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WINSLOW PAIGE HYATT
Entering upon his legal career at
the age of twenty-one, Winslow Paige Hyatt has practiced successfully for many
years, gaining broad experience in his profession, and has long been regarded
as one of the able members of the Los Angeles bar. He was born in Ashland, Greene County, New
York, March 6, 1860, a son of Nelson Fanning and Mary (Briggs) Hyatt, and
obtained his high school education at Mattawan, that state. At Fishkill, New York, he read law under the
supervision of J. Hervey Cook from 1878 to 1880, and then enrolled in the
Albany Law School of Union University, which conferred upon him the degree of
LL. B. in 1881. He won high standing as
a student and was awarded the “Learned Prize” at commencement exercises. In June, 1881, he was admitted to the New
York bar and located at Port Jervis, New York, where he was town clerk for one
term. He remained in the east until 1886
and in November of that year arrived in Pasadena, California. In April, 1887, he was admitted to the
California bar and practiced for three years in Pasadena, where he was a deputy
under District Attorney J. R. Dupuy during 1888 and
1889. Removing to Los Angeles in 1890,
Mr. Hyatt formed a partnership with J. R. Dupuy,
becoming the junior member of the firm, and has since engaged in general
practice here. Well versed in statute
and precedent, he readily and accurately applies his knowledge to the points in
litigation and has won many verdicts favorable to the interests of his clients.
At Albany, New York, in April, 1883,
Mr. Hyatt was married to Miss Marie Antoinette Palmeeter,
who graduated from the Albany high school, and four children were born to
them: Russell, who is engaged in the
advertising business; Jay Ernest, who lived but eighteen months; Howard
Wendell, who is married and has a son, Howard George; and Helen Beatrice, now the
wife of Homer C. McKinney and the mother of a daughter, Marilyn Jean.
Mr. Hyatt is an adherent of the
Republican Party. He enjoys outdoor life
and belongs to the Chevy Chase Golf Club and the Peter Pan Woodland Club of Big
Bear, being the founder of the latter.
He is also a member of the Jonathan Club. His fraternal affiliations are with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and Knights of
Khorassan. In 1890 he joined the
California National Guard, Company F, Seventh
Regiment, with which he was connected for a period of fifteen years, and is a
member of the Veterans Association of the California National Guard. His professional connections are with the
State Bar of California. Mr. Hyatt never
allows outside interests to interfere with his practice, which is his real life
work, and has a high conception of the responsibilities devolving upon him as
an attorney and counselor.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. III, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 245-246, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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