Sacramento County
Biographies
ROY MILTON
STEVENSON
ROY
MILTON STEVENSON.--Probably one of the best-known men in the motor world of
Sacramento County today, and quite as popularly thought of as he is widely
farmed, is Roy Milton Stevenson, of the Quality Automobile Service, and an
automotive engineer, at 228 P Street, Sacramento. A native son, who has always
been proud of his association with the Golden State, he was born at San Jose,
on October 16, 1892, the son of James Milton and Melissa (Price) Stevenson, the
former also a native son from an old family and still living in San Jose.
Roy Stevenson attended the San Jose
schools, and then entered the automobile trade by commencing on the lowest
round of the ladder. Whatever he did, he did well; and now that he has this
habit well formed, he finds half of the day’s routine already put behind him,
and his customers find that they can always depend upon him for anything committed
to his care. In 1910, he came to Sacramento, and for the past five and one-half
years, he has been in business for himself, for the last three and one-half
years being located at the above address. He employs two men, each of whom is
an expert. In politics, he prefers the standards of the Republican party, but he is too broad-minded to be party-bound, and as
a good booster for Sacramento and vicinity, he treats local issues in a
non-partisan fashion. He belongs to the Native Sons of the Golden West and is
also an Elk, a member of Sacramento Lodge No. 6.
In 1912 Mr. Stevenson was married to Miss
Irene Soule, a native daughter, now the mother of
three children, Milton, Earl and Marian.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages
951-952. Historic Record Company, Los
Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.