YUBA COUNTY Biographies
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
JUDGE STEPHEN D. HICKS
Several public offices of trust and responsibility have been ably filled by Judge Stephen D. Hicks, who for the past twelve years has been justice of the peace at Wheatland, and who also figures prominently in business affairs. California numbers him among her native sons. He was born on Coon Creek, in Sutter County, August 20, 1860, of the marriage of James Madison Hicks and Antoinette Schultz, the former a native of Wayne County, Ky., and the latter of New York State. The father came to California in 1852, and a year later the mother arrived in the Golden State. Mr. Hicks first settled on a ranch on Bear River, in Sutter County, residing there until 1858, when he sold the property and acquired a tract of 960 acres on Coon Creek. There he engaged in farming and stock-raising and was very successful in his operations, which were conducted on an extensive scale. One of the foremost men in his community, his life was guided by the beneficent teachings of the Masonic order, with which he was affiliated. To Mr. and Mrs. Hicks were born eight children, of whom two survive: Stephen D., of whom we write, and Champ, a well-known stockman of Yuba County.
Judge Stephen D. Hicks was reared on his father’s farm and attended the district schools near his home, afterward serving an apprenticeship to the blacksmith’s trade, which he followed for eighteen years in Sutter County. He has been a resident of Wheatland since 1903, and in 1911 was elected justice of the peace, of which office he is still the incumbent. His decisions are strictly fair and impartial, and he discharges his duties with a sense of conscientious obligation that makes his work highly satisfactory to the public. He has also been chosen to fill other important offices, serving for four years as town trustee and for eight years as constable of Nicolaus Township, Sutter County. He is likewise and astute, enterprising business man, and under his capable management the interests of the Wheatland Garage are being successfully handled.
Judge Hicks is a charter member of Wheatland Parlor, No. 40, N.S.G.W., and he also maintains fraternal connections with the Masons, the Eastern Star and the Foresters of America. He has devoted much of his life to public service, and has always been loyal to every trust reposed in him. His worth to his community is widely acknowledged, and his record as a man and citizen is an enviable one.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 987-988
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