San Joaquin County Biographies


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WILLIAM HARVEY CROSWHITE. 
 
         Well known in the business circles of Lodi is William Harvey Croswhite, 
an efficient and capable optometrist who also engages in the manufacture of 
optical goods. A native of Washington, he was born at Goldendale July 28, 1893, 
a son of George P. and Jennie (Barrick) Croswhite. The father was born in New 
York, where he was reared and educated, and after reaching young manhood engaged 
in farming; he married Miss Jennie Barrick, a native of Missouri, and they were 
the parents of three children, of whom William Harvey is the eldest, the others 
being Ernest and George, Jr. When William Harvey was a small boy of six years 
his parents removed to San Francisco, where the father engaged in the produce 
business, and there the parents still reside. William Harvey attended the old 
Richmond district grammar school and the San Francisco Y. M. C. A. high school, 
then entered the College of Optometry, from which he was graduated in 1914. 
Before his graduation he was associated with F. A. Hardy and the California 
Optical Company, retailers and wholesalers of optical supplies. Mr. Croswhite 
then opened his own business in San Francisco and continued for three years.
        The marriage of Mr. Croswhite in San Francisco, on February 3, 1915, 
united him with Miss Bessie Kenny, a native of the Bay city, and daughter of W. 
R. and Eliza T. Kenny. W. R. Kenny came to California in an early day and 
engaged in the contracting and building business. Her mother and father are now 
living at Lodi. Mr. and Mrs. Croswhite are the parents of one daughter, Olive 
Marie. In 1920 Mr. Croswhite came to Lodi where he established offices for the 
practice of optometry and the manufacture of optical goods. Mr. Croswhite gives 
his support to the Republican party and is active in fraternal circles, being a 
member of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, and a 
past patron of the O. E. S., of which his wife is also a member.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p 1532         
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.