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WILLITTS
J. HOLE
HOLE, WILLITTS J., Capitalist, Los Angeles, Cal., was born at Madison, Indiana, October 9, 1858, the son of William and Matilda (Hasley) Hole. He married Mary B. Weeks, June 12, 1889, at North Vernon, Indiana. There is one daughter, Agnes Marion Hole.
The family’s history can be traced back many years in Devonshire, England, Dean Hole, of Rochester, England, is of the family. The founder of the American branch of the family sailed from Plymouth, England, in 1740.
Mr. Hold graduated from the Louisville, Ky., High School and then entered the Bryant and Stratton Business College, from which he graduated in 1880. After that he took the Chautauqua Literary Course, graduating in 1887.
He became the owner of a chair factory in North Vernon in 1889. In time he became a contractor and builder, and, studying architecture, designed his own buildings. He moved to Los Angeles in 1893 and bought a tract of land in the La Habra Valley, which he laid out and sold, and as a consequence he is known as the “Father of La Habra.” In 1897, he was made resident agent at Los Angeles of the Stearns Rancho Company of San Francisco. He has bought and subdivided some of the largest areas in California.
His land holdings are extensive both in California and Mexico. He is a representative of the Asociacion Financiera Internacional, one of the largest financial institutions in Mexico. He is controlling owner of the Arden Plaster Company of Arden, Nebraska, owning the largest gypsum mine in the United States. He is a director of the Bank of Los Angeles.
He is a member of the Jonathan Club, the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, and is a thirty-second Degree Mason.
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3-11-11 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 611, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2011 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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