Tulare County Biographies

J. A. SUTTEN

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        J. A. Sutten, proprietor of the Home Bakery in Visalia, is a native son 
of California, having been born in San Benito county on November 14, 1887. His 
parents, G. D. and Laura J. (Singleton) Sutten, crossed the plains in the early 
days and resided at various places in California. The mother is now deceased but 
the father is still living, being over eighty-four years of age.
        The subject of this sketch is the youngest in a family of seven 
children. He received his education in the public schools and at the age of 
thirteen years started to learn the baker's trade in the city of San Francisco. 
He worked in that city for several years, mastering all the details of the 
baking business, after which he operated bakeries in Hollister, San Jose and 
other places until February, 1921, when he came to Visalia and purchased the 
Home Bakery. The business of this establishment had been allowed to run down, 
but Mr. Sutten went to work to reinstate its popularity, with the result that he 
is now doing a business amounting to around two hundred thousand dollars 
annually. He does only a wholesale business, has fourteen men constantly 
employed and six trucks conveying the products of the bakery to towns in Tulare, 
Kings and Kern counties. In 1924 plans were made contemplating the erection of a 
new plant, to be equipped with the most modern appliances.
        Mr. Sutten is aligned with the republican party politically and takes an 
interest in public affairs. Soon after becoming a resident of Visalia he joined 
the Commercial Club, and he can always be counted on to aid any project for the 
betterment of the public health, morals or material progress. He belongs to the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and 
the Loyal Order of Moose, and finds his recreation in hunting and in fishing. He 
married Miss Ora L. Thompson, a native of Madera, California, and they have two 
children,. Artice and Lorraine.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 491