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J. Wiesendanger
SOME OF THE APARTMENT HOUSES BUILT, OWNED AND OPERATED BY T. WIESENDANGER, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
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JAMES CALHOUN DRAKE, LOS ANGELES
Born at Cincinnati, Washington Co., Ark., July 26, 1858, son of Wesley and Martha Kellum. After receiving a common- school education, obtained appointment as cadet to U. S. Naval Academy, from which graduated in 1880; several years cruising in the Meditteranean, and along the West Indian, Central and South American coasts; then three years in the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, in command of government vessels on the coasts of North Carolina and Georgia. Commencing in 1890, made a three years' cruise around the world in the U. S. S. "Alliance;" most of the time, in Asiatic waters. In 1893 appointed Inspector of Ordnance, San Francisco, and equipped the "Olympia" and "Oregon." In 1895 resumed civil life at Los Angeles; has been Water Works Commissioner; Dir. First Natn'] Bank, twelve years, and Pres. since 1903 of Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank. Dir of other companies and mem. of clubs. Married Fanny Wil- cox, Apr. 26, 1893; two children.
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EDWARD KING ISAACS, LOS ANGELES
Native of Wisconsin; spent boyhood on farm; taught first term of school when seventeen. Attended business college in Madison, Wis., and the Normal Coll. (now the Univer- sity) of Valparaiso, Ind., in which institution he was after- ward an instructor for ten years. Came to Los Angeles in 1892 and has been in active business college work since; is Pres. and manager of the Isaacs-Woodbury Business Coll., established in 1884-the oldest and largest business college in the Southwest. Mr. Isaacs has a national reputation as a penman and business educator; during the last fifteen years has also gained a reputation as an expert authority and court-witness on questioned hand-written documents.
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HOME OF EDWARD KING ISAACS, HOLLYWOOD
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C. RANDALL SPARKS, LOS ANGELES
Born Feb. 25, 1875, at Richmond, Va. Moved to Texas In 1876. Educated at Baylor University, the K. M. I. and other universities. Admitted to Supreme Court of State of Texas, Mar. 9, 1894; accredited as the youngest attorney ever admitted in the state. Public Prosecutor of Mclellan Co., Tex., 1895-7. Moved to state of Washington, 1898; became a member of the firm Fleming, Johnson & Sparks; appointed special Judge of Superior Court; left Washington to become attorney for a cotton company, with headquarters in London. Came to California and was associated with the firm of Morton, Pruitt & Goodrich afterward member of Millsap & Sparks as at present.
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LEWIS EUGENE FORD. D. D. S., LOS ANGELES
Born Rockford, Ill., Jan. 29, 1872. Moved to Chicago and educated in the public schools of that city. Received professional education at Chicago College of Dental Surgery "Lake Forest University"; grad. in spring of 1892, youngest mem. of his class. Came to Los Angeles May, 1892 and began practice of Dentistry. Soon identified himself with dental societies and was Pres. of the Los Angeles Dental Alumni Assn. Was one of the organizers of the Southern California Dental Assn. and served as its first Sec'y. for six years; was then elected Pres. Has been connected with College of Dentistry, Univ. of Cal. for past 12 years and has been its Dean, Professor of Operative Dentistry for past 6 years; was one of the organizers and is still a mem. of the Jonathan Club; mem. and Past Grand Master of Delta Sigma Delta fraternity; mem. of the National Dental Assn. Thirty-second degree, Scot- tish Rite Mason and Shriner. Married in Los Angeles in 1897 to Miss Minnie K. Ballard.
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JOHN R. NORRIS, LOS ANGELES
Born in Charles Co., Md., Sept. 12, 1872; at four years of age moved with parents to Washington, D. C .; public school education, but in business for himself since thirteen years old. For ten years engaged in hotel business in N. Y. City and Chicago, and since coming to Los Angeles in 1903, with the Conservative Life and Pacific Mutual and National Life Insurance Co., U. S. of A. (General Agent since August, 1909). Delegate to National Convention of Life Under- writers at Toronto, Canada, 1907; Los Angeles, 1908; Louis- ville, Ky., 1909. Mem. Overland Club, Pasadena, and City Club, Los Angeles; Mason. Married, Feb. 17, 1901, Vir- ginia Hayes, of Ogden, Utah.
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J. D. FREDERICKS, LOS ANGELES
Born in Pennsylvania in 1869, son of Rev. J. T. Fredericks, a Presbyterian minister. Classical education at Washing- ton-Jefferson Coll., Pa., and came to California in 1890. Taught school and read law at Whittier, Los Angeles Co., in the early nineties and admitted to bar, 1895. Married Agnes M. Blakeley, 1896. Served in Spanish-American War, 1898. Republicans elected him District Attorney of Los. Angeles Co., 1902; re-nominated by all parties, four years later; has banished from the county gambling and illegal liquor selling, and has given the District Attorney's office a strong and fair administration; has made an exhaustive study of crime and its causes, and suggested important remedies for many social evils.
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DR. RALPH HAGAN, LOS ANGELES
Born at St. Paul, Minn., May 13, 1872. Public school education; came to Los Angeles, 1884; graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Southern Cali- fornia January 4, 1895. Served as druggist in Los Angeles County Hospital 1893-5; House Surgeon in same Institu- tion 1895-6; Police Surgeon City of Los Angeles 1897-1901; in general practice since that time. Now Consulting Sur- geon Sisters' Hospital. Police Commissioner City of Los Angeles 1904-5. Life member Los Angeles Athletic Asso- ciation, prominent Mason, a life member and past exalted ruler Los Angeles Lodge Elks No. 99, and member Sierra Madre Club. Married May 12, 1897, to Mamie Berke, native of Northfield, Minn., and one of the society leaders of Los Angeles.
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CHARLES S. MONTGOMERY, LOS ANGELES
Born at Springfield, Ky., Jan. 13, 1870. Educated in public schools and at business college; then engaged in railroad work for two years and for the succeeding four years was a commercial traveler; since 1895 has been identified with the life insurance business. Came to Los Angeles in 1904, having spent several years previously on the Pacific coast. Now, General Manager for Southern California of the National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont; Pres. Life Under- writers' Assn. of Los Angeles, 1908. Married, Dec. 4, 1890, Elsie Westhoven, of Troy, Ohio.
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GEORGE H. HUTTON, SANTA MONICA
Born in St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 5, 1875; childhood spent as ward of his uncle, Rev. George H. Bridgman, Pres. Hamline University, of that city. There Judge Hutton obtained his academic education; legal courses pursued at University of Minnesota. Admitted to Minnesota bar 1893, and for four years served as assistant attorney of Minneapolis & St. Paul Railway. Came to Santa Monica in 1897; continued in general practice until his election as Judge of the Superior Court in 1906. Mem. Masonic fraternity; K. of P. and B. P. O. E. Married, 1897, Dolores Egleston, a native of Pennsylvania; one son, George Robert Egleston Hutton.
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WILLIAM TALTON CRAIG, LOS ANGELES
Born at Watsonville, Cal., Mar. 8, 1866, son of Andrew and Mary Catherine (Pace) Craig. Educated in public schools of Santa Cruz and San Francisco; Univ. of California (grad. 1899, Ph.B.) and Hastings Law Coll., 1889-90. Admitted to prac. by California Supreme Court, Nov. 11, 1890; associated with father, ex-Judge Andrew Craig, in San Francisco, under name of Craig & Craig, until 1893, when he moved to Los Angeles. In 1900 formed with E. T. Dunning the firm of Dunning & Craig, who were attorneys for the Wholesalers Board of Trade; has practiced alone since 1905, he (with Carroll Allen) being attorneys for the body named; also legal representative for many mercantile and mining corpora- tions; has made a specialty of bankruptcy litigation, and is lecturer upon that subject in the Univ. of Southern California. Mem. of leading clubs and commercial bodies; Thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner. Married, Nov. 20, 1905, L. Etta Brown; has two sons.
