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CARL F. A. LAST
LAST, CARL F. A., Wine Merchant, Los Angeles, Cal., was born on Island Ruegen, Germany, Oct. 17, 1861, the son of Carl J. C. Last and Louise (Lemmen) Last. He married Agnes W. Menzies at San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 30, 1886, and to them there has been born one child, Stewart Menzies Last.
Gen. Last was brought to this country in his early childhood, his family first locating in Wisconsin. In 1868 his parents moved to San Francisco, and for the next eighteen years he called that city his home. He attended the public schools of San Francisco, but left when he was thirteen years old and became apprentice to an engraver. He mastered the engraver’s art, but instead of following that profession he became a bookkeeper for Wilmerding & Co. of San Francisco, remaining with them seven years. His conscientious efforts won him the confidence and esteem of his employers to such an extent that they backed him in the enterprise which he owns today.
It was on Aug. 14, 1886, that Gen. Last purchased an interest in the firm of Joe Bayer & Co. of Los Angeles. After five years he formed a new partnership with F. E. Fisk, under the firm name of Last & Fisk. Within a year he bought out Fisk’s interest, and then conducted the business from1892 until 1908 as C. F. A. Last. In June of the latter year he incorporated under the title of the C.F.A. Last Company. In addition to his wine business, Gen. Last, with his former partner, Joe Bayer, put down the first oil well in Los Angeles city, in 1893.
Gen. Last is Retired Brigadier General of the California National Guards. He is also Past Master of the Los Angeles Lodge No. 42, F. & A.M., and served as chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee in 1892. His clubs are: California and Jonathan, Los Angeles Army and Navy and Union League of San Francisco.
Transcribed
11-20-10 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 555, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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