Historical and biographical record of southern California; containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century, Part 141

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman pub. co.
Number of Pages: 1366

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In 1894 the Hammond family came to Los Angeles and Mrs. Hammond entered the medi- cal department of the University of California, from which she was graduated in the class of 1896. This research was supplemented by a post-graduate course of six months in New York City, after which she came west to San Fran- cisco and was appointed resident physician at the Maternity Hospital. Six months later she en- tered upon a medical practice in Los Angeles, and in 1898 appreciably added to her professional knowledge by study in various parts of Europe, two months being spent in the clinics at Berlin, nine months at Vienna in the Algemine Kran- kenhaus, where she made a specialty of diseases of women, and afterwards traveled extensively over Switzerland and France. In 1900 Dr. Ham- mond again returned to her native land, and has since practiced in Los Angeles, where she is ac- counted one of the most successful in the city in her specialty. The office of Dr. Hammond is located in the Homer Laughlin building, and added to a large general practice she is examin- ing physician for varions fraternal organizations. She is fraternally associated with the Maccabees, the Fraternal Tribunes, and the Fraternal Union of America.

T. C. DONNELL, M. D. During the colo- nial period of American history five brothers of the clan of Donnell came from Scotland and settled in Virginia. Later generations removed to Kentucky, where Dr. Donnell's great-grand- father was a noted Indian scout. The grand- father, Robert Donnell, was born in Kentucky and engaged in farming there until 1821, when he removed to the vicinity of Greensburg, Ind. At that time the father, Dr. John H. Donnell, was a child of three years, and hence his earliest recollections were of the Hoosier state. For a half century he engaged in the practice of medi- cine in Franklin, where he died about 1896. During much of his active life he was a con- tributor to the press, these articles receiving his attention during the infrequent leisure of a busy professional life. Fraternally he was con- nected with the Odd Fellows. He married Elizabeth Herriott, who in childhood accom- panied her father, Ephraim, from Pennsylvania to Franklin, Ind. The latter was a pioneer mer- chant of Franklin, but after some years removed to Topeka, Kans., near where he had a farm and engaged in stock raising. Mrs. Donnell died in Indiana. Of her five children who attained maturity only two are living. The older of these, T. C., was born in Franklin, Ind., December 8, 1853, and received his edu- cation in the local common schools and Frank- lin Baptist College. When almost through his college course he left in order to take up the study of medicine under his father and Dr. Theophilus Parvin. Later he matriculated in the Medical College of Indiana at Indianapolis, from which he graduated in 1877 as valedicto- rian of his class.

From the time of his graduation until his removal to California in June, 1899, Dr. Don- nell was a practicing physician of Franklin, where he stood at the head of his profession. His studies had fitted him for a successful career. While in college he had held a position as assistant demonstrator of anatomy under Dr. Eastman, since an eminent surgeon, to whose influence he owes much. His skill brought him into prominence among his professional cola- borers, and his position in the fraternity was high. An evidence of his standing is shown in the fact that, without solicitation on his part, he received the appointment as surgeon for the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, in which capacity he continued for eighteen years, resigning on his removal from the state. For many years he has been connected with the International Association of Railway Surgeons, many of whose conventions he has attended. Under both Republican and Democratic administrations for nine years he was a member of the board of pension exam- iners, and at the expiration of that period he was appointed pension examiner for the south-

E Bouton

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ern half of Indiana in diseases of the nose, throat, eye, ear and chest, resigning this posi- tion when he removed to California. He was also for years a member of the board of health. Both in the Johnson County and the Indiana State Medical Associations he was long an active worker. In order to keep in touch with the constant advancement made in therapeutics and to fit himself for ever-increasing usefulness in the profession, he frequently availed himself of opportunities for post-graduate work and took special courses in the Medical University . of Louisville, the Miami and Ohio Medical Col- leges, the Ellsburg Post-Graduate School in Cincinnati, and the Post-Graduate College of New York City. In these various institutions he devoted himself specially to the study of dis- eases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and chest, to which his practice has been largely confined of recent years. On coming to California he re- mained in Los Angeles for a few months, and in June, 1900, came to Long Beach, where he now lias a fine office suite in the Stafford block on Pine street.

The marriage of Dr. Donnell in Bloomfield, Ind., united him with Addie Huff, who was born in Washington county, that state, and received her education in Earlham College. Both are connected with the Presbyterian Church. In politics Dr. Donnell is a strong and active Re- publican. He was made a Mason in Franklin Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., and was raised to the charter and commandery in the same town, besides which he joined the Elks at Shelbyville, Ind. His college life was marked by activity in the Phi Delta Theta, and for three years he was president of the Alpha Alumni of the state of Indiana, continuing to hold the position for one year after he came to California.

GEN. EDWARD BOUTON. In his early youth Edward Bouton attended a country school at Goff's Mills, Howard township, and subse- quently studied at Rodgersville Academy and Haverling Union School in Bath, N. Y. At the age of nineteen he entered a store at Bath, of which two years later he became part proprietor, and sole proprietor at the age of twenty-three. By this time the business had become extended, and he shipped large quantities of grain, wool, provisions and produce, on the Erie Railway, having purchasing agents at nearly every station. In 1859 he relinquished his Bath connection and engaged in an even more lucrative business at Chicago, Ill., as grain commission merchant, with vessel property on the lakes. When the Civil war broke out he sold his business and. chiefly at his own expense, raised a battery which throughout the war was familiarly known as Bouton's battery, its official designation being Battery I, First Regiment, Illinois Light Artil- lery. At the time General Bouton organized his

famous battery, it was costing the state of Illi- nois $154 per capita to recruit, transport and maintain troops previous to being mustered into the United States service. Bouton's Battery cost the state only $13.20 per capita, the balance of the expense being paid out of the private purse of General Bouton. He gained promotion to the rank of brigadier-general and participated with honor in the battle of Shiloh and some forty other engagements and many skirmishes and in various expeditions in west Tennessee, northern Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. At the close of the war the command was offered to General Bouton of a corps of twenty thousand veterans to be organized to serve as volunteers in the Mexican war with France and a colonelcy in the regular army was also pressed upon him in the most flattering terms, by Generals Grant and Sherman, but preferring to retire to civil life, he declined both of these, and in 1868 re- moved to California, and purchasing the San Jacinto ranch, ninety miles east of Los Angeles, engaged extensively in sheep raising. Since 1882 he has also been interested in real estate speculations.

January 20, 1859, General Bouton married Miss Margaret Fox, who was born in Avoca, N. Y., and died in California August 14, 1891. He was a second time married, at San Diego, Cal., March 22, 1894, his wife being Elsa Johnson, granddaughter of Count Hogfaldt, of Sweden, and a third cousin of Princess Dagmar. One child, a boy, has been born to them.

WILLIAM SCHILLING. The genealogy of the Schilling family is traced back eight hun- dred years to the nobility of Germany, where the von Schillings owned a castle at Carlsruhe, the capital of the grand duchy of Baden. Thence one of the name, who had been a lieutenant in the German army, emigrated to America, but after a time returned to Europe and settled in London, England, there founding an academy and becoming its head. One of his daughters. Philippena, was a maid of honor to the queen of Prussia, and her sister married a general in the German army. Among his other children was a son, James, a native of London, England, and in early manhood a merchant of that city, but after 1849 a resident of the. United States and a farmer of Greenbrier county, W. Va., where he died at seventy-two years of age. Dur- ing his residence in his native land he had been identified with the Church of England, but after coming to America he became identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Louisa Morgan, who was born in Litchfield. England, of an old English family, and died in Los Angeles in 1897 when eighty-seven years of age. Ten children were born of their union, but only two are living, viz: William, of Long Beach, Cal., and Mrs. Arthur Benton, of Los

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Angeles. One of the sons, Alfred, who died in Bennington, Kans., was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in the same regiment with his brother William.

