Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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S. E. LOSSING.
 
        One of the self-made men of Los Angeles County is the gentleman whose 
name stands at the head of this sketch. He is a native of Canada, born near 
Niagara Falls, in 1855, his parents being Edward and Eliza (Beckett) Lossing, 
both natives of Canada, their parents having been born in the State of New York. 
At the age of fifteen years, Mr. Lossing left home and went to Minnesota, where 
for some years he was engaged in farming and also worked at his trade of 
blacksmithing. In
1872 he located in the northeastern part of Iowa, where he was employed at the 
same occupation. He subsequently went to Nebraska, later to Kansas, and from 
there to California. He is the owner of a fine farm two miles west of Compton, 
and carries on successfully the blacksmith and wagon business. His grounds are 
nicely improved and well cultivated, and he will in the future give his 
attention to the cultivation of oranges, a very fine variety of which can be 
produced in this section, together with strawberries, raspberries, etc. Mr. 
Lossing was married in Iowa, to Minnie Knoke, a native of Stratford, Ontario. 
Her father is one of the wealthiest farmers in Winnesheik County, Iowa. This 
union has been blessed with two children: Julia and Susa. Socially Mr. Lossing 
is connected with the I. O. O. F. lodge at Compton; and politically he is a 
strong supporter of the Republican party.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 767
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler