History of Santa Clara County California with biographical sketches, Part 140

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1934

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NEWMAN HALL .- Erected in 1914, Newman Hall of San Jose will ever stand as a monument to its builder, the late Archbishop of San Francisco, Patrick William Riordan, through whose generosity it was made possible, while its name will recall that great prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardi- nal Newman, whose kindly spirit won for him the love and veneration of his people.

The Newman Club of San Jose was organized pri- marily as an institution among the Catholic girls to foster the ideals that have been the basis of progres- sive civilization during the Christian era. The earliest manifestation of the idea of a Catholic university club seems to have been at Oxford. The Newman society there, under the direction of the Jesuits, organized in the early '90s. The first club of the kind in America was an organization of Catholic stu- dents at Harvard in 1895. Similar organizations followed until there are Catholic clubs in most of the state universities and a number of the normal schools and teachers' colleges, and at Vassar, DePauw, Cor- nell, Bryn Mawr, Smith, Columbia, Brown, Stanford.

The substantial brick and concrete structure erected at 75 South Fifth Street, San Jose, about seven years ago, is now the home of 160 young women students of the State Teachers College at San Jose. It was one of the last activities that marked the life achievements of Archbishop Riordan. his death oc- curring in December, 1914. A large, one-story struc- ture, it has a large auditorium with a splendidly- equipped stage, an ideal recreation hall, a library, reading room, great hospitable-looking fireplaces and an open lanai attractively fitted with porch furni- ture, and there is no question regarding the enjoy- ment of the young women who are fortunate in this environment. Here they may find not only a place for rest, study and recreation, but a place where they may attend lectures, hear good music, and enjoy other cultural advantages, all of which are to better equip them for their profession as teachers.

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Father Collins, the rector of St. Patrick's Church of San Jose, is chaplain of the club and through him spiritual pabulum is liberally supplied; it has a board of directors consisting of twelve ladies of San Jose, while the discipline and the details of the busi- ness is in charge of a resident secretary. In addition to its marked Christian character, it breathes out a strictly Californian spirit and is a valuable adjunct to the State Teachers' College.

BART GATTUCCIO, M. D .- Among the many physicians who loyally responded to their country's call during the late war, giving of their professional services during that crucial time, must be mentioned Dr. Bart Gattuccio. Able and dependable, he is fast taking a place among the foremost practitioners of San Jose. He maintains a suite of offices in the Bank of San Jose Building, where he has been located for the past three years. Dr. Gattuccio was born in Tratra, Province of Palermo, Sicily, on July 28, 1893, the son of Joseph and Sarah (De Matteo) Gat- tuccio, who came to Santa Clara County when Bart was but a lad. His parents are ranchers in the Ever- green district, owning a thirty-acre fruit ranch.

Bart Gattuccio attended the Evergreen grammar school and later the San Jose high school where he graduated with the class of 1912. He then matricu- lated at the Hahnemann Medical College, at San Francisco, now affiliated with the University of Cali- fornia and there he took the regular four-year medi- cal course, graduating in 1916. After that he served as an interne at the San Francisco County Hospital for a year, then went to Santa Cruz and opened up an office and practiced in Santa Cruz County for a year. The war breaking out at that time, he enlisted in the medical service of the U. S. Army and was stationed at Ft. Riley, Kans., at Camp Lewis, and Camp Kearney, where he received his honorable dis- charge, having been given his commission as first lieutenant. The war being over, doffing his uniform for civilian attire, he returned to San Jose there to resume his practice.

Dr. Gattuccio's marriage, which occurred Decem- ber 16, 1920, united him to Miss Anna Wallfisch who was born in New York City, but reared in San Francisco. He is prominent both socially and pro- tessionally, and enjoys a large and growing general practice. Fraternally, he is a member of the Amer- ican Legion, and is a member of the national, state and county medical societies, in all of which he is a popular leading member.

THOMAS C. HOGAN .- San Jose owes much to such experienced and enterprising men as Thomas C. Hogan, the junior member of Messrs. Popp & Hogan, the popular printers, for a first-class exposition of the "art preservative of arts," and the steadily-increas- ing patronage accorded this wide-awake firm is well deserved. A native son, and one always alive to whatever makes for the development and fame of the Golden State, Mr. Hogan was born at San Jose on December 4, 1865, the son of Henry Hogan, a painter who rose to be a contractor. He married Miss Bridget McCarthy, with whom and their children he came from Boston across the Isthmus of Panama in 1863. Landing at San Francisco, the family pushed inland to San Jose. There were eleven chil- dren and nine grew to maturity; but only six are now surviving.

