Biographies
RALPH HILL MUDDOX
Among the most prosperous and highly
esteemed business men of Sacramento, whose efforts along the lines of progress
have been conspicuous in business life is Ralph Hill Muddox,
who now fills a position of honor in more than one flourishing business house
in this city. He is a native of Sacramento, having been born on the family
homestead at Twenty-sixth and J streets, opposite old Fort Sutter, on July 9,
1876, and is the son of George A. and Isabelle (Bundock)
Muddox, the former a native of London, England, and
the latter of Chelmsford, England.
The father, George A. Muddox,
was a potter by trade and upon his arrival in America came as far west as
Illinois, where he settled, engaging in the manufacture of pottery ware in the
city of Alton. In 1872 he came to California, and locating in Sacramento,
established a pottery business which he continued until his death. The mother
is still making her home in Sacramento.
Ralph H. Muddox
was educated in the public schools and at the Atkinson Business College,
from which latter he was graduated at the age of twenty-one, at which time he
embarked in the contracting and building trade and followed it for twelve years
with marked success. Having learned the manufacture of pottery and cement work
when but a lad he became experienced in this line of work, and accordingly
decided to resume that work. His terrazzo and cement manufacturing plant which
is situated on Twenty-ninth street, between K and L
streets, is the center of a thriving business which takes much of his attention
and has proved a judicious investment and a financial success. Other business interests than this concern command Mr. Muddox's abilities. He is secretary of the Isleton
Asparagus Company, which has one hundred and fifty acres in asparagus, and he
is also a stockholder in the Sacramento Olive Company, one of the largest olive
orchards in Northern California.
Mr. Muddox has
proved himself to be a public-spirited, conscientious and progressive citizen
in every sense of the word. He affiliates with the Native Sons of the Golden
West and was for some time active in the Order of Eagles. In politics he is a
Republican and is inclined to vote independently, favoring the man best suited
for the position. On December 15, 1903, he was married to Miss Marian Russell,
of San Luis Obispo county, Cal., daughter of D. A.
Russell, then a lawyer at San Luis Obispo and later at Bakersfield, but who is
now living retired from active cares and responsibilities. In 1903 Mr. Muddox made a four-months' tour of
Europe, touching at different points of interest in England and on the
continent, mean-while visiting the old homes of his father and mother in
England. Mr. and Mrs. Muddox attend the St. Paul's
Episcopal Church.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 1048-1049.
Historic Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.