Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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HENRY DE GARMO
 
HENRY DE GARMO, of the firm of De Garmo & Katz, dealers in lime, plaster and 
cement, No. 251 Upper Main street, Los Angeles. This firm established their 
present business in 1884, and are the oldest dealers in lime in the city. They 
handle Santa Cruz and domestic lime. They were engaged in manufacturing for a 
time, but gave it up, and now are dealers exclusively, and have built up a good 
established trade, not only here, but also at other points. Mr. De Garmo, the 
senior member of the firm, was born in Rochester, New York, October 15, 1842. 
During early boyhood his father came West, and he (Henry) lived in Wisconsin 
eight years, in Illinois nine years, and also in Michigan and Nebraska. In 1870 
he came to the Pacific Coast, spent three years in Oregon, was in San Francisco 
a short time, and came to Los Angeles in 1874, and worked at the plaster�s trade 
until he engaged in his present business. In 1870 Mr. De Garno married Miss Emma 
Geiger, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have two sons: Elwood and Curtis.

SOURCE: An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California - Chicago, The 
Lewis Publishing Co., 1889 p. 454
Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben.