Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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JAMES BASIL MACLAUGHLIN, Los Angeles
 
Born in Ross Co., Ohio, son of James Jefferson and Martha Jane (Roby) 
MacLaughlin. Educated in the public schools and State University of Ohio; grad. 
in law and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio. Taught school 
three years in Ohio; practiced law in various county seats of southern Ohio, 
including Cincinnati and Columbus, with office at Chillicothe; moved to Chicago, 
admitted to practice by Illinois Supreme Court, and practiced in that city. 
Moved to Los Angeles and was admitted to California Supreme Court in 1899; prac. 
in that city since (all courts, including U. S. District and Circuit) ; has 
always made a speciality of real estate and probate law, and since coming to Los 
Angeles of mechanics' liens. Married to Elenor MacDougal. Mem. Melrose Ave. M. 
E. Church. Republican in State and National politics; independent in local 
matters. His son (Robert Delamere MacLaughlin), student in Univ. Southern 
California, and daughter (Anna Wood MacLaughlin), In Colleges of Music and 
Oratory of same institution.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.291