Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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H. W. STOLL, 
 
of the firm of H. W. Stoll & Co., proprietors of the Los Angeles Soda‑water 
Works, was born in Germany, February 25, 1839. His parents emigrated to this 
country when he was only thirteen years of age and located in Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, where they remained twelve years, and in 1864 removed to St. Louis, 
Missouri. From there he went to St. Joseph, the same State, and then to Denver, 
Colorado, from where he drove across the plains to California, reaching Los 
Angeles in 1867. During the following year he established the Los Angeles 
Soda-water Works. He is now the senior proprietor, has carried on the business 
since 1868, and is the pioneer soda manufacturer in the city. He began on a 
small scale and increased the capacity of his business from time to time to meet 
the demands of their trade. Their immense establishment contains the latest and 
most complete and expensive apparatus on the Pacific Coast. Besides generators, 
bottling machines, reservoirs, syrup tanks, flavoring extract distillery, a 
large force of men are constantly employed, with a capacity of turning off 3,000 
to 5,000 dozen per day of sarsaparilla, soda mineral water, syrups, cordials and 
other temperance beverages. Mr. Stoll is a prominent member of the Board of 
Trade and enjoys an enviable reputation. In 1873 Mr. Stoll married Miss Louisa 
Behn, a native of Los Angeles. Her father, John J. Behn, was one of the earliest 
pioneers, coming here in the '40s. His wife was a daughter of General Castello, 
of Ensinado, Lower California. Mr. and Mrs. Stoll have seven children, four 
daughters and three sons.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 625
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler