Los Angeles County

Biographies

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.

SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.270

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. Independent 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.

SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.271

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 interested in banking, and for many years was either a director or Pres. of Kentucky banks. Came to Los Angeles, September, 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.

SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.272

STODDARD JESS, Los Angeles

Born at Fox Lake, Wis., Dec. 3, 1856, son of George Jess, an old and successful California miner, and Maria T. Judd, daughter of Stoddard Judd, a prominent physician and public man of Wisconsin. 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 Committee; mem. Clearing House Committee and various clubs; Thirty-second degree Mason and Elk. Married, 1879, Carrie H. Chenoweth; two children.

SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.273