LORENZ SEIFERT

A trusted employee of the Wagner Leather Company who holds the unusual record of almost a half century's continuous service with this concern, is Lorenz Seifert, an esteemed citizen of San Joaquin County since the early days of 1870. Mr. Seifert is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born there April 1, 1851. His father, Bernhardt Seifert, was a fruit grower and a cloth manufacturer who married Barbara Krimm. Lorenz, being the second oldest of their nine children, only three of whom are living. Besides Lorenz there is Bernhardt, who lived in Germany and a sister, Mrs. Roth, who resides adjoining our subject. Reared in the farming district, where he received a good education in the local schools, the early years of his life were spent in various occupations—in the meat business, on farms and in a furnace factory, and traveling on the road for the latter.

In June, 1870, Mr. Seifert came to the United States and located at Buffalo, N.Y., where he worked in a brickyard until December before coming to California. For several years after arriving at Stockton he worked for the Pioneer Tannery, and in 1874 he entered the employ of the Wagner Leather Company. He learned all the branches of the tanning business and became skilled and proficient in the handling of leather, so that for close to half a century he has been one of the company's most capable and appreciated employees, still active in its business.

In Stockton, in December, 1877, Mr. Seifert was married to Miss Lena Fetters, born in Bavaria, and they reared a fine family of children, all upright, industrious citizens and assets to the communities where they reside. They are: Mrs. Lena Eldringham of Acampo has one child; Elizabeth, the wife of Walter Templeton of Stockton, is the mother of two children; Gussie, Mrs. Joseph Lynch of San Francisco; Dora is the wife of Henry Green, a contractor of Stockton, and they are the parents of two children; Mrs. Anna Ellis of Stockton, and one son, Christopher Seifert, is also with the Wagner Leather Company. Beloved by her family and many friends, Mrs. Seifert passed away in 1914. In the early years of his residence here Mr. Seifert was a member of the Turnverein, and he is now affiliated with the Druids. In religious circles he gives his support to the German Lutheran Church, contributing generously to its worthy causes. In 1876 he bought his lot at 1228 East Oak Street and built the comfortable residence, where he has resided ever since. He has built several other places which he has disposed of.

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LAFAYETTE SELLMAN

The career which this history narrates began in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., November 23, 1826, and closed in Stockton, Cal., March 25, 1889. Between those dates are recorded the events of an industrious and useful life, whose later efforts are perpetuated in a prosperous enterprise known as the Stockton City Laundry, one of the most up-to-date and reliable enterprises of its kind in the city. The founder, Lafayette Sellman, was reared on a farm in the east; until reaching young manhood, when, in 1849, he set out for the gold fields of California, coming via Panama. His first and only experience as a miner was in the mines at Brown's Flat, Tuolumne County, where he became convinced of the uncertainties attending such a life and wisely determined to give it up and engage in something from which he could hope for more stable returns.

Following his mining venture Mr. Sellman went to Sonora and for a time engaged in the cattle and dairy business there, but it was not until he came to Stockton that he was satisfied that he had found the place offering the most inducements, both in the way of business prospects and as a suitable place to make his future home. While he was satisfied that he had found the right place for a location, still he had a desire to see Oregon, and thither he went soon afterward, but the fact that he remained only twenty-four hours before returning to Stockton is ample evidence that he had no desire to change his opinion. It was after his return from Oregon, about 1871, that he established the nucleus of the laundry business which with the passing of years has grown to its present large proportions.

Extensive improvements, made necessary on account of its growth, have made it one of the best-equipped laundries on the Pacific Coast. The expenditure of $50,000 has made it possible to install an electric-drive system of 100 horsepower, all run by a single motor; there has also been added a fine equipment of modern machinery, such as a steam pressure shirt-ironer, a special ironer for neckbands and cuffs. The curtain stretcher is a late invention, $9,000 has been spent in remodeling the working room alone; the flat-work ironer was installed at a cost of $6,000. A machine for softening water was installed at a large cost in the new building, which is 50x150 feet in size, and through the introduction of this machine, the use of soaps and sodas has been greatly reduced. A girl's rest room has also been provided, with lockers for each girl, and hot and cold water, and an attractive lunchroom add to their comforts and pleasures. Since the death of Mr. Sellman, the business has been continued by his wife and children, Mrs. Sellman being president, Mrs. J.Y. Coates, secretary and treasurer, and Herman G. Meyer filling the two offices of manager and vice-president. As president of the company Mrs. Sellman has endeavored to follow out the wise policy of her husband in the management of the business, and that she has been successful is seen in the continually increasing patronage.

Mr. Sellman was first married in New York, this marriage uniting him with Miss Margaret Coon, by whom seven children were born, all now deceased. The mother of these children passed away in 1875, and on December 18, 1878, in San Francisco, Mr. Sellman married Anna Shafer, a native daughter of San Joaquin County and the daughter of Adam Shafer, a native of Germany and a California pioneer, who followed stock raising and teaming in Calaveras County. Six children were born of this marriage as follows: Henry Lafayette, is now deceased; Mrs. Grace S. Coates; Mrs. Maude S. Mathers; Julia died at five and one-half years of age; Mrs. Elsie S. Pike; and Mrs. Ivy F. Peters, all of Stockton. Throughout his residence in Stockton, Mr. Sellman was one of the city's most earnest and devoted citizens, and for two terms served efficiently as a member of the city council. He was also a well-known member of the Independent Order of Red Men, holding membership in Iroquois Tribe, in which body he passed through all the chairs, and he was also a member of the Pioneers Society of the county. Mrs. Sellman is a member of Lebanon Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, Stockton Hive No. 2, Lady Maccabees, and of Kauwaunita Council, Degree of Pocahontas.

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JOHN SEMENZA

At the age of seventeen John Semenza came alone to the United States, a stranger in a strange land, with a very meager knowledge of the English language, so that his industry has brought his present prosperity. He resides on his thirteen-acre orchard six miles northeast of Stockton, which is devoted to fruit raising. He was born near Chiavari in the province of Genoa, Italy, April 1, 1867, a son of Bernardo and Maria (Filipelli) Semenza, farmer folk who lived and died in their native land of Italy, the father passing away at the age of sixty-six and the mother at the age of forty. They were the parents of six children: William and Loren are residents of Oregon; John, the subject of this sketch; Katie, Mrs. Simaroli, resides in Alameda; Victor, and the sixth child died in infancy. After the death of his first wife, Bernardo Semenza married the second time and two children were born to this marriage, Maria and Jennie; both of them as well as their mother died in Alameda. John Semenza had two years' schooling in Italy, leaving home March 25, 1884, when seventeen years old, and came alone to the United States, arriving in San Francisco with one pound sterling. Stopping first at San Francisco he worked for wages for one year, then went to Victoria, B.C., working on railroad construction, going from there to Portland, Ore., and working with his brother for four years; then he returned to San Francisco for a short time, then went to Cloverdale, Cal. There he worked two years for the Italian Swiss winery, after which with two partners he had a vegetable ranch at Cloverdale and for eight years he carried on this business, then he returned to Portland, Ore., where he ran a vegetable garden for three years and then for one year ran a French bakery on Sixth and Harrison streets. During the next six years he divided his time between Stockton and San Francisco, then went to Sonora, where he worked for the Standard Lumber Company and later for the Union Construction Company at Vallicita. Fourteen years ago he came to Stockton and purchased his present ranch of thirteen acres six miles northeast of Stockton, which he has planted to different kinds of fruits, peaches, plums, walnuts, chestnuts, figs and apricots, the ranch being well irrigated. He is a Democrat in politics and fraternally is a member of Roma Lodge No. 147, K.P.

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ANGELO SERVENTI

Passing away in the prime of life, the late Angelo Serventi had already established himself in the commercial circles of Stockton as a successful business man. He was born near Genoa, Italy on June 24, 1878, the oldest of five children born to Christopher and Maria (Semenza) Serventi descended from old families in Italy and who were agriculturists in the vicinity of Genoa. His mother died in 1891 and soon afterwards Christopher brought his son Angelo to San Francisco, arriving in 1891; his other children joined him later.

Angelo Serventi received a good education in the schools of his native place until he was thirteen years of age when he accompanied his father to San Francisco, Cal. On his arrival he immediately went to work, finding employment in the establishment of a florist. However desiring to gain knowledge in the English language he attended night school, improving the opportunity so well he was soon able to read and speak the language of his adopted country. He was deeply interested in the florist business, having a natural love for flowers, working diligently and studying the florist's art. In a few short years he mastered its details and he spent sixteen years at the trade in the city.

Meantime, January 26, 1901, in Stockton he was married to Miss Margherita Battilana, who was also born near Genoa, Italy, a daughter of Peter and Angela (Boschetto) Battilana descended from old families in Italy who were farmers. Her mother died in Italy in January, 1897, while her father now makes his home in Stockton. To them were born eight children, seven of whom are living: John Battilana, a grocer; G. Battilana, a realtor; Mrs. Maria Gianelli and Mrs. Paula Lagorio, all of Stockton; Mrs. Flavia Demarchi passed away in Italy, in 1919; Mrs. Antonietta Ferrari lives near Genoa; Mrs. Margherita Serventi, of this review, and Dominic, a business man in Stockton. Margherita Battilana attended private school in her home locality receiving a good education. In June, 1897, she came to Stockton where she had brothers and sisters living.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Serventi resided in San Francisco, until 1905, during which time Mr. Serventi continued at florist work. In 1905 he came to Stockton and soon afterwards engaged in the grocery business in which he was successful, continuing for a period of seven years, when he sold out because his great love for flowers and the florist's art called him back into the business of his delight. He established the California Flower Company, building up a splendid business at 9 North California near Main Street, until he had the leading business of the kind in the city. However he was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of his labors for he was called by death July 27, 1921, when only forty-three years of age.

Coming to America as a poor boy, he became successful solely through his own efforts and at the time of his death was the owner of valuable property in the south part of the city, including seven houses. Since her husband's death Mrs. Serventi continues to make her home here and looks after the interests left by her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Serventi became the parents of one daughter, Laura, who attends St. Agnes College. Mr. Serventi was a member of the Red Men, the Eagles, Loyal Order of Moose and the Foresters of America.

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DR. ARTHUR T. SEYMOUR

A prominent representative of the Osteopathic profession, Dr. Arthur T. Seymour was born at Chicago, Ill., on January 10, 1877. His parents moved to New York City when he was a baby, remaining there until he was ten years old, when they went to Iowa, residing at Red Oak and later at Des Moines. At the age of fifteen he returned to New York City and after a short period of attendance at school he entered business, holding positions in various concerns until November, 1894, when he entered the offices of The Musical Courier Company, where he was employed as bookkeeper and cashier for over ten years. In 1902 he enrolled with the New York University School of Commerce Accounts and Finance and pursued the study of expert accounting until 1905, then entered the employ of The Audit Company, of New York, as staff accountant.

