San Joaquin County Biographies


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JOHN BRICHETTO
 
        Prominent among the experienced and highly progressive financiers of 
California to whom San Joaquin County in particular owes much for its up-to-date 
development along the broadest and most permanent lines, is John Brichetto, the 
well-known farmer and banker of Stockton, who was born at Banta, Cal., on 
February 5, 1881, the son of G. and Luigia (Canale) Brichetto, the former of 
whom is now deceased, and both of whom were natives of Italy. The father came to 
San Joaquin County in 1867, here mined, and then worked at tunnel construction 
for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Then, for a while, he settled in the 
San Joaquin Gardens on the river, and later located at Banta, where he raised 
and sold vegetables. In 1872, he opened a general store at Banta, which he 
conducted for many years. He was a large farmer and landowner in the Banta 
district at the time of his death, in 1916, and owned 9,000 acres of land on the 
West Side. Several children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brichetto, and among them 
were Irene, Minnie, Joseph C., Mrs. Mollie Raspo, and John, who was educated in 
the public schools of the locality, and at Santa Clara College. When through 
with his studies, he was associated with his father in the store at Banta, and 
after that he formed a partnership with his brother, Joseph C., under the name 
of Brichetto Bros., and they are now known as large grain farmers on the West 
Side, farming about 3,000 acres. Mr. Brichetto is president of the Board of 
Directors of the Banta-Carolinia Irrigation district, recently formed, which 
will care for the irrigation of some 20,000 acres in the Tracy and Banta 
districts.
        In addition to his activity in agricultural circles, Mr. Brichetto is 
also prominent in banking circles. He is a member, for example, of the Advisory 
Board of the Stockton Branch of the Bank of Italy, and previously he was a 
director in the San Joaquin Valley National Bank of Stockton. He was also a 
director in the Bank of Tracy. He was once postmaster at Banta, and he is at 
present manager of the G. Brichetto estate.
        In the year 1916, at San Francisco, Cal., Mr. Brichetto was married to 
Miss Nancy Kneass, a native of San Francisco and the daughter of E. D. Kneass of 
San Jose, Cal., a gifted lady, sharing the responsibilities and the rewards of 
her husband's strenuous life. Mr. Brichetto belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the 
Stockton Elks, and the Olympic Club of San Francisco.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p     1279     
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.