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WILLIAM HARVEY CROSWHITE
Well known in the business circles
of Lodi is William Harvey Croswhite, an efficient and capable optometrist who
also engages in the manufacture of optical goods. A native of Washington, he was born at
Goldendale July 28, 1893, a son of George P. and Jennie (Barrick)
Croswhite. The
father was born in New York where he was reared and educated,
and after reaching young manhood engaged in farming; he married Miss Jennie Barrick, a native of Missouri, and they were the parents of
three children, of whom William Harvey is the eldest, the others being Ernest
and George, Jr. When William Henry was a
small boy of six years his parents removed to San Francisco, where the father
engaged in the produce business, and there the parents still reside. William Harvey attended the old Richmond
district grammar school and the San Francisco Y. M. C. A. high school, then
entered the College of Optometry, from which he was graduated in 1914. Before his graduation he was associated with
F. A. Hardy and the California Optical Company, retailers and wholesalers of
optical supplies. Mr. Croswhite then
opened his own business in San Francisco and continued for three years.
The marriage of Mr. Croswhite in San
Francisco on February 3, 1915, united him with Miss Bessie Kenny, a native of
the Bay City, and daughter of W. R. and Eliza T. Kenny. W. R. Kenny came to
California in an early day and engaged in the contracting and building
business. Her mother and father are now
living at Lodi. Mr. and Mrs. Croswhite
are the parents of one daughter, Olive Marie.
In 1920 Mr. Croswhite came to Lodi where he established offices for the
practice of optometry and the manufacture of optical goods. Mr. Croswhite gives his support to the
Republican Party and is active in fraternal circles, being a member of the
Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the
World, and a past patron of the O. E. S., of which his wife is also a member.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1532. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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