The primary education of William Schilling was obtained in private schools in London, England, where he was born November 7, 1835. When thirteen years of age he accompanied the family to the United States and afterward stud- ied in private schools in West Virginia. At the opening of the Civil war he volunteered in a local company, which was afterward turned over to the Confederacy by the governor and assigned to the Twenty-seventh Virginia Infan- try, the "Stonewall" regiment. Being opposed to slavery, he refused a commission in the Con- federate service, but was obliged with his com- pany (two-thirds of whom were Unionists in sentiment) to support the southern flag. He was in the first battle of Bull Run, and at Kerns- town he was taken prisoner with three hundred others and sent to Pea Patch Island, Fort Dela- ware, where he was confined for three months. By a curious coincidence, while there he formed the acquaintance of a cousin, Franz von Schil- ling, who had come from Germany to get active service in the Civil war and was in command of a battery at Fort Delaware. Through the assist- ance of his cousin explanations were made to the war department and he was given a pass to

his home. Immediately after his return, in March, 1862, he accompanied the family to Har- risonville, Ohio, but did not remain there long. For a short time he served on a gunboat at Pittsburg, after which he was superintendent of the Rathbone oil tract in West Virginia, and then, for several years, acted as superintendent of the Longmoor Oil Company at Volcano, W. V'a. In the latter town he also conducted a mer- cantile business. During 1877 he settled at White City, twenty miles south of Junction City, Kans., where he opened a general store. Next, going to Herrington, he started the first large store in the town and built up a good business, which is now conducted by his son Charles.

During 1888 Mr. Schilling came to Califor- nia and settled at Hueneme, Ventura county. His first investment was the purchase of one- half interest in San Miguel Island, where he engaged in raising sheep and cattle. Next lie made his home at Santa Barbara, and from there came to Long Beach, where he has since made his home. On coming here he bought a five-acre ranch and in 1891 opened a general store, which he still conducts on Pine street. This is not only the oldest business in Long Beach, but is also the largest of its kind here. Since 1898 the firm has been William Schilling & Sons. the latter being William H. and Sid- ney. He assisted in organizing the First Na- tional Bank of Long Beach, has served as a member of the city council, and is a stanch

Republican. In Volcano, W. Va., he was made a Mason, and is a charter member of Long Beach Lodge, also is connected with the An- cient Order of United Workmen. For ten years he was superintendent of the Methodist Episco- pal Sunday School, served on the building committee during the erection of the house of worship, and now officiates as a steward.

The first marriage of Mr. Schilling united him with Miss Elizabeth Deitz, who was born in West Virginia and died in White City, Kans. The children of this union are named as fol- lows: Mrs. Louisa Loback, of Salt Lake City, . Utah; Charles, of Herrington, Kans .; James, a traveling salesman, residing in Oakland, Cal .; Minnie, who died in White City, Kans .; Mrs. Ida Cummings, of Monte Vista, Colo .; Mrs. Hattie Kohler, of Herrington, Kans .; Sophia, who died in Ohio; William H. and Sidney (twins), who are partners of their father; Fred- erick, a grocer of Long Beach. The present wife of Mr. Schilling was Olive V. Lower, who was born in Missouri and reared in White City, Kans. They have eight children, namely: Eleanor, Flora, Cecil, Arthur, Mary, Ruth, Ernest and Harold.

J. VINCENT HANNON. While the period of Mr. Hannon's residence in Pomona has not been of long duration, he nevertheless has many acquaintances in this portion of Los An- geles county and is well known among his as- sociates in the law. This is due in part to the fact of his previous residence in the city of Los Angeles, where he came in contact with almost all of the practitioners in the local courts. It is said by those who are familiar with the char- acter of his professional work that in the line of corporation law his knowledge is especially varied and comprehensive and his success indic- ative of his thorough training and practical ex- perience.

At San José, Cal., Mr. Hannon was born in 1869, being a son of J. C. Hannon, a native of London, England, but a resident of California from early life. In his native town of San José he was given excellent educational advantages. and on the conclusion of his literary studies he turned his attention to the law. It was his privilege to study under the preceptorship of the late Senator White, to whose thorough pro- fessional knowledge and supervision he owes not a little. On his admission to the bar in 1892 he remained with the senator, but left a year later to accept an appointment as assist- ant United States attorney under Hon. George Denis. For some time he continued in that capacity, but finally resigned in order to devote himself to private practice.

