Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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P. H. SMITH, Los Angeles
 
Born Mount Pleasant, Ia., May 18, 1861, son of Simon and Jane (Kelly) Smith. He 
educated himself in the public schools, at Howe's Academy and Iowa Wesleyan 
University. On leaving college engaged in engineering and for some time was in 
the employ of the C. B. & Q. R. R. (engineering department). Owner of valuable 
iron mines in the Mesaba Range, Minn. Came to Santa Monica, 1908. Vice Pres. 
Merchants National Bank Santa Monica and Mendota Coal & Coke Co., Centralia, 
Wash. Mem. California Club, and B. P. O. E. Art critics pronounce Mr. Smith's 
collection of paintings and Oriental rugs the finest on the Pacific coast.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.139