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HARRY C. STANLEY
A representative of the bar of San
Joaquin County, Harry C. Stanley is a native of Iowa, born at Lewis, Cass
County, December 1, 1877. He is a son of Horace M. and Sarah (Upson)
Stanley, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Illinois, who now have
five living children: Harry C.; Mrs.
Maude Mill, of San Francisco; Arthur E., of Tuolumne County; Fred R., a deputy
county clerk of San Joaquin County; and Mrs. Grace Goodwin, of Lodi. The family came to California in 1879,
locating in Tuolumne County. There the
father followed mining, in later years coming to Lodi, where he engaged in
building operations.
Harry C. Stanley attended school in
Tuolumne County, and later the Stockton Business College, Heald’s Business
College in San Francisco, the Y. M. C. A. Law School in San Francisco, and the
law department of Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa. He was admitted to the bar in California,
January 15, 1906, and began practicing law on November 1, 1909. In the interim between 1906 and 1909, Mr.
Stanley was engaged as instructor in the commercial and normal departments of
the Stockton branch of Heald’s College.
He opened up his first law office in the Stockton Savings and Loan Bank
Building, November 1, 1909. He served as
assistant district attorney of San Joaquin County under District Attorney
Charles Light, who died while in office.
He pursues a general law practice and maintains offices in the Farmers
and Merchants Building.
At Stockton, Mr. Stanley was united
in marriage with Miss Cora E. Sperry, a native daughter of that city, whose
father, Nelson Benjamin Sperry, was one of Stockton’s pioneer residents, coming
here in 1858. Prominent in fraternal
circles, Mr. Stanley is a member of Morning Star Lodge No. 68, F. & A. M.;
is Past Noble Grand of Truth Lodge No. 55, I. O. O. F.; has passed through all
chairs of Parker Encampment; and is past commander of Yosemite Tent No. 35, K.
O. T. M.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1044. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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