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ARTHUR B. BENTON, LOS ANGELES
Born Peoria, Ill., Apr. 17, 1858. Descendant Andrew and Hannah (Stocking) Benton, Milford, Conn., 1639, and Wil- liam and Annis Chandler, Andover, Mass., 1630. Educated Peoria schools; grad. 1877; student School of Art and Design, Topeka, Kans. Began professional career in architect's department, chief engineer's office, Santa Fe Ry., Topeka; there 1887 to 1890; from 1890 to 1891 in chief engineer's office U. P. Ry., Omaha; architect in private practice in Los Angeles since spring 1892. Governor Cal. Soc'y Colo- nial Wars; associate American Institute of Architects; dir: So. Cal. Chap. American Institute Architects; Sec. Land- marks Club; mem. Cal. Soc'y Sons of Revolution, University Club of Redlands, and Jonathan and Union League clubs of Los Angeles.
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GEORGE E. PILLSBURY, LOS ANGELES
Born Tewksbury, Mass., 1857. Educated public schools and Lawrence Academy. Began civil engineering in Lowell, Mass., and until 1880 was in the employ of various railroads; then removed to Mexico where, for about three years, he was a division engineer during the building of the Mexican Central Railway. In 1884 came to the Coast and since 1885 has been a resident of Los Angeles. From 1885 until 1895, engaged in railway and other engineering; since 1895, in engineering with Los Angeles Electric Railways, and has been Chief Engineer of the Pacific Electric Railway since its inception. Mem. Engineers and Architects Association, and Jonathan and San Gabriel Country Clubs.
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FRANCIS O. WYMAN, LOS ANGELES
Born Macedonia, Ohio, May 3, 1839. Educated in public schools and Western Reserve College, Ohio. Four years a soldier in the Civil war, Company A, 14th Ohio Vol. Inf .; was in many Important battles and participated in the Grand Review at Washington. After the war, twenty-four years in drygoods business in Ohio, and twenty-five years in lime manufacture; was Pres. Genoa and Rocky Ridge Lime Company, headquarters at Toledo, Ohio. Came to California, 1886, and Los Angeles, 1888; organized Union Lime Co., of which Pres., leading manufacturers in Southern California (12,000 barrels monthly capacity); also Pres. Summit Lime Co. and Golden State Portland Cement Co. Marrled,. Aug. 25, 1868, Miss Mary E. Stephens, of Erie Co., Ohio; second marriage, July 29, 1875, to Miss Emma I. Bailey, of Circleville, Ohio, by which union there are three children.
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JOHN CORNEBY WILSON AUSTIN, LOS ANGELES
Born Bodicote, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, Eng., Feb. 13, 1870, son of Richard W. and Jane E. Austin. Educated English private schools; architect's apprentice under William Sampson Barwick. Came to U. S. 1890, first locating at Philadelphia; 1892-5 in San Francisco, Cal., and since latter year in Los Angeles. In prac. in U. S. since 1890. Architect of the following buildings in Cal .- Potter Hotel, Santa Barbara; Leighton, Alvarado and Fremont hotels. Los Angeles; Wright and Callender building; First M. E. church, Los Angeles, and First M. E. church, Pasadena; California Hospital, Angeles Hospital, So. Cal. College of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Univ. So. Cal. (re-built), Harvard Military Academy and Madam Ida Hancock residence. Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner; associate mem. American Institute Archi- tects; Pres. Los Angeles Humane Society; mem. Chamber of Com- merce and Jonathan Club. Married and has five children.
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HERBERT E. DOOLITTLE, SAN DIEGO
Born Painesville, Ohio, 1864. Educated in public schools of Illinois and Monmouth (Ill.) College (four years); grad Denison Univ., Granville, Ohio, 1886. Came to California 1888. Admitted to bar 1890 and to U. S. Supreme Court 1899. City Atty., San Diego, 1895-1905: Republican. Prac. gen and corporate. Mason and B. P. O. E. Mem. University and Cuyamaca Clubs. Married 1893, Mary Susan Gay, of Plaquemine, La.
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LEWIS W. BLINN, LOS ANGELES
Born Dresden, Me., Dec. 22, 1842. Educated public schools and Maine Wesleyan Univ., Kents Hill. Came to California and located in San Francisco 1864, and since that year has been engaged in Lumber business. Pres of L. W. Blinn Co., Golden Gate Lumber Co., Lumber and Mill Co. of Whittier, State Bank of San Pedro and Provident Mutual Building & Loan Assn .; also Dir. of Citizens National Bank. Inde- pendent in politics and mem. Independent Church of Christ; also, Jonathan and Sunset clubs. Married, Dec., 1867, Celia Little. a native of Maine; has one son.
