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JOHN RANDOLPH LOUTTIT
A native son who takes much pride in
the progress made by his home county is John Randolph Louttit, who was born in
Stockton, November 9, 1874, the son of James A. and Ada A. (Cory) Louttit. His father became one of the most prominent
attorneys in the state and served as a member of Congress, and his interesting
biography appears on another page in this work.
The second oldest of a family of six
children, John Randolph Louttit, was reared in Stockton, where he was educated
in the grammar and high schools, being graduated from the high school there in
1893. After his graduation he spent one
year at Hastings Law School in San Francisco.
He gave up the study of law to accept the position as assistant
postmaster at Stockton under the late T. A. Nelson. After filling the position with credit and
ability for three years Mr. Louttit resigned to engage in the hay and grain
business in San Francisco under the firm name of Howell, Louttit and
Company. Here he continued until he sold
his interest to join his younger brother, J. A. Louttit, Jr., who was mining in
Alaska. Mr. Louttit made the trip to
Council, ninety miles inland from Nome, in 1908, and entered heartily into
mining. The Louttit brothers acquired
large interests on Melsing Creek, out of Council, and here they followed placer
mining. Mr. Louttit remained in the
northland until 1915, when he returned to Stockton. Unfortunately, his brother died in 1916. Mr. Louttit, having entered the employ of the
Union Ice Company and not wishing to return to Alaska, sold their mining
properties. In 1917 he resigned his
position with the Union Ice Company and accepted the position of cashier with
the Yolland Ice Company, continuing with them until March, 1921, when, being
elected secretary of the City Fuel and Ice Company at Lodi, he resigned his
place as cashier and immediately removed to Lodi. He has since given all of this time to
advancing the business of the City Fuel and Ice Company, for which his years of
experience well qualify him.
Mr. Louttit is a member of Stockton
Lodge No. 218, B. P. O. Elks; Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W.; and Lodi
Rotary Club; and while in Alaska he was a member of Camp Council 11, Arctic
Brotherhood.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1219-1220. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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