Francisco P. Temple
Francisco P. Temple (February 13, 1822 – April 27, 1880) served on the first Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1852.
Biography
Francisco Pliny Fisk (F.P.F) Temple was born in
In 1845, Temple married Antonia Margarita Workman (July 26, 1830 – January 24, 1892) the daughter of
In 1850 he was elected to be the Los Angeles city treasurer, and in 1852 he served on the first
In 1868 Temple with his father-in-law William Workman and Isaias W. Hellman formed the banking house of Hellman, Temple & Co. Three years later Hellman dropped out of the business, but the partnership between Temple and Workman continued as the Temple & Workman Bank in a downtown Los Angeles area known as the Temple Block. In 1875, when nearly every bank in the state closed its doors for a time, Temple & Workman Bank went bankrupt due to mismanagement. Both men lost everything. Temple never recovered from the financial disaster, and Workman committed suicide a year later.[4]
On April 27, 1880, Temple died and is buried in the Workman and Temple family
See also
- Workman-Temple family
References
- ^ John Steven McGroarty, 1921,Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea, Volume II, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York
- ^ "Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ Israel, S. A. (January 3, 1926). "Historic Temple Block Surrenders to Progress after Seventy Years". Los Angeles Times. p. 71.
- ^ Francis Pliny Fisk (Francisco) Temple