WHO’S
WHO IN CALIFORNIA
STOCKTON
BIOGRAPHIES
1928-29
BONNER, Arthur,
clergyman, educator; b. nr.
Leicester, Eng., Nov. 29, 1869; s. William and Anne (Hallam)
B.; Wesleyan Acad., Wilbraham, Mass., 1888-89; A.B., S.T.B., Boston U., 1908,
A.M., 1909, Ph.D., 1911; m. Josephine Chapman Whitaker, of Chicopee,
Mass., Aug. 9, 1892; children-Rev. Warren A. and Willard H. Was ordained M.E.
ministry, 1894, pastor Broadway Ch., Lynn, Mass., 1987-1900, Trinity Ch., West
Medford, 1900-02, Ipswich, 1902-05, Peabody, 1905-08, Florence Ch.,
Northampton, 1908-11, Highlands Ch., Lowell, 1911-12; prof.
English and pub. speaking, Southern U., Greensboro,
Ala., 1912-15; pres. Scarritt-Morrisville Coll.,
Morrisville, Mo., 1915-1916; prof. Bibl. lit. and asso. prof. English, U. of Ala., 1916-18; prof. philosophy, Coll. of the Pacific, 1918-20, prof. English since 1920. Chmn. bd.
edn. Pacific Conf. M.E. Ch. S., 1920-23. Ordained priest, P.E. Ch., 1923. Dir. and
joint organizer Coll. of Pacific. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. America, Am. Philol.
Assn., Pi Gamma Mu. Mason. Kiwanian. Home: 127. W. Euclid Ave., Pacific Manor, Stockton.
CLARK,
Fred Pope, physician,
surgeon; b . Stockton,
Calif., Aug. 25, 1865; s. Asa and Mary Elizabeth (Mountjoy) C.; grad. Stockton High Sch., 1885; M.D.,
Cooper Med. Coll., San Francisco, 1887; m. Edith Helena Cross, of
Stockton, May 7, 1889. Practiced at Stockton since 1887; propr. Clark's
Sanatorium for Nervous and Mental Diseases; dir. City Bank, Stockton. Served as capt. and asst. surgeon Calif.
N.G. Mem. Native Sons of
G.W. Republican. Presbyn. Mason (32º), Elk. Has sterilized over
1,400 insane men and women. Address: Stockton State Hospital,
Stockton.
COOK,
Samuel Richard, physicist; b.
Minden, Haliburton County, Can., Feb. 14, 1865; s.
Richard and Jane (Craig) C., brought to Kan., 1871; B.S., U. of Mich., 1895,
M.S., 1897; A.M., U. of Neb., 1898; Ph.D., Cornell U., 1905; studied univs. Chicago and Berlin; m. Mary
Elizabeth Crothers, of San Jose, Calif., Sept. 8, 1905 (died 1917); 1 son,
Richard Crothers. Fellow in physics, U. of Neb., 1897-99; prin. of high
sch., Wahoo, Neb., 1899-1901; instr. physics and chemistry, Washburn Coll.,
Topeka, Kan., 1901-02, Case Sch. of Applied Science, 1902-04; fellow in
physics, Cornell U., 1904-05; acting prof. physics
and astronomy, Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., 1905-06; prof.
mathematics, physics and astronomy, Coll. of Pacific, 1907-22, prof. physics and astronomy since 1922. Fellow
A.A.A.S.; mem. Am. Assn. of Engrs., Physical Soc., Sigma Xi. Republican.
Methodist. Patentee pneumatic shock
absorber. Home: 167 Stadium Drive, Stockton.
FARLEY,
Fred Long, coll. dean; b.
Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 20, 1884; s. William Dwelle
and Luella (Long) F.; grad. high sch., Battle Creek, 1903; A.B., Albion (Mich.)
Coll., 1907, A.M., 1911; Ph.D., Stanford, 1923; m. Gertrude Helen Allen,
of Reed City, Mich., Aug. 8, 1907; children-Allen William (dec.),
Kemp Llewellyn, Erwin Campbell, David Philip. Teacher, high sch., Comstock and
South Lyon, Mich., 1907-09; prof. Greek and asst. in
Latin, Kan. Wesleyan U., 1909-18; prof. ancient
langs., Coll. of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., since 1918, also dean of men,
1924-27, dean of coll. Liberal Arts since 1927. Mem. Calif. Annual Conf.
M.E. Ch. Mem. Classical Assn. of Pacific States
(sec.-treas.), Philol. Assn. of
Pacific Coast, Delta Tau Delta. Republican.
Mason (Shriner). Kiwanian. Home: 217
Way, Stockton.
FITZGERALD,
William A., editor; b. Stockton,
Calif., Nov. 23, 1874; s. Michael and Bridget (Slattery) F.; grad. high sch., Stockton, 1893; m. Minnie Randolph
Rutherford, of Stockton, Dec. 25, 1901. Mng. editor Fresno Republican, 1898-1903; recorder, Calif. R.R. Commn., 1921-23; pub. and
editor Stockton Independent since 1923. Republican.