Having progressed through the public schools, Thomas became a student at St. Joseph's College,

at San Jose, and then he learned the printer's trade. He worked for a while on the Times, and then on the Mercury, and then, in 1893, he went into busi- ness for himself. Those familiar with his skill, and that of his partner, their taste, methods of transact- ing business and their high-grade products, will not be surprised to learn that Messrs. Popp & Hogan have done well from their start.

A member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and their San Jose Parlor No. 22, Mr. Hogan is also a member of the Y. M. I., the Eagles and the Elks. He belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, and he is a Democrat. He has served for two years on the board of library trustees of San Jose, for two years on the board of education, and for four years as a member of the city council.

DANIEL W. STOUT .- A craftsman who can well be proud of his excellent workmanship, perfected through many years of painstaking work is Danicl W. Stout, cabinet maker, who is counted among the most expert in the city of San Jose. A native of Green County, Ill, where he was born at White- hall on February 28, 1854, his parents were Dr. J. M. and Julia (Henderson) Stout, born in Ohio near Coshocton and removed to Illinois where the father was. pioneer physician, riding horseback in his prac- tice and carrying medicine in his saddlebags. Both parents have passed away; they had eight children of whom Daniel is the fifth, and he attended the schools at Whitehall, Ill. At the early age of four- teen years, he began to learn the carpenter's trade and worked in that line until eighteen years of age. He went to Kansas and there drove a stage for four years out of Chanute and Independence. Returning home again, he stayed a short time, working as a carpenter, and then going West, spent a while in Colorado, and New Mexico, where he drove a stage and also worked at his trade. The year 1890 marks his coming to San Jose and for twenty-eight years he was foreman for J. D. Stuart. During that time he built many substantial structures, such as the Abbot Hotel in Salmas, a large building in Gilroy for Thomas Rae and two buildings at the Lick Ob- servatory on Mount Hamilton and has built numer- ous residences and business houses in San Jose. When J. D. Stuart passed away, Mr. Stout took over the business and now does mostly shop work and has become very successful; he also does a large amount of cabinet work, in which line he is considered an expert. Aside from his contracting business, Mr. Stout with his two sons own a 2,000-acre ranch be- yond Mt. Hamilton, which is well wooded and watered and devoted to farming and stockraising.

Mr. Stout's marriage, which occurred on Novem- ber 8, 1882, united him with Miss Sina Fair, a native of Whitehall, Ill., and they are the parents of four children: Percy and Carl were both enlisted in the defense of their country during the World War; Percy is now on the ranch and Carl is engaged in mining at Virginia City, Nev .; Nina and Leola. Mr. Stout and his family have made a large circle of friends during their long residence in this city and has a high standing in business circles residing with his family at 325 Gifford Avenue. He is past grand of Observatory Lodge No. 23, I. O. O. F., and past chief patriarch of the Encampment and with his wife is a member of the Rebekahs. In national politics, he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party.

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PAUL RUDOLPH .- A highly-esteemed represen- tative of the successful, influential California financier is Paul Rudolph, the popular cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of San Jose, a native son who was born in Bitter Water Valley, San Benito County, Cal., on March 31, 1881. His father, C. L. Rudolph, came to California about 1864 and settled down to farming, and here he was married to Miss Ellen Marie Schmidt, who came out to the coast shortly after his arrival. Mr. Rudolph died in March, 1911, the father of six children, among whom were four boys. Paul, who was next to the youngest, attended the public schools of his locality and then remained at home assisting his father on the ranch until eighteen years of age, when he found employment at ranching, accumulating the means by which he was able to attend the Pa- cific Coast Business College in San Jose, from which he was graduated in 1904. For a while he was with O. W. Palmer, and when he had become thoroughly conversant with the ins and outs of mercantile and financial transactions, he entered the service of the First National Bank, in November, 1904, commencing as a clerk. From the beginning, Mr. Rudolph found banking congenial to his temperament and worked himself up through various positions, and in May, 1919, he was made cashier. This responsible office he still fills, to the satisfaction of all who know him, giving personal attention to the wants of all who deal with the bank. He has been honored with the sec- retaryship of the San Jose Clearing House, and has been made secretary of Group 3 of the California Bankers Association and in addition his fellow-citi- zens have asked him to serve as treasurer of San Jose. Interested in the cause of education, Mr. Rudolph has consented to serve as trustee of Hester school district, to which he generously gives the necessary time and attention. The family reside on Yosemite Street and he is a member of the Hester Improvement Club.