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JOHN CASPAR AVAKIAN, LOS ANGELES
Born Harpoot, Armenia, Mar. 1, 1875; his father, for forty-three years Dean Faculty of Euphrates Coll., that city. Early education in that institution; came to U. S., 1888; completed preparatory courses in Troy (N. Y.) public school and Cook Academy, Montour Fails (N. Y.), and finished freshman year at Colgate University. Lectured, 1895-7, In Canada and the eastern U. S. in behalf of persecuted Christians in Ottoman Empire; commercial traveler in New England States, 1897-8; student Rensselaer Poly. Ins., 1898-1902 (grad. with degree C. E.). From graduation to Apr., 1903, asst. eng. Lehigh Valley R. R. and locating eng. Buffalo, Dunkirk & Western R. R. Moved to Los Angeles; asst. eng. (U. S. Reclamation Service) on Yuma project, Ariz., and Kla- math project, Ore., 1903-6; June, 1906, opened office in Los Angeles; Oct., 1908, organized Riverside Groves & Water Co. (capital, $1,000,000), of which he is Pres., Gen'l Mang'r and Chief Engineer. Assoc. mem. A. S. C. E.
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N. H. HAMILTON, SANTA MONICA
Born Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 17, 1852. Home in Minnesota from 1854 to 1878; grad. Winona High School 1871; student Univ. of Michigan, 1872-4; grad. Rush Medical Coll., Chicago, 1877. Resided in North Dakota from 1878 to 1893; came to Santa Monica for his health in that year and was appointed District Surgeon for the S. P. R. R. Co .; one of the organizers and first Pres. of Santa Monica Bay Hospital. Mem. American Medical Assn. (twenty- five years), California State Medical Society and Los Angeles County Medical Assn. In Masonry, mem. of Commandery and Mystic Shrine (Malaikah Tempie); Signet Chapter No. 57 R. A. M. of Los Angeles and S. M. Lodge F. & A. M. No. 307. Dir. of Western Masons' Mutual Life Assn. of Los Angeles, and stockholder and dir. of Bank of Santa Monica. Republican. Mem. First Presby- terlan Church of Santa Monica; also, of Optimist Club of America and Committee of One Hundred on National Health. Married Oct. 21, 1887, to Miss Bertha R. Crookston; three daughters.
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HOMER HAMLIN, LOS ANGELES
Born on Pine Island, Minn., 1864. Educated in common and high schools. Came to California, 1886, locating in San Diego, where, in 1887, began civil engineering in City Engineer's office. Located in Los Angeles, 1895, and since been engaged in professional work; 1904-6, in charge of reclamation work at Yuma, Ariz. as Project Engineer; appointed City Engineer of Los Angeles (still in office), 1906; first year of his service completed the out-fall sewer for the city. Is Consulting Engineer for Los Angeles Aqueduct, and Chief Engineer Bureau Harbor Improvements of the city; one of the leading engineers of the Pacific coast. Mar- ried, 1889, Miss C. D. Smith.
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ROBERT DOLLARD, SANTA MONICA
Born Fall River, Mass., 1842. Educated public schools. Enlisted Apr. 16, 1861, Co. B, Fourth Mass. Inf., serving throughout the war; promoted through all grades to major, receiving that commission in October, 1864. Located at Galesburg, Ill., 1866; admitted to the bar, 1870; prac. there until 1879, when became first settler Douglas Co., Dakota Ty. Mem. of Senate Dakota Ty., First Constitutional Con- vention, 1883, South Dakota, also, cf Second, in 1885; elected Attorney General under provisional government, and on admission of South Dakota, in 1889, became Attorney General of State, also member of House and Senate legislature of that state. Came to Santa Monica, 1907. Mem. Loyal Legion G. A. R. and K. of P. Married 1875, Carrie Dunn at Yates City, Il1.