Clubs: Yosemite, Union League (San Francisco). Home: 701 W. Poplar St.
Office: 519 E. Market St., Stockton.
KNOLES,
Tully Cleon, college pres.;
b. Petersburg, Ill., Jan. 6, 1876; s. Thomas Stone and Laura
Ellen (Hart) K.; A.B., U. of Southern Calif., 1903, A.M., 1908, D.D., 1919,
LL.D., 1927; m. Emily Isabel Walline, of
Ontario, Calif., Aug. 23, 1899; children-Lorraine Isabel, Dorothy Ann, Peter Walline, Edith Eileen, George Harmon, Gordon Elbert, Tully
Cleon, Leslie Gay. Head of history dept., U. of Southern
Calif., 1909-19; pres. Coll. of Pacific, Stockton, since Apr. 1, 1919. Mem. Calif. Ann. Conf. M.E. Ch.; mem. Bd. of Edn. of
M.E. Ch.; Mem. N.E.A. (life), So.
Calif Hist. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social
Science, Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu. Mason. Rotarian.
Home: Stockton.
KROECK,
Louis Samuel, biologist; b.
Dayton, Ia., June 13, 1872; s. Louis F. and Charlotte (Veith) K.; B.S., Coll. of the Pacific, 1895, M.S., 1898;
A.M., Stanford, 1897; research work, Hopkins Biol. Lab. (Stanford), 3 summers,
Calif. Acad. Sciences, 2 summers; m. Bertha Graff, of San Jose, Calif.,
June 30, 1904; children-Graf Louis (dec.), Margarethe Etamina, Bertha
Louise, Theodora Wilhelmina, Barbara Fourth, Louis Graf. Instr.
biology 1896-99, prof. biology and geology,
1899-1904, prof. biology since 1904, Coll. of the
Pacific. Mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Genetic Assn., Calif. Acad. Sciences, Save
the Redwoods League. Methodist. Specializes is
micro-biology. Home: 205 Euclid Ave., Stockton.
LINDLEY,
Albert, farmer; b. Clayton,
Ind., June 13, 1864; s. Milton and Mary Ann (Banta) L.; Univ. of
Southern Calif., 1880-83; m. Maryland Virginia Corbell,
of San Francisco, Nov. 27, 1912. Engaged in farming since 1911;
pres. Lindley Farms Co. Founder and ex-pres. Nat. Order Ry. Employees
(fraternal ins. orgn.). Western chmn. Nat. Council of Defense for
emergency crop production during World War; dir. finances for Rep. Nat. Com. in
10 western states, 1920; western chmn.
Rep. Nat. Ways and Means Com., 1920. Mem. exec. com.
Calif. State Development Bd., etc. Chmn. Calif. Fish and Game Study Com. Pres.
Lindley-Patrick, Inc. Club: Transportation, Commonwealth, Bohemian, Family,
Olympic (San Francisco); Yosemite, Gold and Country (Stockton); Elks
(Sacramento). Home: Lindley Farms, Stockton and Carmel.
ROOT,
Robert Cromwell, peace
advocate; b. Springford, Oxford Co., Ont.,
Can., June 11, 1858; s. Henry Hawkins and Sarah Hellett
(Cromnwell) R.; B.S., Guilford (N.C.) Coll., 1889;
A.M., Stanford, 1894; U. of Calif., 1899-1902; m. Georgia Crawford
Ramsay, of Palo Alto, Calif., Oct. 30, 1913. Prin. and
teacher in various high schs. in S.C. and Calif., 1889-1906; sec.-treas. and instr.
Guilford Coll., N.C., 1891-93. Organized Southern California
Peace Society, 1907-08. also Northern California Peace Soc., 1908;
Pacific Coast dir. Am. Peace Soc., 1908-18; sec. Federated Peace Com. of San
Francisco for 1915; joint sec. Internat. Pease Congress, San Francisco, 1915; mem.
2d (Chicago, 1909), 3d (Baltimore, 1911) and 4th (St. Louis,
1913) Nat. Peace Congresses; mem. Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conf., 1909,
1911; joint recipient, with pres. of Southern Calif. Peace Soc., of bronze
medal of Internat. Conciliation
Assn. Lecturer Internat. conciliation,
U. of Southern Calif., Summer Sch., 1914; on Chautauqua Circuit, Calif., and
Ore. 1916. Mem. Am. Council of World Alliance for
Promoting Internat. Friendship Through the Churches; mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Sociol. Assn. Acting
head dept. of economics, Occidental Coll., Los Angeles, 1918-19; head dept. of
economics and socioilogy, Coll. of the Pacific,
Stockton, Calif., since 1920. Republican. Presbyn. Home:
Stockton.
