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JOHN C. KELLER
An aggressive business man of Lodi,
whose parents were pioneers of California, is John C. Keller, a member of the
firm of Keller & Robinson, stationers and booksellers, located at 27 South
School Street. A native son of
California, he was born on his father’s ranch west of Lodi on October 6, 1888,
a son of John and Doretta (Brack)
Keller. His father was a native of Ohio,
who came to California across the plains about 1863 and here settled on a ranch
six miles from Lodi and engaged in farming pursuits until his death in
1909. He was a member of the Woodbridge
lodge of Masons. His mother, a daughter
of Jacob Brack, a San Joaquin County pioneer, makes her home in Lodi.
John C. Keller was educated in the
public and high schools of Lodi. In 1914
he formed a partnership with Charels R. Guggolz and conducted the New Washington Market for six
years; then he sold his interest in the business to his partner in the summer
of 1920 and then for about eighteen months was engaged in the real estate
business in Lodi. In September, 1922,
with a partner, H. E. Robinson, he opened a stationery and book store on South
School Street, a most central location, where they are meeting with deserved
success.
The marriage of Mr. Keller united
him with Jessie R. Todd, a native of Illinois, and they are the parents of one
child, Jane. In national politics he is
a Democrat and ably supports the principles of that party. His fraternal relations are with Stockton
lodge No. 218, Elks; the Lodi Fraternal Order of Eagles; Lodi lodge No. 256, F.
& A. M., and with his wife is a member of the Eastern Star, in which he is
past patron; he is a member of Lodi Parlor, N. S. G. W. In his local activities he is serving as
chairman of the board of trustees of the Lodi grammar school, and during his
term they completed two new schools. He
takes pride in advancing measures for the development and progress of Lodi and
the immediate vicinity.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1163. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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