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EDITH JANE CLAYPOLE, M. D., PASADENA
Born in Bristol, England, daughter of Edward Waller and Jane (Trotter) Claypole. Grad. from Buchtel Coll., Akron, Ohio (Ph.B.) and from Cornell Univ. (M.S.). Taught at Wellesley College for five years, two of which, as acting-professor. Attended Medical department of Cornell University for two years, teaching in the department during same time; then came to California and taught one year at Throop Polytechnic Institute; completed medical stud- ies at University of Southern California (degree, M.D). Prominent as a pathologist and writer on medical subjects. Fellow American Assn. for the Advancement of Science and Southern California Academy of Science. Mem. American Medical Assn., California State Medical Society, Wellesley College Club and Cornell Uni- versity Club of Southern California. Attending pathologist to Pasadena Hospital.
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STEPHEN HARRIS TAFT, SAWTELLE
Born Sept. 14, 1825, at Palermo, N. Y. Abolitionist speaker at eighteen; entered ministry at twenty-two. Delegate to the National Free Soil Convention of 1852, the Anti-Nebraska con- vention held at Saratoga Springs, and to the Maine Law conven- tion of New York that nominated Governor Clark in 1854. Came to Iowa in 1862; laid out the town of Humboldt, organized a church and built a saw- and grist-mill; founded Humboldt Coll., in 1872, of which Pres. nine years. Has attended five centennial celebra- tions-Battle of Lexington, Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, Discovery of Oxygen Gas and World's Centennial Temperance Congress of 1908; also, bi-centennial of the coming of Great Ancestor from England to America. Has entertained at his eastern home many celebrated reformers, men and women. Came to California, 1896; superintended founding of Sawtelle; first Pres. Los Angeles County Anti-Saloon League.
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HERMAN WASHINGTON FRANK, LOS ANGELES
Born at Portland, Ore., July 4, 1860, son of Abraham and Matilda Frank, Oregon pioneers. Educated in the public schools and at Whiteman College, Walla Walla, Wash. Became clerk in general store at Weston, Ore .; in 1876 identified with large San Francisco wholesale house, and in 1887 came to Los Angeles; in 1888 became partner in L. Harris & Co. (now Harris & Frank), a leading house on the Pacific coast. Mem. Board of Education for the past four years; Pres., for ten years, of the Associated Charities; dir. for years of the Merchants' & Manufacturers' Assn. (Pres. 1896-8); in connection with that body, in latter year, raised (with Judge Charles Silent) $26,000 for the relief of the unemployed in Los Angeles. Pres. of Harris & Frank, Inc., Secy. L. Harris Realty Co., and Riverside Vineyard Co., Inc. Dir. National Bank Cali- fornia. Married, Nov. 14, 1888, Sadie Harris, a native of Los Angeles; two sons, Alvin H. and Lawrence P.
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ERNEST CARROLL MOORE, LOS ANGELES
Born July 20, 1871, Youngstown, O. Attended public schools and Rayen High School. Teacher in elementary schools. A. B., from Ohio Normal Univ., 1892; LL. B., 1894; M. A., Columbia Univ. 1896; Ph. D., Univ. of Chicago, 1898. Married 1896 Dr. Dorothea Lummis. Admitted to Ohio Bar 1893; Fellow in Educa- tion, Univ. of Chicago, 1897-8; Inst. in Philosophy, Univ. of Calif., 1898-01; Inst. in Education, 1901-02. Asst. Prof. in Educ., Univ. of Calif., 1902-06; Advisory Editor Western Journal of Education, 1903 -: Author magazine articles, pamphlets, monographs, etc .; Pres. Calif. State Board of Charities and Corrections, 1903 -; Phi Beta Kappa Orator, Stanford Univ., 1905; Exes. Secy. Amer. Nat. Red Cross, S. F., April-May, 1906; Dean Summer Session, Univ. of Calif., 1905-07; Supt. of Schools, Los Angeles, 1906-10. 1910 elected Prof. of Education, Yale Univ.
