Yolo-Butte-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Plant, Albert J. 1859 - 1911
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

ALBERT J. PLANT

    Formerly prominent in business circles of Davis, Yolo county, Albert J.
Plant was born in Bangor, Butte county, Cal., June 11, 1859, the son of Lewis J.
Plant, of Alabama, and Sarah (Lanham) Plant, a Kentuckian, having crossed the
plains from St. Joseph, Mo., in 1852. Locating in Clipper Mills, Butte county,
Mr. Plant prospected for a time, later engaging in the hotel business, which
proved most profitable. Subsequently, when the Central Pacific Railroad started
the construction of a line to connect at Terrace, Utah, with the main road of
the Union Pacific, he utilized the insight which he had gained in his last
venture by at once taking-advantage of the opportunity thus presented for the
establishment along the prospective line of eating houses for the accommodation
of the railroad crew. To this end he traveled in advance of the workers, and
upon reaching Terrace remained for a time. Returning to California in 1859 he
located in Davis, Yolo county. His next enterprise was the launching of the
pioneer newspaper of that section, the Davisville Advertiser, in connection with
which he conducted a grocery store. In addition to this publication he
maintained a restaurant in the railroad depot of the town, and also opened a
liquor store later, actively continuing his duties, until his death in 1897.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Plant, namely, Eudora, Mrs.
Frank Swan, now deceased; Laura, Mrs. C. W. Paine, who resides in Sacramento;
Edith, of Pacific Grove; Ethel, now Mrs. George Sutton, whose home is in
Vallejo; and Albert J., the subject of this review.

    At the age of sixteen Albert J. Plant started in life for himself, working
for a time in Sacramento, and later establishing a cigar store in that city. In
1886 he returned to Davis and took the position of bookkeeper with Liggett &
Drummond, merchants, faithfully performing his duties for nine years. In 1896 he
determined to start in business for himself, and thereupon engaged in the grain
and warehouse industry at Davis, which he conducted so judiciously that his
position in the financial world became yearly more secure and the business grew
until he operated three warehouses in which were stored large quantities of
grain. He was also grain buyer for Garrett & Thomas, of Woodland, and besides
his many other duties was for some years notary public and agent for several
life insurance companies. A life-long Republican, he was very prominent and
active in the party. His death occurred at his home in Davis December 27, 1911.

    From his wife, who was formerly Mary Borchers, of Sacramento, and to whom he
was married in 1888, Mr. Plant received the most helpful encouragement in all
his undertakings, and her death in 1907 brought grief beyond expression to the
stricken family. Of the four children, Forrest A. was a student at the
University of California at the time of his father's death, after which he gave
up his studies and has since had charge of the grain and warehouse business,
conducting it along the lines maintained by the father during his lifetime; this
son is also administrator of the estate; Lois M. (Mrs. H. Beckett), June Rose
and Marion B. complete the family. Mr. Plant was an active member of Golden Seal
Lodge No. 110, K. P., of Davis. By his straightforward business methods and
integrity he had acquired a high standing and his passing away was not only a
great loss to his family and friends, but to the whole community.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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