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HIRAM LINDSEY
Prominent among the agencies which
have helped to make motoring an enjoyable experience in San Joaquin County, is
the well-conducted garage owned by Hiram Lindsey, of 825 East Weber Avenue, Stockton,
and now recognized as one of the best headquarters for the motorist in northern
California. Mr. Lindsey was born at
Coulterville, in Mariposa County, on March 28, 1871 the son of James Lindsey,
an honored pioneer, now deceased. In
1851 James Lindsey crossed the Great Plains with his father, John Lindsey,
being at that time eighteen years of age; and his father took up mining, first
in Mariposa County, and then in Nevada.
Later, like so many other pioneers, he carried freight to the
mines. He was supervisor of Mariposa
County for many years, and being a practical mountain rancher, with ideals and
a vision, he helped to develop the county’s resources.
Hiram Lindsey went to school at Coulterville,
and he worked as a boy upon a ranch.
When eighteen years old, he entered the quartz mines, and in time had
charge of air-compression work. He came
to Stockton in 1909 and was with the Sampson Iron Works, installing their
pumping plants; and later he was with the Sterling Iron Works. Nine years ago he entered the automobile
field, and in February, 1919, he was able to establish himself in
business. He maintains a modern garage
and repair shop, with Ford authorized service.
He is an expert mechanic, and is also assisted by expert workmen. The service rendered is strictly first-class,
and commands a steady and lucrative patronage.
Mr. Lindsey married Miss Mary A.
Smith, a native of Tuolumne County, and a member of a well-known pioneer
family, the ceremony taking place on December 25, 1897, near Groveland,
Tuolumne County. Two children have
sprung from this union, Ernest H. and Vera Isabel. Mr. Lindsey is a past noble grand in the
Coulterville Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F., and was demitted to Truth Lodge, No.
55, at Stockton; and he also belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1136. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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