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CHARLES JOHNSON NOYES, LOS ANGELES
Born in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 7, 1841. Dled October 16, 1910. Grad. Haverhill Academy, July, 1860, and Union College, Schenec- tady, N. Y. 1864; Received from the latter A. B., in 1864, and LL.D. in 1888, when he delivered the Honorary Chancellor's address. Admitted to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1864; U. S. DIs- trict and Circuit Courts at Boston 1867, and U. S. Supreme Court, 1877. Came to Callfornia, 1905, admitted to Court of Appeals, Oct. 8, 1906. and to U. S. District and Circuit Courts for Call- fornia, Sept. 16. 1907. Judge of Boston Municipal Court, So. Boston Dist. (appointed by Governor John D. Long), 1882-1905: mem. Massachusetts State Senate, 1867; House of Representatives, 1866, 1877-82, and 1887-8: Speaker of same, last five terms. Re- publican. Mem. Masonic fraternity (past commander and past master). I. O. O. F., K. of P. (past chan.) and B. P. O. E Married, Mar. 9, 1864, to Emily Wells.
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A. H. KOEBIG, LOS ANGELES
Born in Germany, 1852. Educated in government technical uni- versities of that country, graduating from Karlsruhe Polytechnic University in 1876; asst. engineer in German Government Service, 1876-80; came to U. S. in latter year. Assistant and resident engineer for various railway companies, 1880-8. Since 1888 has made a specialty of hydraulic and mining engineering; has served for seven years as a member of the Board of Consulting Engineers for the city of Los Angeles. Is considered one of the foremost engineers in the U. S. on litigated cases concerning water rights. Resident of Los Angeles since 1900. Mem. Engineers & Architects' Assn .; also, California Club, University Club of Los Angeles, Uni- versity Club of Redlands, Los Angeles Country Club and San Gabriel Country Club. In 1909 he formed a partnership with his son, A. H. Koebig, Jr., under the name of Koebig & Koeblg Civil and Consulting Engineers, with offices in Suite 902 Broadway Central Building, Los Angeles.
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GERTRUDE GRIFFIN SMITH, (Deceased)
Born at Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada, June 23rd, 1872; died at Santa Monica, Cal. Sept. 25, 1909. Moved with her parents, John and Mary Jane Griffin, from Ontario to Grand Forks, N. D., 1878. Married P. H. Smith, Dec. 14, 1898; three children; Seville, Saloame (deceased) and P. H. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Smith was greatly beloved for her earnest devotion to her home and friends, and admired for her refinement and culture. During her short residence in Southern California she won the affection of all with whom she came in contact. Her unchanging kindness, her radiant smile, her consideration for others, her purity and womanly devotion, won for her the love of all who came within the circle of her influence.
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P. H. SMITH, LOS ANGELES
Born Mount Pleasant, Ia., May 18, 1861, son of Simon and Jane (Kelly) Smith. He educated himself in the public schools, at Howe's Academy and Iowa Wesleyan University. On leaving college engaged in engineering and for some time was in the employ of the C. B. & Q. R. R. (engineering department). Owner of valuable iron mines in the Mesaba Range, Minn. Came to Santa Monica, 1908. Vice Pres. Merchants National Bank Santa Monica and Mendota Coal & Coke Co., Centralia, Wash. Mem. California Club, and B. P. O. E. Art critics pronounce Mr. Smith's collection of paintings and Oriental rugs the finest on the Pacific coast.
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WILLIAM MULHOLLAND, LOS ANGELES
Born Belfast, Ireland, 1855, son of Hugh and Ellen (Deakers) Mulholland. Educated in Dublin public schools and under private instructors in mathematics and navigation. Followed a sea-faring life from 1870 to 1875. Came to Los Angeles in February, 1877, and since 1878 has been connected with the water supply companies of the city. Appointed Chief Engineer water department Los Angeles 1902 and still holds position; also is Chief Engineer and one of the leading promoters of the Owens River Aqueduct pro- ject. Mem. American Socy. Civil Engineers, Engineers and Archi- tects Assn. Southern California, and California and Celtic clubs. Married, 1890, Lillie Ferguson; five children.
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PATRICK HAWE, SANTA MONICA
Born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, 1847. Educated at the Classical Academy of the Carmelites and at All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland, graduating in 1872. Consecrated to the priesthood at All Hallows College, June 24, 1872; came to Southern California the same year and has filled various charges in the State, having been located at Santa Monica since 1886. Father Hawe has erected a goodly number of churches and schools, and his priestly labors have been long, arduous and effective. He is admired and beloved both as a man and a minister of the Gospel.