In the fall of 1906, he resigned his position with The Audit Company and in the spring of 1907 entered Still College of Osteopathy, Des Moines, Iowa. In September of the same year he came to Los Angeles, Cal., and entering the Los Angeles College of Osteopathy, graduated with the degree of D.O. on January 27, 1910. Coming to Stockton, he located at 311 Elks Building, where he is still engaged in practice. In the fall of 1919, he took post-graduate work at the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Los Angeles, where he was an interne in the eye, ear, nose and throat clinic, and since his return to Stockton he has devoted particular attention to this line of work, in addition to general osteopathic practice.

On August 4, 1912, Dr. Seymour was united in marriage with Mabel Alice Ambrose, born in Lockeford, Cal., the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Ambrose, pioneers of that place. Mr. Seymour is a Mason and is a member of the Ad Club of Stockton, also of the national, state and local osteopathic associations.

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ALLEN C. SHAW

Associated for many years with the automobile industry, Allen C. Shaw brings a wide experience in this line to his present position as manager for F.D. Naylor, authorized agent for Ford and Lincoln cars at Stockton, their business being located at 317 North El Dorado Street. Mr. Shaw was born in Lincoln County, Mo., August 11, 1885, and his boyhood days were spent on the farm, and he attended the country schools. At the age of fourteen he entered the high school at Columbia, Boone County, and also took a course at the Preparatory Engineering School there. On February 28, 1906, he arrived in California and for a year ran a hoisting engine at the Penn Mining Company in Calaveras County. Coming to Stockton in 1907, he spent a year as master mechanic for the California Traction Company and then engaged in the automobile business, operating the second garage built in Lodi. In 1910-1911 he was assistant manager for the J.L. Whitmore auto agency at Stockton and in 1912-1913 he was connected with the sales department of Hansel & Ortman, then becoming Pacific Coast representative of the Stromberg Carburetor Company of Chicago, with headquarters at San Francisco. Following this Mr. Shaw was connected with the engineering department of the Standard Oil Company at San Francisco until August, 1920, when he became associated with F.D. Naylor in Stockton as manager.

Mr. Shaw's marriage on September 5, 1906, united him with Miss Ethel Lamb, who was born in San Joaquin County, and they are the parents of one daughter, Ellen.

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CHARLES H. SHEPHERD

A popular and useful official in San Joaquin County is Charles H. Shepherd, bridge tender on the Grant Line Canal, about seven miles north of Tracy. Mr. Shepherd is the brother of George W. Shepherd, the county jailer at Stockton. He was born on November 14, 1858, in San Joaquin County, twelve miles from Stockton, at the old Shepherd Ferry, now known as Mossdale, in memory of Captain Moss. His father was Major James Albert Shepherd, who settled in this state in 1850, and soon after established the Shepherd's Ferry on the San Joaquin River—an enterprise that soon proved most profitable, as there were no other ferries this side of tidewater, and bridges were unheard of for many years, and many Argonauts found there a comfortable and safe crossing on their way to the southern mines. James A. Shepherd was born in Kentucky of Scotch-Irish parentage. When a young man only nineteen years old he crossed the great plains with an ox team and located in this county, where he owned at one time thousands of acres of land in the environs of his ferry.

When Charles H. Shepherd was nine years old the family removed to Elkgrove, Nev.; and on their return to this county, in 1876, Mr. Shepherd founded the railroad hotel at Lathrop, and Charles worked there for nearly thirty years, finally becoming manager. In 1886, Major Shepherd was elected supervisor; and in that important office he served for sixteen consecutive years, until his death in 1902. He was always a good judge of horse-flesh, and the family became widely known as owners of fine saddle and harness horses. He had married Miss Martha Isbel, who crossed the plains from Kentucky with her parents in 1849, and located at Beliside, her father being Levy Isbel, who established the Eagle Hotel at Stockton, the first American house in that city.

The eldest of nine children born to Major and Mrs. Shepherd, both of whom are now deceased, Charles Shepherd received a good common-school education at Lathrop, and then spent some six years on the range in Nevada, and engaged in stockraising. He was married at Lathrop to Miss Alice Lampson, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lampson of Sonora, and to them were born two children, Roy L. Shepherd and Gladys, who is now Mrs. Wicks, of Los Angeles, and the mother of two sons. Mr. Shepherd was married a second time at San Jose, Cal., to Miss Florence McIntyre, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre, both prominent pioneers of the county. Her father, formerly exalted ruler of the Elks, passed away in September, 1921. Mrs. Shepherd was born at Sutter Creek and was reared in Stockton. She is now the sole survivor of that family. Her maternal grandfather, Hicks by name, was a partner of Kit Carson, and roamed the West before the day of Fremont. In May, 1914, Mr. Shepherd was appointed tender of the large drawbridge at the Grant Line Canal, seven miles north of Tracy; and here, in a comfortable home by the canal, he and his wife have resided ever since.

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MRS. ISABELLA SHERIDAN

The earliest recollections of Mrs. Isabella Sheridan are associated with the crossing of the plains to California, where she has resided since she was four years old. She was born in Linn County, Mo., on April 15, 1848, the daughter of Solomon and Phoebe Epperly, her father a pioneer farmer of that state. Leaving Missouri with a span of horses and two oxen on the 14th day of April, 1852, the family came over the Sierra Nevada mountains by what is known as the Silver Lake route, and arrived in California on August 26, 1852. They settled at Vulcano and two years later at a point about two miles west of Lockeford near the old brick church, which still stands; there Mrs. Epperly bought out a claim and as there was no house on the place, the family lived in a tent until the father could build a house, which he did by cutting down trees, the logs were split and a flat surface hewed on one side of the log with a broad-ax. There were no nails to be had, and the logs were held together with wooden pegs, and the house was constructed eighteen feet square. For two years the family lived in this house with only a dirt floor; then a wooden floor was put in. Clearing his quarter section of land was laborious and slow, there being a thick undergrowth of chaparral and scrub oak, but it was finally accomplished. Solomon Epperly lived to be eighty-five years old, the mother passing away at the age of sixty-nine. They were the parents of nine children: Hawkins is living at the age of ninety years; Patience is eighty-eight years old; Frank, Zeralda, Evelyn, Elizabeth, Julia, Isabella, our subject, and Rebecca, only three now living.

