Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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WILLIAM BURGESS MATHEWS, Los Angeles
 
Born near Georgetown, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1865, son of William B. and Margaret 
(Salisbury) Mathews. Attended public and private schools Maysville, Ky.; grad. 
Center College, Ky., 1885 (A.B.). Admitted to Kentucky bar 1888; then one year 
Columbia Law School, New York City. Came to Los Angeles 1889; prac. since. City 
Atty. Los Angeles 1901-7; now special counsel Los Angeles aqueduct; mem. Board 
of Directors public library 1899-1900; Union League, Federation, Cal. and City 
clubs. Married, 1891, Miss Susan Avery Hays. Republican.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.222