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ROBERT G. HILL, LOS ANGELES
Born Lebanon, Ky., 1857 and educated at St. Mary's College, that state. Admitted to Ky. bar, 1879; elected clerk of Marion Circuit Court, 1880; reelected, 1886; soon afterward resigned to engage in the practice of law; also became inter- ested in banking, and for many years was either a director or Pres. of Kentucky banks. Came to Los Angeles, Sep- tember, 1909, and organized the Los Angeles Hibernian Savings Bank, which opened June 1, 1910, with Mr. Hill as Pres. From the first its growth has been remarkable; Mr. Hill giving his entire attention to its establishment and development. Being a skilled lawyer, equips him as an efficient and successful banker.
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STODDARD JESS, LOS ANGELES
Born at Fox Lake, Wis., Dec. 3, 1856, son of George Jess, an oid and successful California miner, and Maria T. Judd, daughter of Stoddard Judd, a prominent physician and public man of Wis- consin. Mr. Jess was educated in the public schools of Fox Lake and University of Wisconsin (1870-6). Cashier of George Jess & Co., bankers of Waupun, Wis., 1876-85; came to Pomona End of latter year (father having preceded him), and became its first treasurer (1885-6) ; had served as councilman and mayor of Waupun, Wis. First Pres. Pomona Board of Trade; Pres. Library Board of Trustees (1902-4). Organized First National Bank, Pomona, and cashier 1886-98; April, 1904, became Vice Pres. First National Bank of Los Angeles, as at present; also, dir. Los Angeles Trust Co. and Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co .; Pres. law publishing house L. D. Powell & Co. Pres. Los Angeles Consolidation Com- mittee; mem. Clearing House Committee and various clubs; Thirty-second degree Mason and Elk. Married, 1879, Carrie H. Chenoweth; two children.
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JOHN WILLIAM WHITTINGTON, LOS ANGELES
Born Crowland, England, July 21, 1867. Educated in public schools of native country and Univ. So. Calif. (special course 1900) Previous to coming to U. S. in 1890 associated with Dr. Barnardo's Home for Destitute Waif Children, London, and Wesleyan Metho- dist East London Mission. Locating in Los Angeles in November of that year, entered employ of M. A. Newmark & Co. In 1900 associated himself with Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J., and in 1903 became Gen. Agt. for So. Calif. of the Aetna Life Insurance Co. Pres. for two years of Life Underwriters Asen. of Los Angeles; Vice Pres. National Life Underwriters Assn .; elected Pres. of National Assn. at Louisville, Ky., 1909; Dir. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mem. Los Angeles Cham- ber of Commerce; also Union League, City and Federation Clubs of Los Angeles and Sierra Club, San Francisco. Thirty-second degree Mason; leading Methodist. Married, 1895, Ina May Belville, Los Angeles; has three children.
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JOSEPH SCOTT, LOS ANGELES
Born at Penrith, Cumberlandshire, England, July 16, 1867, son of Joseph and Mary (Donnelly) Scott. Completed full classical course St. Cuthbert's College, Durham, in July, 1888, and while a student there (In June, 1887) matriculated in London University, being a gold medallist. On May 15, 1889, located in New York Clty, engaging both in journalism and manual labor until he was called to the senior professorship of Rhetorlc and English Litera- ture, St. Bonaventure College, Allegany, N. Y .; held position until 1893. Arrived in Los Angeles June 30, 1893, assumed study of law with Anderson & Anderson and admitted to bar in April, 1894; since engaged in practice. Has been Pres. Board of Educa- tlon; Dir., Pres. (elected 1910) Chamber of Commerce; Dir. Cali- fornla Club, and mem. Sunset and Celtic Clubs. Married, 1898, Bertha Roth.
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HENRY EDWARDS HUNTINGTON, LOS ANGELES
Born Oneonta, N. Y., February 27, 1850, son of Solon and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington. Educated public and private schools. Business life has been devoted mainly to building and operation of steam and electric railways. Upon the advice of his uncle, the late Collis P. Huntington, came to Calif., 1892, locating in San Francisco, and later to Los Angeles; 1904-5; built Pacific Electric Bldg. Married, Newark, N. J., 1873, Mary Prentice. Pres. Jonathan and member Calif. Clubs, Los Angeles; Pacific Union and Bohe- mian, San Francisco; Metropolitan and Lawyers, New York City.