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C. H. BAKER, SIERRA MADRE
Born in Martin Co., Ind. Dec. 23, 1869. Educated in public schools of Shoals, Ind. and State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas. Began the shoe business when nine- teen years of age, at Plymouth, Ind., and has since continued in that line. Came to Los Angeles in 1897 and is now the proprietor of three stores in that city at Nos. 237-9 South Spring St., 451 South Broadway and 629 South Broadway; also two stores in San Francisco and one in Portland, Ore. Is one of the leading business men of the Pacific Coast. Mason and life member of Los Angeles Athletic Club.
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CHARLES B. GUTHRIE, LOS ANGELES
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1875. Educated in public and high schools of Iowa. Came to Los Angeles in 1905; manager of escrow department of Los Angeles Abstract & Trust Co., 1905-6. Now engaged in the real estate business; Pres. C. B. Guthrie & Co., incorporated in 1907. Mem. Los Angeles Realty Board; delegate National Farm Congress, 1909. Mem. Sierra Madre Club; Masonic fraternity; K. of P. (Chancellor Commander of Inter-Domain Lodge No. 55, 1910), and B. P. O. E. Married, 1905, Pearl C. Coles, a native of Iowa.
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JOHN JAMES BACKUS, LOS ANGELES
Born in England, 1863, son of Jonathan James and Maria Jane (Lewis) Backus. Educated in common schools; came to U. S. in 1882 and located near Pittsburg, Pa .; there about five years, and in 1887 came to Southern California. Engaged in business as con- tractor and builder almost continuously until 1902; from that year until 1905 was in the real estate business, and in 1905 appointed Building Superintendent for the City of Los Angeles, which he still holds. During this official period he has closely studied architec- ture, and is licensed to practice by the State Board of Architecture. Mem. Southern California Chapter, American Institute of Arch]- tects, and dir. Engineers' & Architects' Assn. of Southern California. Married, at Allegheny, Pa., 1886, Miss Alice D. Green, daughter of John Green, a Mansfield (Pa.) merchant.
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OSCAR EUGENE FARISH, LOS ANGELES
Born near Pittsboro, Chatham Co., N. C., July 20, 1868, son of John W. and Mary Ann (Harris) Farish. Educated in the public schools of Arkansas. From 1886 to 1895, in the employ of the Southern Express Co., at Little Rock, Ark .; Memphis, Knoxville and Bristol, Tenn .; Lynchburg, Roanoke and Norfolk, Va., and Ocala, Fla. In June, 1895, came to Los Angeles, and for the suc- ceeding six years was connected with Blake, Moffitt & Brown (whole- sale paper house), the Los Angeles Electric Co. and engaged in the oll business. Since 1901, actively engaged in the real estate business. Pres. Los Angeles Realty Board, First Vice Pres. Call- fornia State Realty Federation, and mem. Chamber of Commerce, Municipal League, Municipal Waterways Assn. and Calif. Club. Democrat; in City Council, 1903-4. Thirty-second degree Mason, K. of P. and Forester. Married Alice Aspinall Grindrod, Dec. 4, 1895; two children, Muriel Estelle and Gwendolen.
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MELVILLE DOZIER, LOS ANGELES
Born in Georgetown, S. C., May 22, 1846. Educated at Furman University, Greenville, S. C., and the State Mili- tary Academy, Charleston. Served in the battalion of State Cadets during last year of the Civil War, chiefly engaged in the defence of Charleston. Graduated from Furman University in 1867; came to California in 1868 and assumed the work of public-school teaching, in which he has continued for thirty-eight years; Principal Santa Rosa High School from 1874 to 1884; for twenty-two years past mem. of faculty of the State Normal School, Los Angeles; in 1906 and 1909, elected a member of the Los Angeles Board of Education; Auditor of the great Los Angeles Aque- duct from the beginning of the enterprise to July 1st, 1910, Elected Asst. Supt. of Schools for Los Angeles City in June 1910. Has been a Deacon in the Baptist church since 1874.
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