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JASPER N. ASHER
An enterprising merchant and
successful business man of Stockton, J. N. Asher is half-owner of the Center
Street Feed & Barley Mill, a substantial and prosperous business, and his
progressiveness and thorough capability in this industry have advanced him to
an influential place among the business men of the city. He was born in Rolla, Missouri, August 25,
1865, his parents being farmer folk in that locality, and he was reared on the
home place and attended the district school of that section. In 1890, accompanied by his wife and three
children, Mr. Asher left Missouri for the west and located in Stockton the same
year. He had married Miss Lulu E. Beets,
a native of Tennessee, born of Scotch parents, and they are the parents of
eleven children: Corie
F., Mary E. and Margaret L., born in Missouri, while Leslie, Charles N.
(deceased), Le Roy, Mary (deceased), Emmet, Maxine, Claude and Esther were all
born in San Joaquin County.
Mr. Asher began farming on
Littlejohn Creek near Farmington and was so occupied for seven years; then he
removed to Stockton and purchased property on West Washington Street and began
work at the Crown Mills, remaining there for eight years, gaining a knowledge
of the mill business that has been indispensable during the succeeding years;
he then assumed charge of the barley mill for the Sperry Milling Company, where
he spent twelve years. In 1916 he
entered the mill business on his own account and bought a half-interest in the
Center Street Mill and his advancement has been gained through a recognition
and improvement of opportunity. Mr.
Asher has full charge of the plant, and oversees the scientific process of
preparing poultry foods, etc. Thirteen
years ago, Mr. Asher built his residence located at 93 Moss Avenue, which has
been the center of many delightful social affairs. Mr. Asher is a Democrat in politics and
fraternally is a member of Truth Lodge, I. O. O. F., in Stockton.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1212. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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