At Palo Alto on August 30, 1911, Mr. Rudolph was married to Miss Evelyn Kennedy of South Dakota, who was educated in Beloit, Wis., completing her education at Stanford University, and they have three children-Eva R., Ellen M., and Paul Rudolph, Jr. The family attend the Presbyterian Church and par- ticipate in much uplift work in the community. Mr. Rudolph was made a Mason in Fraternity Lodge No. 399, F. & A. M., of which he is past master, is a mem- ber of the Consistory, San Jose Country Club, the Elks, president of the 100 Per Cent Club and a charter member of the Commercial Club.

VALENTINE KOCH .- An interesting representa- tive of one of the most interesting, because most im- portant of modern industries is Valentine Koch, the senior member of the well-known and popular firm, V. Koch & Sons. He was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, in March, 1850, the son of Valentine Koch, whose good wife was Caroline Kline before her mar- riage. Both of these worthy parents, who did what they could to start the lad well in the world, are now deceased.

Valentine Koch, Jr., enjoyed the advantages of the common schools in Germany, until fourteen years of age, when he crossed the ocean to the New World. For three years he remained in New York, and there he took up the harness-maker's trade, learning it thoroughly and thus well-equipping himself for the future. In 1867, however, he decided to come out to California. Here he pitched his tent at San Jose

and for thirteen years worked with Mr. Stern in the harness business. Then, with a Mr. Kaiser, he took ap the making of buggies and harness, and under the firm name of Kaiser & Koch, they advanced to suc- cess and prosperity. From his seventeenth year, then, until the present, Mr. Koch has followed sad- dlery; and now he is engaged with his sons in the handling of automobiles, a line of trade founded by them seven years ago. They handle the Elgin Six and have Santa Clara County for their territory.

In 1879, at San Francisco, Mr. Koch was married to Miss Molly Leibenberg, and they have been blessed with two boys and two girls. Mr. Koch belongs to the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Shriners and the Elks, and is a Republican in his preference for national political platforms. Mr. Koch served his fellow-citizens as mayor of San Jose in 1896-97, and prior to that he served in the San Jose city council for four years. He was also a commissioner of the Agnew Asylum for four years, having been appointed by Governor Waterman. Mr. Koch helped to organize the San Jose Building and Loan Asso- ciation, and he is now its president, and the only member living that served on its first board of di- rectors. He is, in addition, a director of the First National Bank

JOHN W. MACAULAY .- In whatever part of the world you find the Scotchman, the people of his com- munity look to him as an example of thrift and industry; a friend of education and enlightenment and standing for all that constitutes good citizenship. The citizen of whom we narrate is John W. Macau- lay, a native of the land of Burns, who has been identified with Santa Clara County for more than a half century and whose parents were among the set- tlers of 1870, coming to this city when it was nothing more than a small town.

Born on February 24, 1860, John W. was the son of John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Macaulay, who were also natives of Scotland and coming to America in 1865, made their first home in this country in Chicago and then later coming to California, located in San Jose in 1870. The father engaged in the photograph business and continued in this line until his death, which occurred in 1876, the mother surviving him until the year 1903.

John received a fair education in the public schools of San Jose and went to work in his father's estab- lishment and at his father's death, took charge of the business. For a while he was in partnership with Mr. Milton Loryea, who was also a photographer, and they worked under the firm name of Loryea and Macaulay, their studio being at 26 South First Street, and here they worked together from 1880 to 1886. Mr. Macaulay then associated himself with the T. W. Hobson Company in their clothing store for about twenty years. In 1906 he embarked in the orchard business at Visalia with J. H. Henry. Disposing of this property in 1919, he established himself in the 1ealty business as the Macaulay Farms Company, at 119 North First Street, in which he has been very successful.