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JOHN MACKAY ELLIOTT, LOS ANGELES
Born in South Carolina, October, 1844. During Civil War was a private in Signal Corps, Confederate Army. Came to Los Angeles from Savannah, Ga., 1870. In the affairs of Los Angeles he has performed an important part for more than thirty years. Entered First National Bank as book keeper in 1881; assistant cashier, 1883; cashier 1885; presi- dent since 1892; always known as a conservative banker. One of his chief labors has been to secure for Los Angeles an adequate supply of pure water. Was director of Old City Water Co., and instrumental from that side in sale to city, since then has been on Board of Water Commission- ers and prominent in Owens River project. Member Sun- set, California, Jonathan, Union League Clubs.
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NORMAN FOOTE MARSH, SOUTH PASADENA
Born Upper Aiton, Ill., July 16, 1871. Grad. Upper Aiton High School; literary and scientific training at Shurtleff College and grad. college of Engineering and School of Architecture, Univ. Illinois, 1897 (B. S. degree). Since 1898 in practice as an archi- tect. Came to Los Angeles in 1900, and in his work here may he creditahly noted the following creations in his line: Venice of America (senior architect); University of Redlands; Columbia Hospital, Los Angeles; Polytechnical high schools at Hollywood, Pomona, Huntington Park, Redlands and Whittier, Cal .; high schools at South Pasadena, Glendale and Los Angeles; many ele- mentary schools; First M. E., Baptist and Presbyterian churches, Long Beach; First Baptist and Presbyterian, Pomona; Christian and M. E., South San Diego; Christlan and Baptist, Pasadena; Christian, M. E. South and Presbyterian, San Jose. Thirty- second degree Mason. Mem. Memorial Baptist Church, South Pasadena. Married Cora Mae Cairns, 1901; two children, Norman LeRoy and Marian Elizabeth.
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Long Beach, California FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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ARTHUR M. GOODHUE, LONG BEACH
Born Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 22, 1871. Grad. Polytechnic School of Oakland, Cal. For nineteen years engaged in lumber bus. Pres. State Bank of Long Beach since February, 1906, and Vice Pres. from its organization in June, 1905, to the former date. Dir. Chamber of Commerce; Treas. Sea- side Investment Co. Republican and a Mason; also mem. California Club of Los Angeles. Married, Oct. 24, 1896, Lilian Everson of Oakland.
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FRED E. PIERCE, LOS ANGELES
Born Walton, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1866, one of eight sons and one daughter now living in Los Angeles. Came to Cal. 1881 and since has been identified with the business interests of Los Angeles and So. Cal. Pres. Pierce Bros. Undertaking Co .; Vice Pres. of City and County Bank since organization in October, 1908. Republican and Assemblyman, 1907-8; Mem. Los Angeles Commandery No. 9, K. T .; Grand Patriarch I. O. O. F., 1907-8; mem. Union League Club. Married, 1890, Miss Alice May Parmeter of Los Angeles.
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WILLIAM DAVID WOOLWINE, LOS ANGELES
Born Christianburg, Va., Oct. 19, 1855. Educated in coun- try schools. Moved to Nashville. Tenn., in 1873, and until 1886 devoted himself to the counting room and financial departments of wholesale and manufacturing enterprises. Came to San Diego, Cal., in 1886, and from 1888 to 1894 was Cashier First Nat'l Bank. Located in Los Angeles 1894 and until 1898 Cashier So. Cal. Savings Bank; Cashier Los Angeles Nat'l Bank 1898-1903; Vice Pres. So. Cal. Savings Bank 1903-6; since 1906 Vice Pres. Nat'l Bank of Cal. Dir. Security Savings Bank, Federal Bank, and State Mutual Building and Loan Assn. Mem. Chamber of Commerce and Cal. Club. Married Oct. 18, 1883, Miss Lily White, of Louisville, Ky .; two children, a son, Louis M., and a daughter, Martha B.
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JAMES DIX SCHUYLER, LOS ANGELES
Born Ithaca, N. Y., 1848 son of Philip Church and Lucy M. (Dix) Schuyler. Educated common schools to 1863; Friends College, Unlon Springs, N. Y., 1863-8; thereafter, self-educated. Rail- road construction in Colorado on Kansas Pacific, Denver & Boulder and Denver & Rio Grande roads, 1869-73. Moved to Cal. in June, 1873; was chief engineer of the Stockton & lone Ry., and from 1878 to 1882 assistant to the State Engineer In charge of Irrl- gation Investigations. Built famous Sweetwater dam near San Dlego in 1887-8: Hemet dam in Riverside Co., highest masonry work in Cal., 1890-1, as weil as extensive works for irrigation and power development in Mexico, Brazil, etc .; constructed Necaxa dam In Mexico, 1907-10. Dec. 28, 1908, appointed by Roosevelt member of commission to accompany President-elect Taft to Panama and report on the canal plans. Mem. of all leading Ameri- can and English societies of civil engineers. Married, 1889, Mrs. Mary Ingalls Tuilper, of San Diego, Cal.
