Merced County Biographies

THOMAS BURTON STRIBLING, JR.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Agriculture has been the life occupation of Thomas Burton Stribling, 
Jr., for he was only fourteen years old when he determined to make this line his 
life's work. In 1911 he established the Stribling Nursery which he operated 
alone for ten years; then in 1921, he became associated with Ivan Lilley and the 
firm now operates under the name of Lilley & Stribling Nursery, and they have 
succeeded in building up a prosperous business. Mr. Stribling was born at 
Granite Spring, Mariposa County, Cal., on August 28, 1895, a son of Thomas 
Burton and Mary Lavina (Halstead) Stribling, both natives of California, and 
still living. The grandparents of our subject crossed the plains to California 
in an early day.
        Thomas Burton Stribling, Jr., attended the public schools in Mariposa, 
Merced and Stanislaus Counties, with three years in high school. During vacation 
periods he worked in a nursery and started his own business in 1911 in Merced.
        The marriage of Mr. Stribling united him with Miss Eugenia Inez Cabral, 
and they are the parents of three children: Willis Anthony, Burt Lee and Ivan 
LeRoy. Mr. Stribling served for three months during the World War and is a 
member of the local American Legion Post; he is also affiliated fraternally with 
Merced Lodge No. 1240, B. P. O. Elks, and the Red Men of Le Grand; he also is a 
member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Bureau. In politics he is 
Independent.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 866