Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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G. W. MIDDLETON, 
 
of the firm of Evans & Middleton, is a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and was 
born in 1858. He attended school and served an apprenticeship to the trade of 
stone-cutter, in his native town. After reaching manhood he came to America, in 
1882, and the following year came to Los Angeles. He followed the trade of 
stone-cutting for several years. In 1886 he engaged in his present business. 
Their quarries are located at Riverside, San Bernardino County, where most of 
their stone and granite is dressed before shipping, a portion of it being 
finished in Los Angeles. The granite for the Germain Block, on Los Angeles 
street, and the New Griffith Block, on Fort street, one of the largest and 
heaviest in the city, and many others, is furnished from the quarries of Evans & 
Middleton. Granite for buildings in Riverside and other places is also furnished 
from the same quarries. In 1881 Mr. Middleton married Miss Annie Craighead, a 
native of Aberdeen, Scotland. They have four children: Mary, James, Henry and 
Lillie.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 782
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler