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CHARLES W. THOMAS
Well known in San Joaquin County,
not only for his successful participation in building operations, but also as a
prominent Mason, is Charles W. Thomas, who is now the manager of the Sciots
Club of Stockton. His birthplace is
Clifton Hill, Missouri, where he was born August 4, 1868, a son of Wayne and
Martha (McDavitt) Thomas, the former a native of
Kentucky and the latter of Missouri.
Wayne Thomas was a grower of large quantities of tobacco in the south
until 1874, when he arrived in California, settling at once in San Joaquin
County, where he rented land which he farmed to grain. The ranch was known as the Brick ranch and is
located near Bellota; later he purchased twenty-five acres near Linden, where
with his son, Charles W., our subject, he planted an orchard of peaches,
apricots and prunes and at the same time followed his trade of carpenter in the
district. Wayne Thomas joined the
Masonic order while residing in the east and upon taking up his residence in
San Joaquin County he was demitted to the Linden Lodge. He was married three times. There were no children by the first wife and
one daughter by the second wife, Mrs. Malinda Rose; there were five children by
the third wife: Mrs. Lazetti
Matlock; Mrs. Lulu Ilgenfritz; William B.; John J.;
and Charles W. Wayne Thomas was a Mason
for fifty years and he passed away in 1912; his wife is also deceased. Charles W. was educated in the Linden school
and learned the carpenter’s trade with his father and followed his trade in
Linden and Stockton; he built the Linden Hotel and was proprietor for ten
years. Three years ago he located in
Stockton and was employed on the construction of the Masonic Temple.
The marriage of Mr. Thomas united
him with Miss Clara Bernasconi, a native of Calaveras
County, California, and three children have been born to them: Martha J.; Viola Lulu; and Charles
Clifton. Mr. Thomas has been a Mason for
thirty years; he is past master of the Valley Lodge No. 135, of Linden; a 30th
degree Mason Scottish Rite, and in January, 1922, he was appointed manager of
the Sciots Club in Stockton. Mr. Thomas
is energetic, progressive and practical, and is therefore meeting with well
deserved success.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1191. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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