Sacramento County
Biographies
JOHN K. FLYNN
JOHN K. FLYNN.--An enterprising and very progressive man of affairs in the
automobile world is John K. Flynn, the president of the Motor Car Dealer
Association of Sacramento, formerly equally well and pleasantly known as the
efficient president of the Mecum, Flynn & Hunter Company, of the Capital City. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on April 17, 1889,
the son of James L. and Catherine (Connolly) Flynn, the former still living,
but the latter now deceased. The family came to San Francisco in 1911, and there soon made friends, who will always
recall and esteem them as fellow-citizens, neighbors and friends. John Flynn had all the advantages of the
excellent public schools, and in addition the best of
courses at the business college. Then he took up railway work, next followed
the storage-battery business, and was also in the clothing business for three
years. When he removed to Sacramento on January 8, 1918,
he had already formed valuable connections and so succeeded from the very
start. The company that he now so ably represents was then formed, to take care
particularly of Chandler and Cleveland products; and what position this
organization has taken in the city may be judged from the fact that Mr. Flynn
was on the committee entrusted with the framing of the motor vehicle act of
1921. Public-spirited, he did excellent work in the cause of liberty and his
native land during the World War. He belongs to the Chamber of
Commerce. When Mr. When Mr.
Flynn married, in 1917, at San
Francisco, he chose
for his bride Miss Harriet Pabst, of Orland, Glenn County; and their union has been blessed with one daughter, Mary
Jean. In national politics a Republican, Mr. Flynn is always willing when it
comes to local legislation, issues and candidates, to put aside narrow
partisanship. He is an Elk, and he belongs to the Del Paso Country Club; and in
the circles of these organizations, Mrs. Flynn also enjoys an enviable
popularity. Mr. Flynn is fond of golf and of fishing.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento
County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 303. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.