Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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ROSE LA MONTE BURCHAM, Los Angeles
 
Born Dansville, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1857; daughter Dr. James and Eliza (Pratt) La 
Monte. Her father, born in England, prac. many years in Rochester, N. Y., and 
died Nov. 19, 1893. Rose L. Burcham educated public schools and seminary at 
Dansville, receiving teacher's certificate at sixteen; grad. Rochester Acad. 
1882. Commenced med. studies with father; grad. Eclectic Med. Institute, 
Cincinnati, 1884, Located Highland, Cal., 1885; prac. there eleven years. 
Married Dec. 1887, Charles A. Burcham, Los Angeles; in 1896, with husband, 
became interested in Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co., Randsburg, Cal., and 
since regular formation of company, has been secretary. Residence Los Angeles 
since 1899. On Board of Directors Fine Arts League; life mem. and dir. Ebell 
Club.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.230