Mr. Macaulay married Miss Mattie Hobson, a na- tive of San Jose, and they are the parents of a daughter, Hazel I., and a son, Thaddeus W., who is secretary and manager of the Macaulay Farms Com- pany, Inc. In 1921 Mr. Macaulay, in conjunction with his brother-in-law, W. B. Hobson, the pioneer clothier, formed the San Jose Securities Company,

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incorporated, which is now a flourishing organization, its offices being with Macaulay Farms Company, Inc., at 119 North First Street.

Mr. Macaulay has always been a very active man, taking part in all movements for the good of the city in which he lives and serving well the country of his adoption. He served for three years in the California National Guards; was a member of the city council for the four years during 1898 and 1902, when the first charter went into effect; in many ways he has shown his deep interest in work of the Chamber of Commerce and the San Jose Realty Board, being secretary of the latter. He is a popular member of the B. P. O. Elks, and in national politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party.

MRS. ADELA R. GUGLIERI .- An esteemed resident of Madrone, Santa Clara County, whose early years were spent in the land of her birth, Mex- ico, is Mrs. Adela R. Guglieri, whose husband, the late Dr. August A. Guglieri, was a well-known phy- sician of San Francisco, and who, in addition to his large medical practice, was extensively interested in horticulture and viticulture, leaving a valuable es- tate at his passing away.

Mrs. Guglieri was born at Colima, Mexico, De- cember 16, 1874; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marce- lino Rodriguez, both died when she was a babe, and she was given a mother's care by Mrs. Viviana Ca- rillo, a close friend of her parents. She was reared and educated at Colima, residing there until 1893, when she accompanied Mrs. Carillo to San Fran- cisco, where they made their home until Mrs. Ca- rillo's death in 1897. In May, 1902, at San Fran- cisco, she was united in marriage with Dr. A. A. Guglieri, and the Bay section remained their home until 1907, when they removed to Madrone, where Dr. Guglieri passed away on November 29, 1919. One child, a daughter. Mary, was born to them and she is now the wife of E. Bolli of Madrone and the mother of a son, Eugene.

Dr. A. A. Guglieri was born at Genoa, Italy, De- cember 13, 1859, the son of a wealthy merchant of Genoa, who for many years operated a large fleet of merchant vessels from this port. He often took passage on these vessels on their long journeyings, and so became acquainted with the people and cus- toms of many lands and climes. When twenty-eight years old he started on a trip around the world and on arriving in Mexico, was so fascinated with this country that he took up the study of herbalist with the Indians at Colima. In 1890 he removed to San Jose and practiced his profession for eleven years, then went to San Francisco and entered Cooper Medical College, and after graduating from this well- known institution, now a part of Stanford Univer- sity. he took up the practice of medicine in San Francisco, becoming widely known and establishing a lucrative practice, in which he actively continued up to three years before his death, maintaining an office in San Jose for a few years.

Dr. Guglieri's first marriage had united him with Miss Frances Carillo, who was a native of Colima, Mexico, and four children were born of this mar- riage: Gregory Guglieri, whose sketch appears elsc- where in this volume; Louise, the wife of Charles Haggans of San Francisco and the mother of one daughter; Irene, Mrs. Marco Borello of Morgan Hill, has one son; Frances, Mrs. Albert Pauls of

Gooding, Idaho, has a son and a daughter. Mrs. Frances Guglieri passed away at San Francisco on the third of February, 1901.

In September, 1899, Dr. Guglieri acquired a tract of ninety acres east of Madrone, which he developed into a fine vineyard. Successful in his profession he accumulated a competency, and from time to time increased his property holdings, and at his passing away he left an estate made up of valuable realty holdings in San Francisco, Oakland, Morgan Hill. Redwood City and Madrone. A man of high stand- ing both in professional ,and business circles, Dr. Guglieri had a wide circle of friends, to whom his death, in November, 1919, came as a distinct loss.

