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JAMES T. HERBERT
Milling interests of California have
received impetus through the labors of James T. Herbert, who has devoted his
entire life to this branch of activity and is now acting as superintendent of
the plant of the Sperry Flour Company at Stockton. He was born on a farm in
Union County, Oregon, August 29, 1880, and when seven years of age removed with
his parents to California, the family home first being established in
Sacramento. In 1890, they located at
Kirkwood, in Tehama County, this state, where the father operated a small feed
mill.
In the public schools of Kirkwood,
California, James T. Herbert completed his education and he has since devoted
his attention to the milling business, gaining his first knowledge thereof in
this father’s feed mill. When twenty-one
years of age he went to Marysville, California, and entered the employ of the
Sperry Flour Company, in whose service he has since continued. He remained at Marysville for less than a
year and in 1901 came to Stockton as miller in their plant in this city. Later he became millwright and in 1916 was
made superintendent of the mill, in which capacity he has since served. In addition to being an expert millwright he
is an able milling engineer and had charge of the work of installing the
machinery in the Sperry mills at Stockton, Marysville, Los Angeles, Chico and
Fresno, California, while he also made the blue print drawings for the
machinery. He is the possessor of marked
mechanical skill and ingenuity and has invented a number of improvements in
milling machinery which are now in use in the Sperry mills. He is an exceptionally capable man and his
employers thoroughly appreciate the value of his services.
Mr. Herbert married Miss Gertrude
Marx, a native of Stockton and a member of one of its pioneer families. Two children have been born of this
union: Gertrude E. and Ralph E. Mr. Herbert’s fraternal connections are with
Truth Lodge, No. 55, I. O. O. F., and Stockton Lodge, No. 218, B. P. O. E. His enterprise and ability have brought him
steadily to the front and as the architect of his own fortunes he has builded
wisely and well. His success is largely attributable
to the fact that he has concentrated his efforts upon a given line of activity,
in which he has gained that specialized knowledge which makes him an authority
in his line of work, and his labors have ever been of a constructive nature,
contributing to public progress as well as to individual prosperity.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
832-835. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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