Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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DREW PRUITT, Los Angeles
 
Born at Selma, Drew Co., Ark., in 1860, son of J. M and Nancy (Johnston) Pruitt; 
in 1869 moved to Coryell Co., Tex., where he was raised on a farm and ranch. 
Educated at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., receiving therefrom the 
degree of Ph.B. in 1880. In the following year admitted to the bar by the 
Supreme Court of Texas. Married Wilhelmina Franklin at Waco, Tex., in 1887. 
Located at Fort Worth, that state, where he enjoyed a large practice in the 
State and Federal courts for twenty years. Moved to Los Angeles in 1906, and has 
since been recognized as one of the leading lawyers of that city. Mem. Los. 
Angeles Bar Assn., Chamber of Commerce, Jonathan Club, B. P. O. E. and Masonic 
fraternity, Knights Templar and Shrine.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.172