Dr. D.J. Locke, Mr. Holman and D.J. Staples erected a schoolhouse one mile west of Lockeford made of canvas with benches made out of logs flattened on one side and in this schoolhouse Isabella Epperly started to school at the age of six years, with Mr. Wheelock as teacher, the school term covering a period of about three months out of each year. About the time of the Civil War the Octagon schoolhouse was built, so-called because of its octagonal shape.

Isabella Epperly made her home with her parents until her marriage on August 20, 1865, to Frank Sheridan, a son of William and Sarah Sheridan, his father a native of Ireland, where he passed away. Frank Sheridan came to California with his sister across the plains in 1852 from Missouri, where they had first settled upon reaching the United States. He received his education at Merced Falls, Cal., and grew to young manhood on a ranch and consequently he became interested in the stock business and followed the butcher business as a livelihood. Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan spent one year in Lockeford; then they moved to Snelling where Mr. Sheridan conducted a butcher shop for eleven years; then they moved to Turlock and Mr. Sheridan engaged in the same line of business. In 1878 the family moved back to Lockeford and Mr. Sheridan ran a meat market until he passed away in 1897. They were the parents of seven children: the first one died in infancy; Caroline Louise is Mrs. W.L. Young of Lockeford; Anna Josephine is Mrs. Stamper of San Francisco; Katherine May is Mrs. Hartwell of Tracy; Cora Belle is Mrs. Winkleman of San Francisco; Frank died in 1899; Emelda is Mrs. Craig of Fresno. Mr. Sheridan was a member of the old Workman Lodge of Lockeford. Mrs. Sheridan is the second oldest pioneer living in Lockeford today and it has been her good fortune to see the improvements and developments of the county and state from a wilderness to its present prosperity.

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CHARLES A. SIBECK

A well-known citizen of the Thornton district of San Joaquin County, who is also a native son of California, is Charles A. Sibeck, the owner of a fifty-acre orchard three-quarters of a mile north of Thornton. He was born at Placerville, August 6, 1882, a son of Charles and Caroline E. (Weiss) Sibeck. The parents were natives of New York and Germany, respectively, born on May 22, 1833, and June 22, 1842. The father came to California during the gold rush of 1849, and began mining near Placerville, where he remained for about five years. Then he went to logging at Bijou, Cal., and followed this occupation for some fifteen years, after which he returned to Placerville, where he owned and operated a mill. He ran this mill for about ten years, and then bought a ranch at Elk Grove, Sacramento County, consisting of one section of grain land located three miles northeast of old Elk Grove on the Stockton road. During the time he was logging at Bijou, he acquired 1,400 acres of timber and grazing land, which he disposed of previous to his death. There were four children in the family: Caroline, deceased; Mrs. Alice Edwards, residing in San Francisco; Charles A., of this sketch, and Josephine, Mrs. Henry Allen, of Stockton. The father passed away on the Sacramento County ranch in December, 1913, at the age of eighty, and the mother died in 1911, sixty-nine years old.

Charles A. Sibeck attended the Jackson district school, in Sacramento County, and remained on the home place until his father's death. When the property was divided, he received 120 acres as his share, and his sisters inherited a like amount. Mr. Sibeck continued to improve his property until 1915, when he sold out and removed to his present fifty-acre ranch, which he purchased at the time, and where he now resides.

On February 26, 1906, in Sacramento, Mr. Sibeck was married to Miss Ethel Doty, a native daughter of California, born at Sheldon, in Sacramento County, a daughter of Jonathan C. and Lillian Jane (Traganza) Doty, the former a native of Iowa, while the latter was born in Sacramento County. Grandfather Thomas Traganza was a native of England who came to California in the early fifties. Jonathan C. Doty came to Sacramento County about 1870, and engaged in farming. In 1912 he purchased a fifty-acre ranch, which is now the home place of Mr. and Mrs. Sibeck; and here, two years later, he passed away at the age of sixty-one years. The mother now resides at Elk Grove, Cal. There were eight children in the family: Arthur; Elmer; Mabel, Mrs. N.E. Baker, of San Francisco; Ethel, Mrs. Sibeck; Frank; Robert G.; Raymond; and Harvey, who is now deceased.

Robert G. Doty, a brother of Mrs. Sibeck, was born at Sheldon, Cal., September 16, 1893, and when old enough learned the barber's trade, which he followed for three years at Woodland, Cal. He joined the state militia and entered Company F, Second California Infantry, and served five months under Captain Caldwell and Colonel Waukowski on the Mexican border, at Nogales, Ariz. He then returned to Sacramento and was discharged, and on July 6, 1917, re-enlisted at Fort Mason in the same company and same regiment. He was transferred to the 160th Regiment, Fortieth Division, and was in training for five months at Fort Mason, after which he was sent to Camp Kearney and trained there for ten months. His own regiment was sent to France, but he was retained at Camp Kearney, training raw recruits. During August, 1918, he left for France via Camp Mills, N.Y. He sailed for Liverpool, England, and thence across the Channel to La Havre, France; but his company was held in reserve and did not get to the front. In March, 1919, he returned to the United States and was discharged at the Presidio, San Francisco, with the rank of corporal. On August 10, 1920, at Sacramento, he was married to Miss Flaudie Mary Brakebill, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Henry and Etta (Couch) Brakebill. Her father was a farmer who came to Tulare County, Cal., when she was a young girl, and there she received her education.

