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THOMAS JEFFERSON GILL
A native son of the great Golden
state, who, by hard, intelligent work has won a place for himself in the
business world, is Thomas Jefferson Gill, residing with his family in
Stockton. He was born near Liberty, San
Joaquin County, on his father’s farm, February 17, 1862, a son of W. J. and
Elizabeth (Coffer) Gill, the former a native of Lexington, Kentucky, and the
latter of Illinois. His father, who was
a minister of the Christian Church, crossed the plains with an ox-team in
1852. He purchased the old Jahant ranch of 160 acres near Liberty and engaged in
stockraising; later he traded the ranch and moved to Inyo County and engaged in
stockraising there until his death at Independence; the mother is also
deceased. They were the parents of five
children of whom three are now living:
Thomas Jefferson, the subject of this review; Mrs. W. J. McCowan, of Portland, Oregon; H. D., of Lone Pine; George
M. deceased, was Superior Judge of Inyo County; Lafayette, a prominent attorney
of Riverside, also deceased.
In 1885 Thomas Jefferson Gill
returned to San Joaquin County where he has made his home ever since. His marriage, which occurred in Stockton,
united him with Miss Lulu M. Harris, a native of Stockton, where her father was
a pioneer blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Gill
are the parents of one son, Claude M., an attorney. The latter was educated in Stockton, was
graduated from the Stockton high school; later studied law and was admitted to
practice in 1909; he is a member of the Masonic order. He is married and has one son, Melvin C.,
also born in Stockton, thus making three generations of the Gill family who
were born in that city. Mr. Gill is a
strong Republican, and co-operates in all movements for social uplift, and he shows
his public-spiritedness in endeavoring to raise civic standards.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
634. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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