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HUGH J. TYE
A distinguished representative of
the California Bar is Hugh J. Tye, the senior member o the well-known law firm
of Messrs. Tye & Edwards, having offices in the Savings & Loan Bank
Building at Stockton. He was born in
that city on August 26, 1880, the son of Hugh Tye, who was also born in
Stockton, while his father, Hugh Tye, the grandfather of our subject, was born
in Connecticut and came out to California and Stockton in 1852. Hugh attended St. Mary’s College at Stockton,
having first gone to the Washington and the York’s private schools, and at the
age of fourteen he was a messenger boy in the Stockton post office, under
Postmaster Eli Thrift. He later entered
the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and after that was a member of the
Stockton police force. While doing
police duty he studied law under Judge Webster; in 1911 he was admitted to the
bar in California.
Mr. Tye was elected police judge of
Stockton in 1914, and served for four years; but he was then defeated in his
candidacy for the office of district attorney.
He thereupon formed a partnership with Lawrence Edwards, under the firm
name of Tye & Edwards, and together, they have built up a large and
lucrative practice. This law firm is now
located in the Commercial and Savings Bank Building.
On May 8, 1903, at Stockton, Mr. Tye
was married to Miss Elizabeth T. Freeman, a native of Stockton whose family
came from New York to San Joaquin County in early days; and they have three
children: Lucile, attending the
Dominican College at San Rafael; Gordon, attending St. Mary’s College at
Stockton; and the youngest is Hugh J., representing the fourth generation with
the given name of Hugh. Mr. Tye has been
active in the fraternal order of the Eagles, being past president of the
Stockton Lodge, and he belongs to Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W., the
Yosemite Club, and the Stockton Golf and Country Club.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1180. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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