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BEN WHITE
WHITE,
BEN, Real Estate Broker, Los Angeles, California, was born at Campo Seco,
California,
January 18, 1870, the son of John White and Catherine (McGrath) White. He
married Anna D. Ross, May 1903, at San
Jose, California.
There are five children, Ben, Carroll, Melba, Dorothy and Clarence White.
Mr.
White’s father emigrated from Scotland
when nineteen years old, settling at Boston.
There he married, four years later, Catherine McGrath, who had but lately come
from Ireland.
He was a captain of infantry during the Civil War, and served with honor. After
the war he engaged in the hotel business at San Francisco.
Ben
White was taught in the country schools of Contra Costa County, Cal.,
until the age of fifteen. Then he moved to San Francisco, where he began a business
education.
He
entered a real estate office and was put to work, at one time or another, on
all the details of the land business. In the year 1892, when he was twenty-two
years old, he had learned enough to enter business for himself.
He
went to Los Angeles, as the place in California of greatest
promise, and opened an office. Had been frugal and had saved some capital, so
invested judiciously for himself, and became so well
acquainted with values that he was always able to point out good purchases to
his customers. His business grew with great rapidity, and in the year 1911, in
his office and on his properties, in Los
Angeles, he had more than twenty-five employes (sic). He has become very heavily interested in
country property in all parts of California.
He
is a member of the Elks, the Jonathan Club, Chamber of
Commerce, Municipal League, Knights of Columbus, Los Angeles Athletic Club,
Knights of Maccabees and Los Angeles Realty Board.
Transcribed
4-19-11 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 637, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2011 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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