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ABRAM EHLE POMEROY, LOS ANGELES
Born at Clinton, Mich., son of Charles W. and Permelia (Valentine) Pomeroy, both of New York. When he was young family moved to California; in 1856 to Santa Clara Co. Educated San Jose public schools and Univ. of the Pacific (grad. 1863). Deputy and County Clerk; then entered hardware and grocery business; also Cashier San Jose Savings Bank. Came to Los Angeles 1881, and has since been a real estate dealer and banker, having laid out several town sites and ranches. Has been Pres. Board of Education; trustee of State Normal School; Vice-Pres. State Mutual Building and Loan Ass'n; trustee Univ. Southern California. Charter mem. California Club and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Thirty-second degree Mason and leading Methodist.
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BRADNER WELLS LEE, LOS ANGELES
Born in East Groveland, N. Y., May 4, 1850. Early education in public schools of place and under private tutors; studied law with uncle, Col. G. Wiley Wells, U. S. Dist. Atty. and Congressman from Mississippi and Consul General to Shanghai, China; admitted to Mississippi bar, 1871; shortly afterward appointed U. S. District Attorney for Northern District of that state; resigned, 1879, to come to California. Came to Los Angeles in March, 1879, and admitted to all California courts in April; in 1883 became mem. firm Brunson, Wells & Lee, and continued to be identified through various subsequent changes of firm until 1908 since which he has practiced alone. Chairman of Rep. County Central Committee 1896 to 1910 and Chairman of the Rep. County Convention in 1906; Trustee of State Library since 1896, also held leading posi- tions on the Rep. State Central Committee; Chairman Law Com- mittee, Chamber of Commerce; mem. leading clubs, bar associa- tions, Sec. Sons Revolution and Colonial Wars; Knight Templar and Shriner. Dir. City and County Bank and other corpora- tions. Married Oct. 16, 1883, Helena Farrar; two sons, Bradner Wells Lee Jr., and Kenyon Farrar Lee, students at Stanford Univ.
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GEORGE R. DAVIS, PASADENA
Born Huntsville, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1861. Educated in public schools Wapakoneta, and admitted Ohio bar in 1883. Gen. Prac. in that state until appointed by Pres. Mckinley, in 1897, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Arizona; re-ap- pointed 1901 by Pres. Roosevelt. Prac. California from 1905 to February 24, 1909, when appointed Superior Court bench Los Angeles Co. Mem. Union League of Los Angeles and Overland Club of Pasadena. Married, Oct. 16, 1890, to Miss Katharine H. Scovil of Circleville, Ohio; has one son and three daughters. Mason, (32nd degree) and K. of P.
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SAMUEL THOMPSON LEWIS, PASADENA
Born in Union Co., Ind., educated in public schools and Valparaiso M. & F. College. Enlisted 1861, assigned to 9th Ill. Cav., serving three years. In 1872 established produce commission business in Chicago, and a grocery business in 1874. Withdrew from retail trade in 1875, and after being associated for a time with D. Appleton & Co., publishers, in 1877 entered the publishing business with C. C. Chapman & Co. He and his brother formed the Inter-State Publishing Co. in 1880, and in 1885 took the name of The Lewis Publishing Co., the business being incorporated in 1887. Married Miss Harriet Hosea at Newcastle, Ind., in 1887; two children, Alameda and Pauline. Moved to Pasadena in 1903.
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FRANK JAMES, LOS ANGELES
Born Fulton, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Mar. 16, 1863, son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth James. Educated public schools and studied law in office of Krum & Grant, of that city. Admitted to New York bar 1886; California bar 1888; Federal courts Los Angeles 1894. General prac. since 1886. Attorney for California Fruit Growers' Exchange. Mem. State Assembly, 1901; Mason and K. of P. Mem. Jonathan and San Gabriel Country Clubs. Married, 1886, Miss Harriet Bouck; two children.
