San Luis Obispo County Biographies

J. B. LeBLANC

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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J. B. LeBLANC, a leading young business man of El Paso de Robles, was born in San Joaquin 
County, California, April 13, 1869. His father. Perry LeBlanc, was a native of Louisiana, 
and the whole family on the paternal side had lived in that State since before the Revolution. 
His mother, nee Sally Hough, was born in Mississippi, the daughter R. N. Hough. Their family 
consisted of five children, four of whom are living. Mr. LeBlanc, the second child, was reared 
and educated in Fresno. His first business enterprise � the management of a bakery � was 
in that town; but he was burned out and he arrived at his present place August 16, 1889, 
connecting himself with the firm of Bennett, Shackelford & LeBlanc, in the hardware business. 
He had learned the art of plumbing before coming here and had become pretty well 
acquainted with hardware. The company now has a fine trade. Mr. LeBlanc is a young man 
of strict business habits and deserves the good reputation he enjoys. In his political views he 
is a Democrat. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.