Madera County Biographies

J. H. STOUTENBOROUGH, Jr.

Transcribed by Craig A Hahn

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J. H. STOUTENBOROUGH, Jr., a native son of the Golden West, was born in San 
Francisco, January 5, 1858. His father, J. H. Stoutenborough, was a pioneer of 
1852 from Brooklyn, New York. He was an extensive speculator during the Fraser 
river excitement, but his life has been mainly devoted to mercantile pursuits. 
He was in the employ of J. W. Britton & Co., who were among the earliest 
hardware dealers in San Francisco, for twenty-four years. In 1877 he started a 
general merchandise store at Bishop, Inyo County, placing his son J. H. 
Stoutenborough, Jr., in charge of the store, and in 1882 Mr. Stoutenborough 
moved to Bishop to superintend his own interests, where he still resides. The 
maternal grandfather of our subject, James Madison Welch, was a California 
pioneer of 1849, from Kittery, Maine. He was by trade a builder and contractor; 
he was an active member of the vigilance committee, and he erected the scaffold 
from the window of Armes & Dallam�s store on Sacramento street for the hanging 
of Casey and Corey. Later he was captain of the police force, and held the 
position for eleven years, dying in Napa City where he lived after he retired 
from business. J. H. Stoutenborough, Jr., was educated in the grammar schools of 
San Francisco, then one year in the high school, and graduated from the 
commercial department of St. Mary�s College of San Francisco in December, 1876. 
He then went to Bishop, in February 1877, to take charge of his father�s store, 
and remained as clerk and book-keeper until October, 1887, when he came to 
Madera.
     He was then engaged in painting about one year, then as deputy postmaster 
under J. Orrin Sharp, and on April 1, 1890, was engaged by the Madera Flume & 
Trading Company as assistant book-keeper.
     He was one of the charter members of the Madera Parlor, No. 130, N. S. G. 
W., which was established October 8, 1888, and for about two years held the 
position of recording secretary. 
 
Memorial and Biographical History of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, 
California Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, p. 808-809