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JACK BARRON
A well-known, hustling realty dealer,
whose operations have had considerable significance for others as well as for himself, is Jack Barron, of 411-12 Commercial & Savings
Bank Building, Stockton, a native of San Francisco, where he was born on March
1, 1881. As early as his thirteenth
year, he started to work on a ranch at Riverbank, and when more experienced, he
continued farm labor on ranches in the Delta district. Later, he was in the employ of the Stockton
Glass Works as a fireman.
In 1916 he started in the real
estate business by buying cheap lots in Stockton, which were then considered
not worth bothering with, but in the selling of which he was successful,
realizing some profit. He next associated
himself with Kenneth T. Howe, the real estate dealer; and how they came to
start together is very interesting. Mr.
Howe had a horse which he wished to sell, and Jack said that nothing could be
easier, and at a good price, too. Jack
made the sale, and Mr. Howe said that a man who could get that price for a
horse could also sell real estate. So
Jack started in, and in the Mineral Baths Tract made a record for sales, taking
first prize among other salesmen. He
later became the exclusive agent for Mosswood Park,
which was owned by Mrs. Mary B. Percival, selling off many lots there and he is
still agent for the property.
Early in 1920 Mr. Barron became
associated with P. H. Stitt in the sale of lots and
houses in Tuxedo Park; and one of his first big deals there was in closing the
sale of a $17,000 residence; and since that time he has sold real estate all
over Stockton. He also buys lots and
builds cottages and bungalows which he sells at a good profit and in this
venture has met with very satisfactory results.
Mr. Barron employs six and seven salesmen in his business, and along
with his other transactions he buys and ships grapes, deals in farming and
grape lands, and does a general real estate, loan and insurance business. He is a good judge of values, a wide-awake
student of changing market conditions, and first, last and all the time,
dependable. Mr. Barron’s signs 10x30
feet in size bearing “Barron’s Real Estate Exchange,” are to be found on all
roads and principal highways leading out of Stockton. Mr. Barron belongs to the San Joaquin County
Realty Board; and as a Master Mason, he is a member of the San Joaquin Blue
Lodge.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1272. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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