Los Angeles County
Biographies
JOHN WELKER HUNTSBERGER
HUNTSBERGER, JOHN WELKER,
Attorney-at-Law, Los Angeles, California, was born in Wayne County, Ohio,
Aug. 27, 1879, the son of Isaac Deal Huntsberger
and Elizabeth (Kurtz) Huntsberger.
His parents moved to Kansas during his childhood and Mr. Huntsberger was educated in the schools of the Sunflower
State, later attending Washburn Academy and Washburn College at Topeka. He was
graduated from the Law department of the latter in 1908.
Following his graduation, Mr. Huntsberger
went to Baxter Springs, Kansas, and engaged in the practice of law with
Samuel H. Smith, of that place. He remained there only about six
months, however, severing the partnership at the end of that time to locate in
Los Angeles. He was immediately admitted to the Bar of California and has been
actively engaged in the practice of law since April, 1909.
Within a year after settling in Los Angeles, Mr. Huntsberger, who is a Democrat, was nominated by his party
for the office of Justice of the Peace, but failed of election. He is active in
the city campaigns, and is a member of the Los Angeles County Central
Democratic Committee. In 1912 he was put forward as a candidate for election to
the State Assembly from the Sixty-Fourth District.
Mr. Huntsberger has recently
become interested, as a stockholder and director, in the Sequoia Building &
Investment Company, engaged in the upbuilding of new
residence sections in Los Angeles. This company has a capital of $250,000 and
includes in its directorate a number of prominent Los Angeles business men.
Mr. Huntsberger is a member of
the Metropolitan, Lawyers and Jefferson Clubs, the Improved Order of Redmen and the Kansas Society of Los Angeles.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
19 August 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 730, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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