Sutter-Yuba County Biographies


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JEREMIAH PETER SULLIVAN
 
            Although still a young man, Jeremiah Peter Sullivan has already 
attained substantial and well-merited success.  Imbued with the progressive 
spirit of the West, he has steadily forged to the front.  His attention has 
always been concentrated upon the undertaking business, of hiwch he has a 
specialized knowledge; and he is now a member of the firm of Lipp & Sullivan, 
well-known morticians of Marysville.  A native son, he was born in Colusa, in 
the county of that name, on July 5, 1888.  His parents were Timothy and Bridget 
(Keiley) Sullivan.  In 1860 the father left his home in Indiana and started for 
the Pacific Coast, California being his destination.  He settled in Colusa, 
where he embarked in business as a liveryman; and for forty years he 
successfully conducted that business. He is now living retired in Colusa, but 
the mother died in 1917.
            J. P. Sullivan supplemented his public-school education by a 
commercial course, and on entering the business world first worked for the firm 
of Halstead & Company, embalmers, of San Francisco.  He remained with them for a 
year, and during 1912-1913 was in the employ of Kelly Brothers.  In September of 
the latter year he engaged in business in Colusa in association with his 
brother; and after severing that relationship he came to Marysville, on January 
1, 1923.  He became a member of the firm of Lipp & Sullivan, funeral directors, 
successors to Kelly Brothers, Underaking Parlors.  They are tactful, unobtrusive 
and efficient in their methods of operation, and their equipment and accessories 
are the best that can be obtained, while their prices are always reasonable.
            In May, 1918, during the progress of the World War, Mr. Sullivan 
enlisted in the United States Army and saw active service as a member of the 
Field Hospital Corps, remaining over seas for ten months.  He is a member of the 
Knights of Columbus, and also of the Elks, Eagles, Foresters and Rotary Club, 
and finds recreation in hunting and other outdoor sports.  He is a typical young 
business man of the present age, keen, wide-awake and energetic, with an 
optimistic faith in the future of Yuba County, and his interest in the welfare 
of his community is deep and sincere.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 984-987