Sacramento County
Biographies
LEWIS C. HUNTER
LEWIS C. HUNTER.--Prominent among the native sons of California is Lewis C. Hunter, well and popularly known in Sacramento, where for a decade and more he has been manager of the local branch house of W. P. Fuller Company, the leading paint and glass supply house in California. He was born in San Francisco on July 4, 1869, the son of L. C. Hunter, who came out to California in the early sixties, and married, at San Francisco, Miss Mary Lee, of the Pennsylvania branch of that renowned family, whose father was a cousin of Robert E. Lee. They were known to their intimates as exceptionally refined, intelligent and progressive, and properly representative of their noted lineage. This enviable association with one of America's most honored sons has opened many a door to our subject. He began his schooling in San Francisco. When fourteen years of age, it became necessary for him to lay aside his studies and devote himself to helping his mother.
Entering the service of W. P. Fuller Company in 1890, he rose steadily until he had rounded out twenty years in their field of operations; and then, in 1910, he moved inland to Sacramento, where he was made manager of the local house. By this time, he had mastered the details of the enterprise carried on by the firm. He became a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was a vice-president for a number of years, and also a director. He has never failed to improve an opportunity to do Sacramento city and county a good turn, and in turn Sacramento has reciprocated with an enviable patronage. He has remained a man above party and independent of narrow, restricting partisanship; and this has given him greater influence for good as chairman of the Freeholders, who framed the present city charter.
When Mr. Hunter married at San Jose, in 1898, he took for his wife Miss Florita Peet, a native of Sacramento; and their union has proven fortunate in the birth of three children, Mary L., Doris, and Lewis Warren, the elder two of whom are graduates of the University of California. Mr. Hunter is a Knight Templar Mason, and he belongs to the Sutter and Del Paso Country Clubs. He is fond of golf, which is another way of saying that he is a good mixer and accessible to all men.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County, California
With Biographical Sketches, Page 686. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.