Mr. and Mrs. Sibeck are the parents of two children, Vernon and Audrey. Fraternally, Mr. Sibeck is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Elk Grove, of which he is a past grand, and is also a member of the Encampment and Canton at Elk Grove, while Mrs. Sibeck is a member and past noble grand of the Rebekah Lodge of Elk Grove. Mr. Sibeck is also a member of the Galt Parlor, N.S.G.W.

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ANDREW H. SMITH

A native son of San Joaquin County who has spent all his years in the locality of his home, establishing himself among the progressive business men of the city of his birth, is Andrew H. Smith, a member of the undertaking firm of Pope & Smith, and deputy coroner. Mr. Smith was born at Stockton on December 13, 1885, the son of Peter J. and Mary (McNamara) Smith, natives of Wisconsin and Iowa, respectively. The father came to California in May, 1877, and is still living, but Mrs. Smith passed away in September, 1910.

After attending St. Mary's College at Stockton, Mr. Smith graduated in 1899 and then decided to take up the business of undertaking and became associated with P.D. Campbell, remaining with him for seven years. He then entered the employ of B.C. Wallace, and for thirteen years was with his establishment. During this time Mr. Wallace was county coroner and Mr. Smith served as his deputy. In 1918 he decided to go into business for himself, and forming a partnership with Oscar C. Pope under the firm name of Pope & Smith, he has already established a fine business, a success that is only natural considering his many years of experience and his special qualifications for this field of work.

On June 15, 1908, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Lillian R. Sorensen, a native daughter, born at Livermore, Alameda County, and they are the parents of one son, Harmon Andrew Smith, and a daughter, Marie Lillian Smith. Mr. Smith is prominent in lodge circles of Stockton, being a member of the Red Men, Stockton Parlor No. 7, Native Sons of the Golden West, the Elks, the Moose, Eagles and the Independent Order of Foresters.

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PETER JOHN SMITH

Among the many benevolent organizations of Stockton, the Board of Exempt Firemen of which Peter J. Smith has been president for more than twenty years, is doing an outstanding work. Mr. Smith became a member of the Volunteer Fire Department of Stockton in May, 1879, and at all times since has been active in its affairs. He was born in Milwaukee, Wis., January 13, 1855, a son of John Adams and Magdalena (Andres) Smith, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. His ancestors on both the paternal and maternal sides were political exiles from Alsace-Lorraine, France and they figured prominently in the early days of our Republic. Two sons were born of this union, Peter J., the subject of this sketch, and Frank Harmon, superintendent of the Flint & Marquette Railroad, Milwaukee, Wis. John A. Smith was a member of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and served three years; at the close of his three years' service he was wounded and returned home and after his recovery engaged in the tanning business at Milwaukee for many years. The parents of our subject lived to be eighty-six and eighty-five years old, respectively.

Peter J. Smith began his education in the public schools of Milwaukee, and recalls vividly the assassination of President Lincoln and the closing of the schools on that account; he also attended the Spencerian College in Milwaukee. His dreams of living in the Golden State were realized in May, 1876, when he arrived in San Francisco, where he met his uncle Peter Andres, superintendent for the Simpson Lumber Company; he found employment with the same company and was soon made assistant superintendent; later he was sent to Tuolumne where he established a lumber yard for his employers.

Mr. Smith's first marriage occured in Stockton in 1879, and united him with Miss Mary McNamara, a native of Iowa, and two children were born to them: John Adams, civil engineer and railroad surveyor, and Andrew, of the firm of Pope & Smith, undertakers of Stockton. Mrs. Smith died on September 26, 1910, and in 1915 Mr. Smith married Miss Anna Yettner, who was born in Kansas, but reared in Stockton. For many years Mr. Smith was connected with the Stockton Lumber Company and the Buell Lumber Company; he is now living retired at his comfortable residence, built in 1880 at 1104 South Center Street. Mr. Smith has always been active in the affairs of the Republican party and has served many times on the county and state central committee; for the past forty-six years he has been identified with the Knights of Pythias Lodge and is a past chancellor; he served as deputy sheriff under Walter Sibley for many years. He is a member of the South Stockton Improvement Club and has taken a very prominent part in the activities of this organization and from its workings the agitation for the new city charter came into being. His activities as president of the Board of Exempt Firemen have been productive of much good to the community where he is held in high esteem by all who know him.

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MRS. CAROLINE M. SMYTH

A representative pioneer woman of San Joaquin County, is Mrs. Caroline M. Smyth who, for over sixty-two years, has borne her share in the advancement and development of the Linden section of the county, where she still resides, honored and respected for her many admirable traits of character. She resides on the ranch nine miles east of Stockton to which she came as a bride in the year 1860, and where her children were born and reared. Her husband, James H. Smyth, whose useful life came to an end on April 19, 1885, was one of California's forty-niners, and from the period of early settlement until the time of his death was prominent in the agricultural and public life of San Joaquin County. In business he was an excellent and sagacious manager, and in the various affairs of social and community nature he always manifested a large degree of public spirit and showed himself capable of the highest American citizenship.

