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JOSEPH D. CROSE
An influential and leading citizen
of Lodi, for many years a successful merchant, who through his faithful public
service has played an important part in the city’s growth, is Joseph D. Crose,
one of the city trustees of Lodi and an efficient and loyal public official,
serving four years. For forty years a
merchant, he began his mercantile career at Armstrong, Howard County, Missouri,
where he was born at Boonesborough, June 7,
1858. In 1886 he removed to Crawford,
Nebraska, where he homesteaded 160 acres and farmed for a time, and on deciding
to take up his residence in Arizona, he drove across country in wagons with his
family, reaching Mesa after a three months’ trip that had many interesting
experiences. Here he established himself
as a merchant, taking a leading part in the town’s enterprises and serving as
justice of the peace.
Coming to Lodi, California, in the
fall of 1905 Mr. Crose built two business blocks in the spring of 1906 and
engaged in the grocery business, which he continued until that fall, when he
sold out, and bought a one-half interest in a shoe store known as the Walk-Over
Boot Shop. Meeting with splendid
success, he remained actively in this business until January, 1920, when he
disposed of his interest to his partner and is now living retired from active
life in the business world, but finding his time well occupied with his
valuable real estate interests.
In Missouri, on September 8, 1881,
Mr. Crose was married to Miss Annie E. Patrick, who was a native of Missouri
but was reared in Colorado. Twelve
children were born to them, five of whom are now living, as follows: Ira N. is the manual training teacher in the
Lodi high school; John D. was a missionary in Tokyo, Japan, working two years
among the students of the Imperial University, and now has a congregation at
Pomona, California; Mrs. Laura Giles lives in Los Angeles; Joseph W. is a
merchant at Orange, California; Mrs. Annie E. Beckley is a resident of
Lodi. Mr. Crose is a member of the
Church of God and one of its generous contributors; this church was organized
in Lodi a few years ago and now has a membership of fifty. For the past four years Mr. Crose has been a
member of the board of city trustees of Lodi and chairman of the health and
safety committee. Having occupied this
official position during the years of the city’s greatest growth, he has
contributed effectively to its orderly development, and with the city’s
interest at heart he has given generously of his time and talents toward every
movement for its betterment.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1439-1440. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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