Andrew Glassell
Andrew Glassell | |
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 Glassell (c. 1868) | |
| Born | Andrew Glassell Jr. September 30, 1827 Orange County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 1901 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama School of Law |
| Occupations |
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| Known for | Founder of Orange, California |
| Spouses | Lucy Toland
(m. 1857; died 1879)Virginia Micou Ring
(m. 1885; died 1895) |
| Relatives | Susan Thornton Glassell (sister) |
Andrew Glassell Jr. (September 30, 1827 – January 28, 1901) was an American real estate attorney and investor. He was one of the founders of the city of Orange, California.[1]
Early life
Glassell was born as Andrew Glassell in Orange County, Virginia. Glassell's parents were Andrew Glassell (1793–1873) and Susanna Thornton (1804–1836). In 1834 his family moved to Greensboro, Alabama, where his father engaged in cotton planting. Andrew was educated at University of Alabama School of Law, from which he graduated in 1848.
Career
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In 1853, Glassell moved to San Francisco and established a law practice. His appointment as the United States attorney at Sacramento, California soon followed. During the Civil War his sympathies were with the South, and he refused to take the loyalty oath to the United States required of lawyers. He left his public office and quit the practice of law and operated a lumber mill near Santa Cruz.[2]
Los Angeles legal practice
After the war, Glassell came to
Andrew Glassell was one of the incorporators of and attorney for the Farmers and Merchants' Bank. He was the first president of the
Orange, California
Glassell, Chapman & Smith looked after the interests of the Yorba family of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, and when after a drought, the final settlement was reached there was not enough cash to satisfy attorney fees. Reluctantly a few thousand acres of land were taken in payment, and Chapman and Glassell came into possession of the land on which the City of Orange, California was built.
In 1872, the Richland Farm Tract (later Orange) subdivision was placed on the market by Andrew Glassell. Glassell and Chapman employed the former's younger brother, Captain
Personal life
Andrew Glassell's widowed sister Susan Thornton Glassell, the paternal grandmother of General George Patton, came to live with him in Los Angeles.
In 1857, Andrew Glassell married Lucy Toland (1838 - 1879), daughter of H. H. Toland, a pioneer physician of San Francisco. Several children were born to this union. After her death, he married Mrs. Virginia Micou Ring (1836–1895) of New Orleans in 1885. Glassell died at his home in Los Angeles at age 73, and is interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in central Los Angeles.[9]
Legacy
The
References
- ^ "About the City of Orange". Orange, California. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021.
- ^ Glassell wouldn't sign oath of loyalty Archived May 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rancho San Rafael
- ^ Los Angeles County bar association Archived May 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ * John Steven McGroarty (1921) Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea, Vol III p.730 - 733.
- ^ William T. Glassell and Andrew Glassell, ca. 1855
- ^ "William T. Glassell (1837-1879)". Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
- ^ "City of Orange History". Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
- ^ scpr.org
- ^ "Glassell Park History". Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
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