Mrs. Smyth was born in County Derry, Ireland, November 27, 1833. She was reared and remained in her native land until her marriage with Mr. Smyth, which occurred January 3, 1860, a sketch of this pioneer also appearing in this history. Mr. and Mrs. Smyth were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living; Mary M.; Annie E. has recently returned from a trip to Europe, a member of the Lundy party that toured Europe, where she spent a most enjoyable time; Carrie M.; Herbert is the manager of the home ranch; Helen, and J. Hudson, a prominent medical practitioner of this part of California, who has a son, J. Hudson, Jr. The fourth child, Grace, died when four years old, and the youngest, Samuel Edgar at six and one half years. Mrs. Smyth's ancestors were English who left for Ireland during the reign of Charles I. in order to enjoy religious freedom, and for many generations the family have been Presbyterians. Mrs. Smyth being a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Stockton. For the past thirty years, Mrs. Smyth has spent a portion of each summer at her cottage by the sea, which is located near Capitola. She is a highly esteemed member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the San Joaquin Society of California Pioneers, and in all her relations of life has proved herself worthy of the esteem with which she is held in her locality.

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OTTO SPENKER

A prosperous agriculturist and viticulturist of San Joaquin County, Otto Spenker belongs to one of the well known old-time Californian families who were early settlers of this locality. His home estate, situated three and a half miles west of Lodi on the Kelly Road, consists of 640 acres. He was born on his father's ranch, which he now owns, June 22, 1871, his parents being Joseph and Anna (Schliemann) Spenker. The father was born in the province of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, in 1834. He grew to manhood in Germany, and at the age of twenty, in 1854, took passage at Hamburg on a sailing vessel which twenty-eight days later landed him in New York City. During the several subsequent years he employed himself in several of the southern and western states, and for two years was in Stephenson County, Ill. From Freeport, Ill., in 1859 he started for California, joining a train consisting of eighteen wagons and driving an ox-team across the plains. They arrived in this state about the middle of September, and for a short time after his arrival he was engaged in mining gold. Then for several years he was in the employ of others in ranching in San Joaquin County, and in the fall of 1864 he began business in that line for himself, locating on a place about eight miles north of Stockton. He continued there until the fall of 1872, when he settled on the ranch near Woodbridge where he carried on his agricultural operations until his death. In 1870 Mr. Spenker was married to Miss Anna Schliemann, a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. By this union there were two children, Otto and Jessie, the wife of Henry C. Beckman. Both parents were members of the German Lutheran Church in Lodi. The father passed away in 1916 at the age of eighty-three, and the mother resides on the old home place with her son, our subject.

Otto Spenker attended the grammar school at Woodbridge, finishing at the San Joaquin Valley College at Woodbridge, taking a three years' course and graduating in 1889. From youth up he was successfully identified with his father in extensive farming pursuits. His father owned 1000 acres of land along the Mokelumne River, a portion of which was heavily timbered and much of this was cleared and put under cultivation. Mr. Spenker now owns 640 acres, seventy of which is in vineyard, sixty acres in alfalfa and the balance general farming land; the entire ranch is under the Stockton-Mokelumne irrigation system. He is a director in the First National Bank of Lodi and a stockholder in the Lodi Investment Company. In 1907 he erected a fine residence on his property, where he now resides with his mother.

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ST. JOSEPH'S HOME AND HOSPITAL

Among the institutions of San Joaquin County devoted to caring for suffering humanity, St. Joseph's Home and Hospital of Stockton stands pre-eminent. It was founded by the late Rev. Father W.B. O'Connor, who had presided over the parish of St. Mary's for forty years, and originally was built for a home for old men. But as the years have come and gone the institution has been enlarged until it embraces many kinds of helpful agencies. The land upon which the buildings stand was donated by Miss Julia Weber, daughter of Captain Weber, the founder of Stockton, and work was begun; however, before the building was completed, at the request of Dr. Gibbons and other physicians of Stockton, a portion of the building was converted into a hospital. This was the first hospital in Stockton and was opened on Christmas Eve of 1900 by the Sisters of St. Dominic. Those in charge of the opening were Sisters Margaret, Imelda and Philomena; the last named was the first Sister Superior, while Sister Margaret had charge of the sick.

When the hospital was opened there were twenty-five beds, later a like number were added, then as demands came for more rooms the old men were removed to a temporary building in the rear while a brick structure was being built for them. Later a new addition was added for their use and a new chapel erected. In 1902 the original building was made into a hospital and was in charge of Sister M. Eulalia; the next year she founded the first nurses' training school in Stockton and up to the present time there have been ninety-eight nurses graduated from this school. The school is now in charge of Miss Anna McDonald, who has been connected with the hospital since 1902. Sister Superior M. Eulalia, who is now in charge of the institution is a native Californian, born in San Francisco of pioneer parents, and has had charge of Catholic hospitals and been an instructor in schools and convents in Nevada and in California for years and is a woman of much business ability.

The lower floor of the first hospital building is now used for a maternity ward; the upper floor is the home of the nurses and there is also a nursery for children in the same building. In the east wing is a dining room for nurses. The hospital laundry occupies a separate building and is equipped with every modern appliance used in that industry.

In 1916 the new hospital building, containing eighty-five beds, was erected on the north end of the property. This is among the finest and best equipped hospitals of its size in the State. The interior finish is white enamel and every modern convenience has been considered. There are five operating rooms; one being used exclusively for eye, ear, nose and throat operations. There is a complete X-ray laboratory in charge of Sister Gregory; a room is set apart for preparing dressings and one for sterilizing. There is a long sun-porch on the east side of the building used for the patients in winter months and in summer there is a beautiful lawn with ample shade for their convenience. The number of beds, including the maternity ward, now has reached 100. The hospital is presided over by six graduate nurses and thirty student nurses. In planning the entire structure with its various additions the Sisters of St. Dominic have overlooked nothing that would add to the comfort of the patients in their care, nor to the convenience of the physicians caring for their charges. It is hard to estimate the great good accomplished by an institution of this kind, but that its far-reaching and satisfying results will maintain with coming generations the prestige it now has is assured, for the Sisters have builded for all time and fully realize that the “good we do lives after us.”

