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JOSEPH F. MOSELEY
JOSEPH F. MOSELEY, present
incumbent of the office of Recorder and Auditor of San Joaquin County, is a
native of West Virginia, born at Charleston, Kanawha County, on the 20th
of August, 1854. His father, John L. Moseley, was born in Bedford County, old
Virginia, and was educated at Lee and Washington University in the collegiate
and law courses. After his graduation he located at Charleston, where he
practiced the profession of law until the time of his death, which occurred
just before the outbreak of the civil war.
J. F. Moseley was brought up at Charleston
until he reached the age of eight years, when he was sent to old Virginia
(after the invasion) to be educated. He attended Emory and Henry College until
his seventeenth year, and then returned to his old home at Charleston. There he
followed business pursuits until 1873, when he removed to California, arriving
on the 8th of May, and at once locating at New Hope. He was
interested in farming there until 1886, but for four years previous to that
date had had the business management of the Farmers’ Business Association. In
1886 he was elected Recorder and Auditor of San Joaquin County, and severed his
former business relations upon assuming the duties of his office. Mr. Moseley
is a thorough business-like and painstaking public officer, yet genial and
obliging to all under all circumstances. These qualities make the efficient and
popular official.
He was married to Miss Mary A. Ray, a
native of Oregon, reared in this county, and daughter of Samuel Ray. Mr.
Moseley is a member of the Woodbridge Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the
Eastern Star; also of Truth Lodge, Rebekah Degree, and Encampment, I. O. O. F.,
and of Upchurch Lodge, A. O. U. W.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 242-245. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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