Los
Angeles County
Biographies
GEORGE F.
CUTHBERT
Progress has ever been the
watchword of George F. Cuthbert, who is one of the prominent realtors of Los
Angeles and has accomplished much as a city builder. He has also found time for activities in
other fields and is particularly well known because of his welfare work and his
efforts in behalf of the blind. He was
born in Alameda, California, April 2, 1879, a son of J. D. Cuthbert, who came
to the southern part of this state in 1874.
Locating in Alameda, the father became the senior member of the W. J.
Sloane Company, possibly the oldest furniture house in California, with retail
stores in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
He married Harriet Fuller, who crossed the plains in a covered wagon in
1852, as a little girl.
Of sturdy pioneer stock, George F.
Cuthbert was reared in his native city and obtained a high school
education. He was first identified with
mercantile affairs and afterward engaged in contracting but has been chiefly
interested in real estate and the development of his extensive holdings in oil
lands. He has developed large real
estate tracts and has materially increased the value of property in the
localities where he has operated. His
business insight is keen and his advice in regard to realty investments is
always sound and reliable.
Mr. Cuthbert married Miss Mary M.
Morrison, who was but three years old when brought by her parents to California
and has spent practically her entire life within the borders of the state. They have two sons, Richardson F. and Georg
M., twins, the former an alumnus of the University of California, Southern
Branch, while the latter was graduated from the University of Southern
California.
Mr. Cuthbert is a republican and
while never an office seeker, he has been a moving spirit in conservation
projects and in civic and philanthropic work.
He was the first reconstruction Finance Corporation coordinator and it
was due to him that eighty-four thousand men among the unemployed had work each
month. A true friend of the blind, he
has given much of his time, energy and means to their interests and was largely
instrumental in securing the passage of state legislation in their behalf. He is president of the Southern California
Association for the Blind, and it was chiefly through his influence that a
revolving fund was established to aid the needy blind. His sympathies are ever with those in
affliction and distress and his benefactions are many. Mr. Cuthbert is an enthusiastic sportsman and
through his connection with the Izaak Walton League has materially assisted in
conserving the fish and game resources of the state. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is a
member of the Jonathan and Breakfast Clubs of Los Angeles and a director of Canadian
clubs. A broad-gauged man, he has
constantly sought new fields of usefulness and in every instance his labors
have been effective and beneficial in their results.
Transcribed by
Mary Ellen Frazier.
Source:
California of the South Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty,
Pages 809-810, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2013 Mary Ellen Frazier.
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