Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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ED. W. HOPKINS, Los Angeles
 
Born at Oskaloosa, Ia., March 25, 1863. Received common school education; worked 
on a farm and read law there in younger days; admitted to practice by Supreme 
Court of Iowa; moved to Los Angeles in 1891, but has not practiced in 
California. In 1895 began work in the County Assessor's office; in Assessor 
Ward's second term became Chief Deputy Assessor and on the death of Mr. Ward, 
Sept. 4, 1907, was appointed county assessor. In politics, stanchly Republican. 
Is a Thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Shrine. Married, 1895, Miss 
Martha L. McVicker, of Iowa.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.258