Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Bryant CROCKETT Jr. 
Birth12 Nov 1850, Kentucky2171, p 2; date only,3946, place only
Death25 Dec 19032176, year only,2198, p 1 Age: 53
Death24 Dec 19033945, p 89 Age: 53
Burial27 Dec 19032198, p 1
MemoSF Chronicle, 31-1; SF Call, 31-5
OccupationPresident, San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, 1885-19023945, opposite p 54
FatherHon. Joseph Bryant CROCKETT (1808-1884)
MotherCaroline Matilda BRYAN (~1816-1891)
Individual Notes
• One of the founding fathers of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.272,2265
• Joseph B. Crockett, who had been president of the San Francisco Gas Light Company since 1885, was named president of the new consolidated organization.
The pioneer Peter Donahue had died in 1885, only two years after he had resigned the presidency of the San Francisco Gas Light Company. He had been succeeded by Eugene P. Murphy, stockbroker and financier, who remained at the helm only during the year 1884. He was followed in office by Crockett, a chief executive of a different character than any of his predecessors. For the first time, the company had a gas engineer as its president.
Joseph B. Crockett, born November 12, 1850, was a son of Joseph Bryant Crockett, who had served 10 years as a justice of the state supreme court. Young Crockett served his gas apprenticeship as an engineer for the City Gas Company in 1873. When that system was merged with the San Francisco Gas Company, he worked and studied under William and James Beggs, veteran engineers and superintendents under Peter Donahue. From there he was advanced to assistant and then chief engineer of the company, a position he retained when he became president in 1885 at the age of thirty-five. One of the great works of his regime was construction in 1891 of the North Beach gas plant on a site on Bay Street between Laguna and Webster.
As president, Crockett was to need all his stamina and youth for the battles that were to come.3945, pp 83-84
• Joseph B. Crockett, who had been president of the San Francisco Gas Light Company since 1885, was named president of the new consolidated organization.
The pioneer Peter Donahue had died in 1885, only two years after he had resigned the presidency of the San Francisco Gas Light Company. He had been succeeded by Eugene P. Murphy, stockbroker and financier, who remained at the helm only during the year 1884. He was followed in office by Crockett, a chief executive of a different character than any of his predecessors. For the first time, the company had a gas engineer as its president.
Joseph B. Crockett, born November 12, 1850, was a son of Joseph Bryant Crockett, who had served 10 years as a justice of the state supreme court. Young Crockett served his gas apprenticeship as an engineer for the City Gas Company in 1873. When that system was merged with the San Francisco Gas Company, he worked and studied under William and James Beggs, veteran engineers and superintendents under Peter Donahue. From there he was advanced to assistant and then chief engineer of the company, a position he retained when he became president in 1885 at the age of thirty-five. One of the great works of his regime was construction in 1891 of the North Beach gas plant on a site on Bay Street between Laguna and Webster.
As president, Crockett was to need all his stamina and youth for the battles that were to come.3945, pp 83-84
Census Data
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 29, b KY. Engineer Gas Works. Father b VA; mother b KY.3946
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 48.5332
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 48.5332
Spouses
Birthabt 1852, Ireland3946
Census Data
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 28, b Ireland. Parents b Ireland.3946
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 46.5332
• 1910 Census: Hillsborough, San Mateo, California. Age 56, b Ireland. Widow. Parents b Ireland. Mother of 2 children, 1 living.5330
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 46.5332
• 1910 Census: Hillsborough, San Mateo, California. Age 56, b Ireland. Widow. Parents b Ireland. Mother of 2 children, 1 living.5330
Marriage1876, San Francisco?, San Francisco, California4291, p 43; marriage only,4844, p 2
ChildrenCaroline (1876-1954)