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JOHN H. FAGG
A man who has demonstrated his
executive ability in many positions is John H. Fagg, the district manager of
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of Stockton, whose jurisdiction includes
all of San Joaquin County and parts of adjoining counties, extending from
Jackson to Tracy, Byron, Brentwood and the Delta section and as far north as
Galt. He was born in St. Paul,
Minnesota, December 31, 1883 and he was three years old when his parents
arrived in California. He was educated
in the public schools of Sacramento and Placer counties; later he took an
engineering course in the Polytechnic School of San Francisco. His electrical career started in 1905 when he
began working for the Central California Electric Company at Auburn,
California. Starting at the bottom he
worked his way up step by step to his present important position. After a short time he was transferred to
Alta, Placer County, and became foreman; later he was sent to Sacramento as
division foreman and later construction foreman at Sacramento. In 1906 the company’s name was changed to the
California Gas & Electric Company; then in 1909 it was merged with the
Pacific Gas & Electric Company. In
1914 he came to Stockton and was put in charge of the operation and maintenance
department; later he became assistant manager of the San Joaquin district, in
charge of the electrical department. On
December 1, 1920 upon the resignation of J. W. Hall, Mr. Fagg assumed charge of
all the activities of the big corporation in the San Joaquin district. Always courteous and affable, Mr. Fagg makes
friends wherever he is.
Mr. Fagg’s marriage occurred in 1914
and united him with Miss Marie C. Harney, a native of Lodi, California, her
parents being pioneers of the Golden State.
They are the parents of two sons, James B. and John H. He is a charter member of the Lions Club of
Stockton and the Morning Star Lodge No. 68, F. and A. M.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1295. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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