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GEORGE ALEXANDER, LOS ANGELES
Born near Glasgow, Scotland, Sept 21, 1839. In 1850 family came to U S., residing for five years in Chicago; 1856 moved to Tama ('o., Ia. Spent boyhood and youth as a Chicago newsboy and Working on his father's Iowa farm. Civil War soldier, enlisting in 1862 and serving to close in Co. E, 24th Iowa Vol. Inf Then worked in Belle Plaine, Ia., for five years; continued in grain busl- ness at Toledo and Dysart, that state, and in 1887 sold it and located at Los Angeles. From 1890 to Jan 1, 1901; identified with City Street department; Supervisor Los Angeles Co., from lat- ter date to Jan. 1, 1909; present Mayor, elected Mar. 26, 1909. Republlean. Mem. Municipal League and City, Union League and Gamut clubs; Knight Templar and Shriner. Married, Apr. 15, 1862 Anna Yelser, a native of Ohlo; two children living.
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ISAAC TILLMAN DYER, LOS ANGELES
Born La Grange, Mo., 1861; attended public schools and completed course in Canton (Mo.) University. At the age of seventeen entered the railroad service with the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Co., as telegraph operator. Continued a number of years in various capacities, Including telegrapher, station agent, clerk, train dispatcher and chief dispatcher. In 1887 was appointed Chief Dispatcher and Superintendent Telegraph, Burlington Route, St. Joseph, Mo. In 1903, resigned to take position as Chief Dis- patcher, S. P. L. A. & S. L. R. R., Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1904, appointed Superintendent Telegraph, same Company, headquarters Los Angeles. In 1909-1910, elected Vice-President Ass'n Railway Telegraph Superintendents; 1910-1911, elected President, same organization. Member American Institute Electrical Engineers, also member of all Masonic bodies. . In 1885 married Miss Lillian Watkins, of Ohio: three children.
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JAMES BASIL MACLAUGHLIN, LOS ANGELES
Born in Ross Co., Ohio, son of James Jefferson and Martha Jane (Roby) MacLaughlin. Educated in the public schools and State University of Ohio; grad. in law and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio. Taught school three years in Ohio; practiced law in various county seats of southern Ohio, including Cincinnati and Columbus, with office at Chillicothe; moved to Chicago, admitted to practice by Illinois Supreme Court, and practiced in that city. Moved to Los Angeles and was admitted to California Supreme Court in 1899; prac. in that city since (all courts, including U. S. District and Circuit); has always made a speciality of real estate and probate law, and since coming to Los Angeles of mechanics' liens. Married to Elenor MacDougal. Mem- Melrose Ave. M. E. Church. Republican in State and National politics; independent in local matters. His son (Robert Delamere MacLaughlin), student in Univ. Southern California, and daughter (Anna Wood MacLaughlin), In Colleges of Mus c and Oratory of same institution.
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HARRISON ALBRIGHT, LOS ANGELES
Born at Shoemakertown (Ogontz), Pa., May 17. 1866, son of Joseph and Louise (Jeannot) Albright. Educated -in township schools and at Pierce College of business and Spring Garden In- stitute. Philadelphia, being awarded several prizes by the latter for excellence in drawing. In April, 1886, established architect's office in that city; remained five years de igning residences and public buildings, and in April, 1891, moved to Charleston, W. Va. In that city until 1905, designing Capitol Annex, Charleston; various buildings of Marshall College, Hun.ingt. n; Miners' Hospi- tal, Fairmount; Shepherd College, State Normal School, Shepherds- town; Prep. school, State University, Keyser, and several large fire-proof hotels in different states. Came to Los Angeles March 28, 1905, since which designed many reinforced concrete build- ings for the A., T. & S. F. Ry .: hotels in Los Angeles and San Diego: Spreckles Uni ·n building, San Diego, and residence and public library. Coronado. Married 1890; three children. Identi- fied with many professional and : ocial organizations.
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CONSOLIDATED REALTY BUILDING
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MERVIN J. MONNETTE, LOS ANGELES
Born Marion, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1847. Educated common schools. Reared on a farm, and for some years a stock dealer in Ohio. Also fifteen years' banking experience in that state, ten years as president. Then eight years in Nebraska as cattle raiser on large tract of land. Later, operated the Mohawk lease at Goldfield, Nev., this proving the richest mine in America-forty-seven tons of ore netting $574,958. Came to Los Angeles in April, 1907. Elected Pres. American National Bank January, 1909; also dir. Citizens National Bank. Mem. B. P. O. E., California, Union League and Country Clubs of Los Angeles. Married, 1869, Miss Olive Adelaide Hull.
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