Portrait of Mr. Stockton with A Portrait of Mr. Stockton
James R. Stockton Sr. in front of a portrait of his father Telfair Stockton, seated at his desk in the old Atlantic Bank Building in downtown Jacksonville in the early 1950’s. Telfair Stockton founded Telfair Stockton and Co. in the late 1800’s and played a major role in establishing Jacksonville as a port city. James Stockton acquired most of the property in Ponte Vedra from National Lead Company in the 1940’s and then merged his business with Whatley & Davin Co. to form Stockton, Whatley & Davin Co., which became one of the largest mortgage banking, real estate and insurance companies in the Southeast.
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