Joshua Francis Chadbourne (April 30, 1873 – December 5, 1959) was born in Centerville (

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), California and died in

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. He was a businessman who opened the first auto mechanic shop between

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and

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in Irvington, California. He also owned a large apricot orchard in Irvington.

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(an elementary school in the

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) was named after him, as the benefactor of the land for the school.

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