Sacramento County
Biographies
THOMAS J.
HATELEY
THOMAS J. HATELEY.--The city of Sacramento, renowned as the capital of the Golden State, owes much of its fame as a desirable residential center to the facilities for building and furnishing homes, supplied by such enterprising firms as Messrs. Hateley & Hateley, with offices at 211 Mitau Building, corner of Eighth and J Streets, in Sacramento, so well represented by Thomas J. Hateley, a native of the city of Stockton. He was born on June 16, 1884, the son of Arthur and Martha (Gibbon) Hateley, sturdy settlers who came to California from Ohio, where they had previously settled, in 1908, followed two years later by our subject.
Having spent his boyhood in Warren, Ohio, Thomas J. Hateley attended the grammar and the high school there, and in the Buckeye State learned the plumber’s trade, and soon engaged in business for himself. He received his first contract order from his parents and helped to erect for them a four-flat building. Since then, he has demonstrated his expertness in installing part of the Traveler’s Hotel, the Y. M. C. A., the new high school, and many of the largest buildings in Sacramento, as well as installing the mechanical equipment of the Weimar Sanitarium, noted for its superior outfit. He belongs to the Progressive Business Men’s Club, and is a member of its energetic board of directors. He is a Democrat, but also one of the first to support the candidate of another party, especially when local issues are at stake, if he thinks it best for the community in which he himself lives, labors and prospers.
In 1912, at San Francisco, Mr. Hateley was married to Miss Daisy A. Bence, of Placerville, a native daughter who is also always glad to cooperate in any good work for the advancement of Californian institutions. One son, Robert Jackson Hateley, has blessed their union. Mr. Hateley is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, being a Shriner and a member of Ben Ali Temple, and is also a member of the Sciots. He likes hunting and fishing. Sacramento is proud of such business firms as that of Messrs. Hateley & Hateley, especially when men of their progressive enterprise are at the guns.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 960.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.