September of 1899 found Mr. Hannon in Po- mona, where he formed a partnership with that able attorney, P. C. Tonner, under the firm title

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of Tonner and Hannon. The association con- tinued until the death of Mr. Tonner in Feb- ruary, 1900, since which time Mr. Hannon has been alone. By the purchase of his former partner's law library, he has become the pos- sessor of a collection of law books unsurpassed, as to quality, in this part of the state. In the state and federal courts he has conducted a number of important suits, and has the credit of having won the highest damages ($10,000) ever secured here in a case against the South- ern Pacific Railroad. His attention is given closely to the details connected with his prac- tice and the oversight of his property interests. Mr. Hannon married Miss Flynn of Illinois, who died leaving three children, Etta, Jeremiah and Zetta.

A. B. ROTHROCK. The opportunities for contract grading in Long Beach have been util- ized to no small extent by A. B. Rothrock, under whose capable supervision many of the finest roadways from the ocean inland have been transformed into shining white thoroughfares which are the special pride and pleasure of the multitudes who visit, and those who live in this delightful sea swept town. Linden avenue, from the ocean to Tenth street, and Atlantic avenue, from the Anaheim road to the ocean, as well as Fifth street, are examples of what may be accomplished by one who thoroughly under- stands the making of roads. General contract- ing also, including excavating and heavy haul- ing, are part of the work which Mr. Rothrock carried to a successful finish, and in this con- nection has been enabled to contribute largely towards the general improvement of this local- ity. He has improved three different residence parts of the town, and has erected a pleasant and commodious home for himself and family on the corner of Third street and Linden avenue.

In his family connections Mr. Rothrock has been closely identified with the border days of Kansas, and with the historical Quantrell band which was so destructive of life and property in that then unsettled and terror-stricken state. He was born in Lawrence, Kans., June 27, 1868, a son of Abraham and Eliza (Breeze) Roth- rock, the latter of whom was born in Missouri, and had several brothers in the Civil war. Abraham Rothrock was born in Johnstown, Pa., as was also his father, another Abraham, and came from a family long represented in the state of William Penn. The elder Abraham was a pioneer of Lawrence, Kans., and was shot and killed in the great Quantrell raid in 1863. The younger Abraham and two of his brothers served during the Civil war in a Kansas regi- ment, and he settled eventually in Wilson county, Kans .. where he farmed and spent the remainder of his days. Besides A. B. there

were two other children in the family, and of these, Ward is engaged in mining in Alaska, and Nora is the wife of Curtis Branson, of Spo- kane, Wash.

On his father's farm near Fredonia, Wilson county, Kans., A. B. Rothrock was reared to be a farmer and was educated in the district schools. When old enough to face his prospects intelligently he decided upon other fields than those to which he had been accustomed in Kan- sas, and in 1888 came to California, and the same fall located in Long Beach. Forthwith various occupations engaged his attention, and in 1897 he entered upon his successful career as a contractor.

In Chanute, Kans., Mr. Rothrock married Jennie Kinney, who was born in Iowa, and who is the mother of two children, Claude and Olive. Mr. Rothrock is enterprising and progressive, and variously connected with affairs in Long Beach and vicinity. Fraternally he is a member of the Woodmen of the World, the Odd Fellows and the Independent Order of Foresters. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Christian Church.

LUTHER C. HANNUM. Since coming to California in 1893 Mr. Hannum has made Po- mona his home. He was born in Huntsburg, Ohio, February 17, 1852, being a son of Calvin Hannum, who was a manufacturer of boots and shoes. After having completed the studies of local schools, he took up the trade of shoe man- ufacturing under his father's instruction, and in time became manager of the business. From Ohio he went to Michigan and was employed for some years as a stationary engineer. Sub- sequent employment was secured in the lumber districts of Wisconsin, after which he entered upon commercial life, and followed the same for fifteen years. He was also engaged in the study of law, but did not complete the course.

An attack of typhoid fever in 1885 left Mr. Hannum in a very weak condition, and with the hope that California climate might prove beneficial he came to Pomona in 1893. The results have been all that he could desire, for he has enjoyed excellent health and has always been able to fill any demands made upon his constitution. For a time he held a clerkship with a clothing firm in Pomona, after which, in the same year, he began to deal in custom- made boots and shoes, at the same time carry- ing on a repair department, which, indeed, he continued till May 1, 1902. In 1900 his fellow- citizens elected him city recorder and he filled the duties of the office faithfully for one term, being succeeded in 1902 by E. Barnes.

