Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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Abel Stearns
 
Abel Stearns was for many years a prominent man in Los Angeles County.  He was 
born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1799.  He came to Los Angeles nearly sixty 
years ago.  He became the owner of land in the southern part of Los Angeles 
County, equal in extent to a European Duchy; and his cattle roamed and roared 
�on a thousand hills� like the �bulls of Bashan.�  It used to be reported that 
he branded as many as 800 calves annually.  His home was for many years on the 
site of the present �Baker Block.�  He died in 1871.  His widow, a daughter of 
Don Juan Bandini, after his death married Colonel R. S. Baker.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California � Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889 � Page 369
 
Transcribed by Pat Houser, March 26, 2006