Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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MERVIN J. MONNETTE, Los Angeles
 
Born Marion, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1847. Educated common schools. Reared on a farm, and 
for some years a stock dealer in Ohio. Also fifteen years' banking experience in 
that state, ten years as president. Then eight years in Nebraska as cattle 
raiser on large tract of land. Later, operated the Mohawk lease at Goldfield, 
Nev., this proving the richest mine in America�forty-seven tons of ore netting 
$574,958. Came to Los Angeles in April, 1907. Elected Pres. American National 
Bank January, 1909; also dir. Citizens National Bank. Mem. B. P. O. E., 
California, Union League and Country Clubs of Los Angeles. Married, 1869, Miss 
Olive Adelaide Hull.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.294