Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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BRADNER WELLS LEE, Los Angeles
 
Born in East Groveland, N. Y., May 4, 1850. Early education in public schools of 
place and under private tutors; studied law with uncle, Col. G. Wiley Wells, U. 
S. Dist. Atty. and Congressman from Mississippi and Consul General to Shanghai, 
China; admitted to Mississippi bar, 1871; shortly afterward appointed U. S 
District Attorney for Northern District of that state; resigned, 1879, to come 
to California. Came to Los Angeles in March, 1879, and admitted to all 
California courts in April; in 1883 became mem. firm Brunson, Wells & Lee, and 
continued to be identified through various subsequent changes of firm until 1908 
since which he has practiced alone. Chairman of Rep. County Central Committee 
1896 to 1910 and Chairman of the Rep. County Convention in 1906; Trustee of 
State Library since 1896, also held leading positions on the Rep. State Central 
Committee; Chairman Law Committee, Chamber of Commerce; mem. leading clubs, bar 
associations, Sec. Sons Revolution and Colonial Wars; Knight Templar and 
Shriner. Dir. City and County Bank and other corporations. Married Oct. 16, 
1883, Helena Farrar; two sons, Bradner Wells Lee Jr., and Kenyon Farrar Lee, 
students at Stanford Univ.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.285