SCHILPP,
Paul Arthur, coll. prof., clergyman; b. Dillenburh,
Hessen-Nassau, Germany, Feb. 6, 1897; s. Rev. Hermann and Emile (Dittmar) S.; student Humanistic Gymnasium, Bayreth, Bavaria, 1907-13; came to U.S., 1913; A.B.,
Baldwin-Wallace Coll., Berea, O., 1916; student, Columbia U., summers 1916-17, Drre Theol. Sem., 1916-17; M.A., Northwestern U., 1922;
B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1922; grad. student Stanford U., summers 1925, 26,
27; m. Louise Gruenholz, of Terre Haute, Ind.,
Sept. 16, 1918; children-Erma Emilie, Marjorie Elizabeth, Robert Warner.
Ordained M.E. ministry, 1918; pastor Calvary Ch., Terre Haute, 1918-21; prof. psychology and religious edn., Coll. of Pugent Sound, Tacoma, Wash., 1922-23; asso.
prof. philosophy and acting
head of dept., Coll. of the Pacific, 1923-24; asst. in philosophy, Stanford,
summer 1926; prof. philosophy, Coll. of the Pacific,
Stockton, since 1924. Naturalized citizen of U.S., 1926.
Mem.
Am. Philos. Assn., British Inst. Philos. Studies, Southwestern Philos. Assn.,
Sixth Internat. Congress of
Philosophy, 1926, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Kappa Delta. Asso. editor
Social Science; contbr. to
Philos. Rev. Jour, of Philosophy, Meth. Rev., etc. Home:
651 N. Central Ave., Stockton
WILHOIT,
Roley
Early, banker
(deceased 1922); b. Jefferson County, Ky., Mar. 1, 1839; s. Julius
and Lucy (Ewell) W.' ed. pub. schs.,
Kansas and Ill., m. Delia Dwelly, of Machias, Maine, Oct. 7, 1861; m. 2nd, Janet French Tilton,
of St. Johns, New Brunswick, Dec. 11, 1873 (dec.);
children-George Ewell (dec.),
Eugene Lovell, Arthur, Alice (dec.), Mary (Mrs. Hodgkins), Elsie (Mrs. Hodgkins),
Roley (dec.). Mr. Wilhoit crossed the plains in 1850, and after engaging in
mining he formed the Wilhoit Abstract Company of
Stockton. He was one of the organizers of the Stockton Savings & Loan Bank,
and was president and director of that institution until 1916, and a director
until his death. His public services included membership of the San Joaquin
County Board of Supervisors: councilman of Stockton, 1870-73; President of
Stockton Board of Education; County Recorder of San Joaquin County, and Trustee
of the State Normal School at San Jose. He was a former member of the Yosemite
Club, Stockton, and one of the organizers of the Society of California
Pioneers, and was on Odd Fellow, a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he was a Republican, and as an
adherent of the Episcopal Church was senior warden of St. John's Episcopal
Church, Stockton, for more than sixty years. Home was at Stockton.
WILHOIT,
George Ewell,
realtor, ins. co. official (deceased 1921); b. Stockton, Calif., Mar.
17, 1863; s. Roley Early and Delia (Dwelly) W.; ed. pub. schs.
and bus. coll., Stockton; m. Jessie
Lee Woods, of Stockton, Oct. 2, 1890; 1 son, John Newton. Mr. Wilhoit was associated with his father for many years in the
capacity of vice president of the Wilhoit Abstract
& Title Company, Stockton, and in his earlier years was a member of the
staff of the bank of Charles R. Bishop, Honolulu, T.H.
He was active in all civic and charitable movements, and also in World War
work. His recreation was golf, and during his lifetime he was a member of the
Yosemite Club, B.P.O. Elks, I.O.O.F., the Pioneers of California and the Native
Sons of the Golden West, Stockton. His political affiliations were with the
Republican party, and he was an adherent of the
Episcopal Church and active in the support is its work. Home was at 47 Acacia
St., Stockton.
WILHOIT,
Jessie Lee (Mrs. George Ewell
Wilhoit), clubwoman;
b. Acampo, San Joaquin County; d. John Newton and Annie Victoria
(Farmer) Woods; ed. pub. schs.
Stockton; Mills Seminary, grad. 1887;
m. George Ewell Wilhoit,
of Stockton, Oct. 2, 1890 (dec.); 1 son, John Newton Wilhoit. Mrs. Wilhoit is a
Trustee of the College of the Pacific, Stockton; a member of the Children's Day
Nursery and the Children's Home, Stockton; Nineteenth Century and Mills clubs,
Stockton; Women's City, Western Women's and Mills clubs of San Francisco. She
is first vice president of the Mills Club, San Francisco, and was for several
years president of the Mills Club, Stockton. Mrs. Wilhoit
is a Republican, and in point of years of membership is the oldest member of
the Grace Methodist Church of Stockton. Homes: 47 West Acacia St.,
Stockton, and Clift Hotel, San Francisco.
Transcribed by Sharon Marie Robinson.
Source: Detwiler, Justice B., Who’s Who In
California 1928-29, Who’s Who Publishing Company, San Francisco, Calif.
1929.
© 2010 Sharon Marie Robinson.
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