ELTON R. BAILEY .- An efficient administrator whose wide experience and especial adeptness to the peculiar demands of his responsible position have had much to do with oiling the machinery of local com- mercial and financial life, is Elton R. Bailey, the superintendent of the Merchants Association Credit Bureau, with headquarters at 74 North First Street. San Jose, and a membership of 394. As might be expected, he is a native son, and first saw the light at Yreka, Cal., on May 22, 1858. His father, Caleb Bailey, born May 7, 1827, married Miss Arilla Cox, born February 20, 1827, and together they came across the plains by oxen in 1849, proceeding first to Oregon. They brought one son with them, their oldest child. One son was born in Oregon and four daughters and our subject were born in California. Four of the seven are living. From there they journeyed to California, and at Yreka Mr. Bailey en- gaged in mining. After several years of hard and fairly successful work in that field, he and his family removed to Mendocino County; and there he fol- lowed farming until his death on February 14, 1896. Mrs. Bailey, a devoted wife and mother, is also dead, having passed away on February 1, 1910.

Elton went through the local schools at Ukiah, but as a mere boy he had to go to work, and so a large part of his most helpful education was ob- tained in the great school of experience. He re- mained on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and then he came to San Jose and took a course in bookkeeping at the business college in this city. At the same time, he entered the serv- ice of the Southern Pacific Coast Railroad, and there he remained until he was appointed secretary to the medical superintendent of the Agnew State Hospital, a position he continued to fill with credit to him- self and satisfaction to many others for eight years. Then he engaged in real estate transactions in San Jose for a year, and at the end of that period was appointed bookkeeper at the Agnew State Hospital. where he remained for ten years. Returning to San Jose, he was made day captain of police and for five years was charged with the preservation of law and order in and about town. In July, 1913, he accepted his present responsible trust, requiring for its suc- cessful discharge a good knowledge of human nature and daily transactions in life, and much tact and far- sightedness. Naturally Mr. Bailey is a live wirc in the San Jose Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Bailey has been married twice. His first union was with Annie Foster, a native daughter by whom one child, Hazel, now Mrs. David A. Dowsett, of Honolulu, was born. His second marriage united him with Miss Laura P. La Montagne, also a native

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of California and one daughter has blessed this union: Marion J., a student in the public school. In politics, Mr. Bailey is a Republican, and is a 32° Mason, is past master of San Jose lodge No. 10, and in the San Jose chapter of the Eastern Star he is a past patron. He also belongs to the Native Sons of the Golden West, and to San Jose Pyramid No. 9 A. E. O. S. (Since this sketch was written, Mr. Bailey passed away, on June 10, 1922.)

WILLIAM B. HOWE .- A public-spirited man who left behind him a blessed memory at his passing away was William B. Howe, who located in Cali- fornia in 1882. A native of Schenectady, N. Y., he was born on February 27, 1854, a son of Erastus and Mary J. (Burton) Howe, who moved to Wisconsin and settled in the vicinity of Sparta when their son was a child. Both parents passed their remaining years in that locality, the mother surviving until the summer of 1921, when she died at the age of eighty- seven years.

William B. Howe attended the public schools of Sparta, Wis., and at an early age took up agricul- tural pursuits, following that calling in both Wis- consin and near Minneapolis, Minn., when he came to California in 1882 on account of his health. He had married Miss Letty Lanham and they had one son, William L. Howe, now residing in San Jose and the father of two boys, Edwin W. and William B. Mrs. Howe died before he came to California. Mr. Howe settled in San Jose on account of the fine climate and he soon became a traveling sales- man, representing at different times, various houses of San Francisco, and he continued that vocation for eighteen years. For eight years he was connected with the Pacific Milling Company at Paso Robles, where he made his home. He next bought an inter- est in the Scovel Iron Store Company of San Fran- cisco and made his home at San Jose, where he had purchased a six-acre orchard in The Willows and during the time he was not on the road devoted his time to cultivating his place.

Soon after coming to this state Mr. Howe was married to Miss Clara B. Bonar on February 19, 1883, who was a native of Iowa and a daughter of the late Joseph A. Bonar and his wife, who was in maidenhood Miss Anna Forgraves, both natives of Ohio, the latter of Virginian stock. Mr. Bonar came to California in 1872 and followed the trade of a contracting plasterer for many years and was em- ployed on many of the public buildings, business hlocks and residences in San Jose during his active career. He died here in 1902 and Mrs. Bonar passed away in 1906. Of their seven children three are still living: Mrs. Lydia Dalve of Richmond, Cal .; Charles W., of San Francisco, and Mrs. Howe.

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History of Santa Clara County California with biographical sketches, Part 140

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1934

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1934