By the marriage of Mr. Hannum to Nettie Curtis, of Huntsburg, Ohio, he became the father of one child, Esther L., now deceased. In matters relating to the welfare of Pomona

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he maintains an interest, while fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Aid, and has passed the chairs of both orders.

GEORGE E. ABBOTT, M. D. Among the colonial settlers of Massachusetts and Maine were representatives of the Abbott family from England, and succeeding generations have been intimately associated with the development of New England. In the family of Jacob Ab- bott, a native of Maine and a large land owner, were a number of sons, all of whom possessed fine intellects and broad mental equipment. One of the most talented of the family, Samuel P., was accidentally killed in the opening years of manhood. Another, John, filled a pastorate in the Congregational denomination through- out his entire active life and, in addition to worthily serving the cause of Christ, con- tributed to the literature of the country by a number of valuable works, including Abbott's Napoleon. Gorham became an instructor in a leading educational institution in New York known as the Spinglar Institute. The two re- maining brothers, Jacob and Charles E., entered the ministry of the Congregational Church, but both were similarly afflicted in the loss of their voice, after which they pursued educational work. Among the children of Jacob are Lyman J. Abbott, D. D., the noted preacher and litte- rateur, also Austin, Vaughn and Edward.

The youngest of the sons of Jacob, Sr., was Rev. Charles E. Abbott, father of Dr. George E. Abbott, of Pasadena. He was born in Brunswick, Me., and was graduated from Bow- doin College and Andover Theological Sem- inary, after which he was ordained to the min- istry, entering its work with the expectation of making it a life occupation. However, the loss of his voice three years later caused him to engage in teaching. For a time he was princi- pal of a private school at Norwich, Conn., after which he established and conducted Springside Seminary in Pittsfield, Mass. Later he made his home in Hartford, Conn., and died there when sixty-three years of age. His wife was Mary E. Spaulding, who was born in Ceylon, India, and is now living in Pasadena, Cal. Her father, Rev. Levi Spaulding, a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Dartmouth Col- lege, entered the Congregational Church and immediately afterward offered himself as a mis- sionary to assist in proclaiming the Gospel to the heathen. Under the auspices of the Amer- ican Board he went to Ceylon, where he spent his entire active life, dying there when eighty- four years of age.

In the family of Rev. C. E. Abbott there are four children, viz: Frank, a graduate of the Berkshire Medical College. now practicing in San Francisco; George E., a physician of Pasa-

dena; Phillips, an attorney of New York City; and Mrs. Mary Bowen, of Pasadena. The sec- ond son, George E., was born in Norwich, Conn., August 16, 1848, and as a boy attended his father's seminary and Hartford high school. He took up the study of medicine under Dr. Stearns, a leading physician of Hartford, and superintendent of the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford. His studies were further prosecuted in Harvard Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1872. Returning to Hartford, he became an assistant to Dr. Stearns. One years later he received, by competitive exam- ination, an appointment as interne in the Wo- man's Hospital of New York City, where he remained a year, and then spent six months as assistant in the Nursery and Child's Hospital. On taking up private practice he continued in New York City, where he was a general phy- sician and surgeon for eight years, and for five years he was instructor of gynecology in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, resigning the latter position in 1894, on removing to the Pacific coast. For four years he was resident physician at the Coronado Hotel, San Diego, and in 1898 came to Pasa- dena, where he carries on a general practice in medicine and surgery. In 1901 he officiated as president of the Pasadena Medical Society and during the same year was elected vice-president of the Los Angeles County Medical Associa- tion. With both of these he has been connected since coming to Pasadena, and he is also a mem- ber of the Southern California Medical Asso- ciation. In common with his ancestry, he believes in the Congregational faith, but. as a matter of convenience, now attends the Pres- byterian Church. Though not a partisan in politics, he is a stanch upholder of Republican doctrines and has always supported the party.

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Historical and biographical record of southern California; containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century, Part 141

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman pub. co. Number of Pages: 1366

Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman pub. co.
Number of Pages: 1366