San Luis Obispo County Biographies

EDWARD B. DE LA GUERRA

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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EDWARD B. DE LA GUERRA, a son of William and Francisca (Foxen) de la Guerra, was 
born on the Los Alamos Rancho, December 12, 1864. His father, who died in 1874, 
was the oldest son of Jose Antonio de la Guerra. His mother, now Mrs. Goodchild, 
was the daughter of William Domingo Foxen, one of the distinguished pioneers of 
Santa Barbara County. Edward spent his boyhood in Guadalupe, Santa Barbara 
County, to which place the family had moved; and it was there that he attended 
school and also entered mercantile life. At the age of fifteen years he was in the 
employ of L. M. Kaiser & Co., and later of M. J. Fontana & Co., � both firms being of 
Guadalupe. For four years afterward he was engaged by Weilheimer & Coblentz of 
Santa Maria. In 1888 he came to San Luis Obispo city, where he and his brother are 
now engaged in the trade of gents' furnishing goods, under the name of De la Guerra 
Brothers, although the establishment is somewhat later known as the "City of Paris." 

In September, 1888, Mr. De la Guerra was the Democratic candidate for County Recorder 
of Santa Barbara County, but was defeated. The nomination for this office was not of his 
own choosing, and was accepted only after the earnest solicitation of his friends. He is 
a member of the N. S. G. W., Santa Maria Parlor, No. 128. He is unmarried. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.