Los Angeles County
Biographies
CHARLES STANSBURY
STANSBURY, CHARLES,
Contractor, Los Angeles, California, was born March 4, 1865, at Pescadaro, California, just south of San Francisco. He is
the son of M. Stansbury and Susan J. (Cotton)
Stansbury. He married Anna L. Ledbetter,
January, 1901, at Los Angeles, and to them were born
two children, Charles and Katherine Stansbury.
When he was a child Mr. Stansbury
removed with his parents to Santa Cruz, California, and there he attended the
public schools until 1879. At that time he was fourteen years of age and his
first work was on a farm. He continued as a farmer until he was eighteen years
of age, when his parents removed to Los Angeles.
His father established a coal business there and young Stansbury went with him as a partner of the firm of Stansbury & Company. At the end of seven years his
father retired from the business and he and his brother, G. F. Stansbury, continued it under the name of Stansbury Brothers. They dealt mostly in wholesale and grew
so rapidly they in a short time were operating three large yards and had
branches all over the City of Los Angeles.
In 1898 the brothers sold out to Brett & Backus, and
Mr. Stansbury put his capital in contracting,
and has since become one of the leading contractors of the city. He has built
roads and railroad grades in all parts of the Southwest, but maintains his
headquarters in Los Angeles. Sunset boulevard in Los
Angeles is a fine example of his work.
In addition to his contracting, Mr. Stansbury
has dealt largely in tracts in and about Los Angeles, and is a stockholder and
director in the Western Lumber Company and the Pacific Sewer Pipe Company.
He is a Native Son of the Golden West, Mason, member of
the Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank,
B. P. O. E., and Knights Templar.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
15 May 2011.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 674,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston,
Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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