San Joaquin County
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T. H. HEFFERMAN & J. W. HEFFERMAN
HEFFERMAN &
HEFFERMAN.--This firm, which is doing a large livery business in Stockton, is
composed of J. W. Hefferman and T. H. Hefferman, who succeeded the firm of
Heffernan & Hersom, which firm began business May 1, 1889. October 12,
1889, W. J. Hersom retired from the firm, and was succeeded by T. H. Hefferman,
one of the most popular young men in Stockton. The present firm is composed of
energetic young men of business, and they have a reputation for fair dealing
and good treatment toward all patrons of their establishment. They carry in the
neighborhood of nearly a dozen livery horses and nearly as many vehicles, which
are of every kind liable to be required by the patrons of a first-class livery
barn. Their success is due in a large measure to their efforts to please their
customers.
J. W. Hefferman, of this firm, is a native
of San Joaquin County, born ten miles from Stockton, near Waterloo, July 18,
1860, his parents being Patrick and Ellen (Murphy) Hefferman. His father came
to California from Boston in 1850, and located at Copperopolis, engaged in the
copper mines there. He follow mining about a year, and then, acquiring land,
engaged in ranching, where the subject of this sketch was born. In this he was
successful and accumulated a great deal of land. He still follows farming, and
after selling off a great deal, still retains 120 acres of land. His wife died
in 1886. They had ten children, of whom three are living, viz: Annie, wife of
Daniel Doane, living on the old homestead; Joseph W., the subject of this
sketch; and Ellen, at home.
J. W. Hefferman, with whose name this
sketch commences, was reared on the home farm, and received his education at
the neighboring schools. In October, 1887, he went to San Diego County, and
engaged in the dairy business and cattle raising, being thus employed for some
months. He then came to Stockton, was here married May 30, 1888, to Miss Annie
Kelley, a native of Gateshead, England. They have one child, Alice Bernadine.
After locating here he followed dealing in horses four or five months, and then
embarked in his present business. Mr. Hefferman is a member of Y. M. I., No.
105, of Stockton, and of Total Abstinence Society. He takes an active interest
in public affairs, and is a Democrat politically.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 249-250. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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