Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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JUDGE H. W. MAGEE, 
 
president of the San Gabriel Valley Bank, Los Angeles, was born in Coles County, 
Illinois, October 9, 1847. His parents, B. W. and Elvira (True) Magee, were 
natives of Kentucky. His mother died in 1874, and his father is living in 
Nebraska. At the age of seventeen years the subject of this notice entered the 
office of the clerk of the court of Coles County, and after remaining there 
three years was appointed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. After serving his 
term, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated in the 
Law Department in 1873. He practiced law in his native county for seven years, 
and in 1882 came to Los Angeles, continuing in his chosen profession. In 1885 he 
was nominated by acclamation for the Legislature, but withdrew on account of not 
being eligible for the office. He was elected president of the San Gabriel 
Valley Bank in 1887, and since then has held that position. He has one of the 
most attractive homes in Pasadena. In 1873 Judge Magee married Miss Ellen J. 
Barnes, of Indianapolis. They have three children: H. Grace, William H. and 
Paul.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 556
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler