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WILLIAM LORD
Those who have business dealings
with the American Railway Express Company’s office at American Avenue and
Market Street, Stockton, appreciate the experience and foresight and untiring
efforts of the ever-accommodating general agent, William Lord. A native son, having been born in Colfax,
Placer County, on June 17, 1871, he has had the commendable pride to make
Stockton’s express service second to none in the country; and that he has
pretty well succeeded, the satisfaction of the average citizen will testify.
His father, Thomas J. Lord, was a
native of Massachusetts, and his mother, who was Miss Caroline Thorn before her
marriage, was a native of England; and it thus happened that in this blending
of Old and New England inheritance and force, the lad was particularly
fortunate in his parentage. William
attended the public schools of Colfax, meanwhile keeping his eyes wide open and
greatly enlarging his knowledge by observation and occasional practical
experiment; and when, at the age of seventeen, he was offered a chance to enter
the service of the Wells Fargo Company, it was found that he was able, from the
start, to assume responsibility. He learned
all the branches of the business, taking one after another up in rotation, for
he was by turn driver, clerk and messenger, and after awhile he became route
agent. He was the agent at the Ferry
office in San Francisco, then he was agent at Salt Lake City, and then at
Denver; and at other times he was at Tonopah, Nevada, and in various places in
Oregon and Washington. He may be said to
have followed his line of work all over the Western States, and he is
particularly well-known on the Pacific Coast.
When the express companies were consolidated in July, 1918, he was sent
to Stockton to take charge of the express office; and he has made it of
increasing importance. Mr. Lord is
married, and has one son, Harold J., of San Francisco. He belongs to Lodge No. 944, B. P. O. E., at
Ashland, Oregon, and also to the Maccabees.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1423. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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