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ALVAH WARREN
ROSS
ROSS, ALVAH WARREN, Real Estate and Investments, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 15, 1878, the son of William C. Ross and Sarah A. Ross. He married Jennie S. Rounsefell, Feb. 10, 1902, at Los Angeles. There is one child, Wilfred Gordon Ross.
He finished the public schools of Des Moines, Ia., and in 1893 he was brought to Los Angeles, where he attended the Woodbury Business College. He studied law under private instruction for a couple of years, but only as a preparation for business and not with the intention of practice.
In 1900 he engaged in the real estate and investment business, which is still his principal interest. He at first made a specialty of building and selling homes. There was a big demand for such houses at that time and he had considerable success. He then branched out and began the purchase of suburban tracts, adjacent to the city, and he improved according to the best residential standards, cutting and paving streets, laying sidewalks and bordering the streets with trees and flowers and placing gas, water and light mains. Most of the tracts have now been included within the city limits. He developed one of the first subdivisions of the now famous Wilshire district, where the finest residences are being built.
Mr Ross is heavily interested in the oil business in the San Joaquin Valley and other fields. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Oil Development Co., and Secretary and Treasurer of the Los Angeles-Kern Oil Co. He is a director in the Zahn Roller Bearing Co.
He is a member of the Los Angeles Country Club, the Union League Club, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and the Los Angeles Realty Board.
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Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 472, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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