San Joaquin County Biographies


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STEPHEN N. BLEWETT.
 
        A representative of the legal profession, whose efforts have always been 
used for the advancement of his locality is Stephen N. Blewett, the junior 
member of the law firm of Webster, Webster & Blewett, patent and corporation 
attorneys in Stockton. He was born at St. Ives, Cornwall, England, on January 4, 
1890, and at the age of thirteen years left his home for the United States and 
came to Stockton to reside with his uncle, Richard Noall, one of the pioneer 
building contractors of Stockton.
        Stephen N. pursued his education in the Stockton grammar school and was 
graduated from the Stockton high school with the class of 1910. During his 
junior and senior years at high school, he was class president, and was also 
president of the debating club for two years. The spare moments during his four 
year high school course were devoted to the study of law in the office of Joshua 
B. Webster, and on July 17, 1911, one year after his graduation from high 
school, he was admitted to the bar and became a member of the firm of Webster, 
Webster & Blewett.
        The marriage of Mr. Blewett united him with Miss Bess Simard, a native 
of Stockton and a member of a pioneer family. Mr. and Mrs. Blewett are the 
parents of three sons: Robert N., Stephen E., and Richard E. Fraternally Mr. 
Blewett is a member of Scottish Rite Consistory, San Joaquin Lodge, No. 19, F. & 
A. M. and of the Aahmes Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of Oakland; a member of the 
Truth Lodge No. 55, I. O. O. F., and has passed through all the chairs, and is 
past district deputy of this district; he also belongs to the Encampment and 
Canton, and to the Stockton Lodge No. 218, B. P. O. E. During the World War he 
was one of the Four-Minute men and his efforts were given unstintedly to the 
cause for which we fought. His activities in community matters are most 
pronounced and his influence and support are given freely to all improvements 
tending to the good of the city and county.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p    1570      
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.