San Joaquin County Biographies


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EVERETT H. WOLF.
 
        A progressive native son, whose advancement has been steady, is Everett 
H. Wolf, the capable president and general manager of the Stockton Paint 
Company, located at No. 547 East Main Street. He was born in Stockton, Cal., on 
August 24, 1888, a son of William and Hermina (Rothenbush) Wolf, both natives of 
California, and numbered with the pioneers of San Joaquin County. His father was 
in the grocery business in early days with the Hedges Buck Company; later he was 
superintendent of streets at Stockton; after retiring he lived in this city 
until he passed away, being survived by his widow. The only child was Everett 
H., who attended school at the Weber, Fremont and El Dorado grammar schools and 
was graduated from the Stockton high school with the class of 1906. As a boy he 
worked in the Stockton Paint Company store and after finishing his education 
entered their employ as a regular. He learned the business thoroughly and worked 
his way up until he became president and general manager, a position he has 
filled since 1912. The Stockton Paint Company was established some twenty-five 
years ago, carrying a general line of paints and doing contract painting. In 
1904 they started the manufacture of "Old Mission" paint, which has become very 
popular throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, Southern Oregon and 
Nevada, the territory covered by their traveling men. The present members of the 
corporation have owned the business since 1912. Besides the manufacture and 
selling of their own products, they carry on a retail business and jobbing lines 
of Eastern goods.
        The marriage of Mr. Wolf, at San Francisco, united him with Miss Evelyn 
Watts, a native of Modesto, Stanislaus County, Cal., and they are the parents of 
two children, Marjorie Jane and Mary Evelyn. In fraternal circles Mr. Wolf is a 
member of Stockton Lodge No. 218, Elks; of the Anteros Club, the Rotary Club of 
Stockton, the Chamber of Commerce, and Merchants' Association.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p    957      
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.