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ST. PATRICK'S PARISH

In the spring of 1878 the little church known as St. Patrick's was built at Atlanta, seventeen miles southeast from Stockton. The land for church and cemetery was donated by the late John B. O'Malley, and soon the church, which has become a landmark, was completed and dedicated by Joseph Sadoc Alemany, first archbishop of San Francisco. Father W.B. O'Connor, of Stockton, at that time pastor of all the Catholic churches in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, was in charge. Before 1878 the nearest church was in Stockton and occasionally the pastor came and held services in the homes, but for the most part the sturdy pioneers brought their families on Sunday to the parish church in Stockton. In the early '80s a parish was formed at Modesto with Atlanta as a part and Rev. P. Walsh became the pastor. Upon the death of Father Walsh in 1884, Rev. Father McGuire became pastor and remained so for several years, when the well beloved Father O'Connor, under whose direction the church was built, became the pastor. At this time a new front was built and the interior of the church decorated. Father O'Connor passed away December 26, 1911, and was succeeded by Father W.E. McGough, and during his administration more land was donated for cemetery purposes and improvements. Also the beautiful stained glass windows which adorn the church today were donated by Father McGough. They previously belonged to St. Agnes Chapel in Stockton and are gifts of the pioneers whose names they bear. Four years ago a new parish including Manteca, Lathrop and Atlanta was formed with Rev. John Marchisio as pastor. Recently the church has been thoroughly renovated, newly painted and more furniture added, the work being done under the direction of the pastor. It is worthy of note that through all the vicissitudes of time from 1878 to the present this church at Atlanta has remained free from debt and in good standing, and no small credit for this is due to the pioneers, among them being John O'Malley, Michael Carroll, Peter Vinet, Daniel Brennan, Patrick Brennan, Thomas Brennan, Michael McCormack, Lawrence Hearty, John Murphy, Cornelius Lamasney, John Gannan, Michael Donnelly and Vincent Brignolia.

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FRED B. STOWELL

Construction work engaged the attention of Fred B. Stowell for a number of years and he was associated with some of the largest development projects both in this state and in Nevada. He was born in San Benito County, Cal., June 2, 1878, and attended the country schools of that county, and later at Hollister. When he was seventeen he went to San Francisco and took up the trade of machinist and blacksmith, and was employed by the Union Iron Works and the San Francisco Construction Company. Later he became a steam shovel engineer and was engaged all over the state in large construction work, and also in Nevada, where for two years, from 1903 to 1905, he was connected with the Truckee-Carson project. He was also with the Bucyrus Steam Shovel Company in Nevada, and in 1906 he took up his work with the Utah Construction Company and helped in the construction of the Western Pacific Railroad when that company was building its line through the state. He was with the Southern Pacific Railroad in building the Applegate Tunnel and worked on the Los Angeles aqueduct in the Mojave Desert at Lone Pine, and later assisted in the construction of the reservoir at Oakdale. Altogether he operated for two and a half years under ground. In 1916 Mr. Stowell came to Stockton and for four years was engaged in the grocery business; he is now the head of an automobile business at Miner and Hunter streets, buying and selling used cars.

At Oakland in 1903, Mr. Stowell was married to Miss Mary Garbarino, a native daughter of California, and they have one daughter, Bernice May, who has shown unusual aptitude in her studies. She has already completed a two years' commercial course in the Stockton high school and will graduate from that school in June, 1923, having taken the four years' academic course in three years. Mr. Stowell is the owner of valuable mining claims in the Mother lode, where he was engaged as a hoisting engineer for some time.

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JOHN J. STRIEFF

A thoroughly wide-awake, progressive young dairyman, who is to be found in the front ranks of the successful California agriculturists, is John J. Strieff, who was born on Dry Creek, about four miles east of Galt, in San Joaquin County, on February 1, 1900, the son of Henry and Mary Ann Strieff, the former a native of the Canton Glaras, in Switzerland, while the latter came from Canton Urie. Mr. Strieff reached California some forty years ago, when he was about thirty years of age, but Mrs. Strieff first saw the Promised Land of the West in her eighteenth year. He bought forty acres near the Elliott schoolhouse, and their children attended the grammar school at Galt. The worthy Swiss couple had nine children in their family. Henry, the eldest, is now deceased; Jacob is at Oroville; Fred is in San Francisco; Peter is with his father on the ranch; John is the subject of this sketch; Harry C. is associated with John; Anna married David Gustafson of Hood City; and Edward and Elizabeth, the youngest in the order of birth, are both deceased. Mrs. Strieff died in September, 1921, but Mr. Strieff is still living, at the fine old age of seventy, honored of all men, as Mrs. Strieff was beloved by those who knew her.

John Strieff and his brother Harry, during the last two years, engaged extensively in dairying; they have a dairy ranch of 600 acres on Dry Creek, about one mile north of the Elliott schoolhouse, where there are seventy-five acres in alfalfa and the rest in grain and ordinary pasture. They have fifty head of cattle, and are doing well. They follow scientific methods, have the most up-to-date apparatus, and have created and conscientiously maintain one of the most sanitary dairies in the county. Meanwhile, along with their busy industrial lives, they take a live interest in the political issues of the day, Mr. Streiff being a good, stand-pat Republican, but a fine, non-partisan “booster” for the locality in which he lives and thrives.

