San Joaquin County Biographies


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CHARLES L. CREIGHTON.
 
        In 1915, Charles L. Creighton settled in the Summer Home district of San 
Joaquin County where he acquired sixty acres, a portion of the home place of 
Peter Clapp, who formerly owned 12,000 acres in this section of the county. From 
1885 to 1915 Mr. Creighton successfully farmed in Sonoma County where he had a 
preemption of 160 acres, which was developed to vineyard and orchard. He is a 
native of New York, having been born near Fort Covington, July 19, 1860. His 
father, William A. Creighton, was born in Salem, N. Y., and later removed to 
Franklin County, where he farmed to hay and grain for New York City markets.     
    Charles L. Creighton received his education in the public schools of his 
locality, but the hard work on the home farm in his young days has proven of 
great value in later life, and has been the means of much of his success in his 
agricultural and horticultural activities.
        At twenty-one years of age he left home to paddle his own canoe and four 
years later he settled at Santa Rosa, where he preempted 160 acres of raw land; 
this land he developed to a vineyard and orchard and there he remained until 
1915 when he located in San Joaquin County. He was married on October 22, 1901, 
at San Francisco, to Miss Margaret Hadden, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah 
Hadden, natives of County Armagh, Ireland, who had located in San Francisco in 
1901. Mr. and Mrs. Creighton are the parents of one son, William Henry. While 
residing in Sonoma County Mr. Creighton served as school trustee for the Los 
Alamos school district and wherever he has been he has supported the farm bureau 
of his locality. Fraternally, Mr. Creighton is a member of the Odd Fellows, 
while Mrs. Creighton is a member of the Rebekahs of Manteca, and in religious 
faith they belong to the Christian Church of Manteca. Politically, Mr. Creighton 
is a Republican and is a firm believer in the future greatness and prosperity of 
San Joaquin County. He has taken advantage of the natural resources of the state 
afforded to the agriculturist and horticulturist and in both branches of his 
business is meeting with gratifying success.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p    1374      
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.