Who’s who on the Pacific Coast: a biographical compilation of notable living …

edited by Franklin Harper

CLARK, J. Ross, Railroad Man; born, Connellsville, Pa., Apr. 10, 1850; son, John and Mary (Andrews) C. Edu.: public schools, Pa.; Acad., Bentonsport, la. Married, Miriam A. Evans, Apr. 16, 1878, at Butte, Mont. Moved to Mont., 1871, entering bus. with brother, ex-Senator Wm. A. Clark. Engaged in banking and mining, Mont, dist., 1871-93; Est., private bank, Butte, Mont., 1876; moved to Los Angeles, 1892; built Los Alamitos sugar factory in Sou. Cal., 1896. Vice-pres., Salt Lake R. R., Los Alamitos Sugar Co.; Dir. and Vice-pres., Citizens Natl. Bank, Los Angeles. Clubs: California, Jonathan, Sierra Madre, (Los Angeles); Bohemian, (San Francisco); Sliver Bow, (Butte, Mont.). Res.: 710 W. Adams; Office: Kerchoff bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

BIXBY, George H., Banker; bom, July 4, 1864; son, Jotham and Margaret (Hathaway) B.; grandson of Rev. George W. Hathaway, chaplain of a Maine Regt., Civil War; descendant of Wm. Bradford, first Gov. of Plymouth Colony; and of Kenelm Winslow, a brother of Edward Winslow, 2d Gov. of the colony; maternal grandfather served in Rev. War. Edu.: prep, schools of Oakland, Cal.; grad. Sackett School, Oakland; B. A., Yale Univ., 1866. Married, Amelia M. E. Andrews, Aug. 31, 1887, at Los Angeles. Secy., Alamitos Land Co.; Vice-pres. and Mgr. Bixby Land Co., 1901; Vice-pres., Palos Verdes Land Co., 1901; Dir., Los Angeles Dock & Terminal Co., Seaside Inv. Co., Wall Co. Dept. Store, Long Beach Dairy Co.; Vice-pres., Natl. Bank of Long Beach; Pres., Long Beach Savings Bank & Trust Co.; owner and operator, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach; Chmn. L. A. Co. Highway Commission, 1907-11; Clubs: California (Los Angeles), Virginia Country, (Long Beach), Ei Rodeo, (hon. member). Address: Long Beach, Cal.

BIXBY, Jotham, Capitalist; bom, Norridgewock, Me., Jan. 20, 1831; son, Amasa and Fanny (Weston) B. Edu.: common schools of Maine. Married, Margaret Winslow Hathaway, Dec. 4, 1862, at San Juan Bautista, Cal. Came to San Francisco, 1853. Pres., Bixby Land Co.; Pres., Palos Verdes Co., The Jotham Bixby Co.; Vice-pres., Alamitos Land Co., Alamitos Water Co., Natl. Bank of Long Beach. Address: Long Beach, Cal. BLACHLY, Arthur Trew, Physician; born, Monument, Colo., Nov. 11, 1878; son, Andrew Trew and Mary Adelle (Bradley) B. Edu.: public schools, Delta, Colo.; M. D., Univ. of Colo.. Boulder, Colo., 1904; took junior year’s work at the Denver and Gross Med. College, Denver, Colo.; also 3 months’ post grad. work at Rush Med. College, Chicago. 1907. Married, Grace M. Rand, of Laurel, Md., July 24, 1907, at Klamath