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TRUMAN ALVIN STRONG

A prosperous vineyardist and well-known citizen of San Joaquin County is Truman Alvin Strong who resides on his thirty-acre vineyard, five miles south of Lodi on Cherokee Lane. He was born in Union County, Ohio, on February 23, 1858, a son of Leighton and Lavina (Cahill) Strong, both natives of Ohio, and when our subject was six years old the family removed to Iowa County, Iowa. The father, Leighton Strong, served during the Civil War in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry and died from the effect of his wounds when Truman A. was a lad of six years. Subsequently his mother married again and lived to be seventy-five years old, spending her last days in California. There were three children in the family, Richard, Elpha and Truman A. the subject of this sketch. By her last marriage with Hiram Jones, there was one daughter, Bertha, wife of Edward Wilson of the Waterloo Road.

T.A. Strong received his education in the public schools of Iowa and then worked for wages on farms until he was twenty-two years old, when he decided to cast his lot in the West. On October 13, 1880, he arrived in Sacramento, Cal. and soon left for Stockton where he worked for wages for five years near that city. In 1885 he rented 320 acres of grain land eighteen miles from Stockton near Lone Tree; in 1888 he settled on the J.D. Peters place and there he farmed for twenty-two years. In 1907 he purchased his present ranch of thirty acres about eight and a half miles north of Stockton on Cherokee Lane. This land was a stubble field at the time of purchase and Mr. Strong has improved it with a modern residence and farm buildings and has set out sixteen acres to vineyard, eleven now in full bearing.

The marriage of Mr. Strong occurred at Stockton on November 4, 1885, and united him with Miss Bena Wagner, a native of that city and a daughter of Jacob and Lena Wagner, her father a pioneer butcher of Stockton. Mrs. Strong was educated in the schools of Stockton and is one of ten children. Mr. and Mrs. Strong are the parents of two children: Fred, who resides at Linden, married Nellie Bryson and they have one child, Ethel Jean Strong; and Wesley, who lives at Stockton, married Lorraine Wolfe. In politics Mr. Strong is a Republican. He is a member of Charity Lodge No. 6, I.O.O.F., of Stockton, and he and his wife are members of the Rebekahs, Mrs. Strong being past noble grand of the lodge.

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SUNSET MACARONI FACTORY

An enterprise of interest to Stocktonians is the Sunset Macaroni Factory, of 430 South American Avenue, under the able proprietorship of Messrs. Frank and David Stagnaro. The former was born near Genoa, Italy, on March 26, 1874, and as a boy was fortunate in gaining a thorough knowledge of the making of the finest kinds of macaroni. When, therefore, he came to the United States in 1889, he already had a capital with which to start in the New World on the road to success. Locating in Stockton, he attended private schools where he acquired English, and for thirteen years worked with the Stockton Woolen Mills, while for three years he was with the Holt Manufacturing Company. In 1905, in partnership with his brother David, he opened a small shop on Aurora Street, where they commenced to make macaroni, and from the beginning they turned out from 300 to 400 pounds daily. Later they removed to their present location on South American Avenue, where they erected their modern plant with a capacity of 3,000 pounds daily, and since then their trade has expanded so that their output is about 2,800 pounds daily. They manufacture thirty-four varieties of Italian paste, and their brand of Sunset Macaroni has become especially popular. They also make a fish-paste in the form of fish, which keeps its shape when cooked. Their factory, which is sanitary in every respect, is equipped with the latest machinery; and their wholesale trade is carried on throughout California, Nevada, and Oregon.

David Stagnaro was also born near Genoa, his birthday having been March 21, 1883, and he, too, came to Stockton in 1889. He pursued the courses provided in the Stockton schools, and after some experience in both the clothing and grocery business, he entered into a partnership with his brother Frank, as stated above, and since then he has done his share in building up this well-equipped and well-conducted establishment, of which any business man might well be proud.

Frank Stagnaro is married and is the father of six children: Frank, Rilina, Margaret, John, David, and Fred. He belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, the Italian Society and the Red Men. David is also married and has one son, David P. Stagnaro. He also belongs to the Catholic Church, the Italian Society and the Red Men.

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JAMES FREDERICK SWEEM

A native son of California whose father came here prior to the days of '49, is James Frederick Sweem, born near Centerville, Fresno County, March 10, 1874, but reared in Stockton. He is a son of J.B. and Nancy (Blankenship) Sweem, early and worthy pioneers also represented in this volume in the sketch of Charles J. Sweem.

Fred Sweem, as he is usually called by his many friends, was brought up on the farm here and in Oregon, where he attended public school. Returning to Stockton when fourteen years old, he completed his education in the Stockton schools, and when eighteen years old he began teaming. As soon as he was able to purchase an outfit, he began contract teaming and hauling. Adding to his outfit, he branched out into general contracting and excavating, continuing for a number of years, until he sold out. He then spent three years with the Holt Manufacturing Company as a machinist. In 1918 he accepted a position in the park department in the city of Stockton, and is now in charge of Washington Park. He owns a comfortable residence at the corner of Third and American streets, where he resides with his family.

In July, 1899, at Stockton, occurred the marriage of Mr. Sweem, uniting him with Miss Mamie Pulliam, a native of Missouri, who came to Stockton with her parents when a girl and was here reared and educated. Their union has been blessed with five children: Everett, a druggist in Stockton; Leo, a bookkeeper residing in Oakland; Otie, attending Stockton high school; and Alma and Earl, attending the grammar school. Enterprising and progressive, Mr. Sweem is interested in having good schools and good government, exercising his franchise as a Democrat. Fraternally, he is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Red Men.

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