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EDWARD A. CARSON
Edward A. Carson, a retired
businessman of Los Angeles who for many years was active in the electrical
field, was born on the old Dominguez Rancho near Compton, California, June 6, 1869. His father, the late George C. Carson, one of
the early pioneers of California, married a daughter of Manuel Dominquez. He died November 20, 1901, at his beautiful
home in San Pedro, California. Victoria
(Dominguez) Carson, the mother of E. A. Carson, passed away December 8, 1916.
As a member of a family of wealth
and social position, Edward A. Carson was accorded splendid educational
advantages in his youth. He attended the
public schools of Compton, California, was graduated from the Woodbury Business
College of Los Angeles in 1888 and subsequently spent three years as a student
at the University of Santa Clara. Later
he read law in the office of Judge H. K. S. O’Melveny, but never practiced the
profession. He was appointed clerk of
the board of supervisors in 1896, which position he held for years. Elected city auditor of Los Angeles, he
continued in public office for two years.
He then joined the San Gabriel Electric Company, the Pacific Light and
Power Company, and, at the time of merger, the Southern California Edison
Company remaining in this position until the city took over the
corporation. He was associated with the
lighting companies for about seventeen years.
He is now living retired in Los Angeles and is widely recognized as one
of the prominent and highly respected residents of the city.
On the 16th of April,
1896, in Los Angeles, Mr. Carson was united in marriage to Miss Cecelia C.
Pearson, a native of this city and a daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Pearson. Their home is at 1910 South Hobart Boulevard
in Los Angeles. Mr. Carson is a
Republican in politics and is a communicant of St. Agnes Catholic Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, belonging to Lodge No. 99. His hobby is mechanics.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 287-288, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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