The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon.
“The development of the automobile industry has led to the creation of various related enterprises, among them being that of the modern garage; and these enterprises have called for the brains, experience and aggressive initiative of thousands known in other fields as successful men of affairs,” biographer Samuel Armor wrote in 1921. “One such man is Albert H. Sitton, proprietor of Sitton’s Garage.”
Sitton was born in Downey, CA in 1878 to Brice and Nannie Sitton. The younger of two children, Albert attended public schools in Orange County and then worked in the bicycle business in Santa Ana.
In 1900, he moved to Fullerton and continued to repair bicycles for a couple of years before going into business for himself in the new automobile industry.
“It was only a step, and a very natural one, to work into automobile repairs and sales; and now, with northern Orange County as his field, he is the wide-awake agent for the Overland and Willys-Knight,” Armor wrote. “Self-made in more respects than one, with his own hand at the helm, Mr. Sitton has been so successful that he needs to employ ten men.”
Sitton’s garage was one of Fullerton’s earliest car dealerships. It was first located just south of the post office on Spadra [Harbor], and then expanded, as the article below explains.
In 1902, Albert married Rose B. Rogers in Fullerton. They had one son, Arthur.
Albert was a Republican in party politics. He served with Company L of the Seventh California Regiment in the Spanish-American War. He was a school board member for 12 years and served one four-year term on City Council.
Sitton pioneered the automobile industry in northern Orange County, and was honored in 1959 by having the County’s first juvenile facility (the Albert Sitton Home) named after him.
Albert Sitton passed away in 1967.
Fullerton History 
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