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Niles Pease

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Niles Pease (1838–1921) was a Los Angeles, California, businessman who was president of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association in 1903–05 and of the City Council in 1907–10.^[1]

Pease was born in Enfield, Kentucky, in 1838, where he was engaged in the furniture business for twenty years. He came to Los Angeles in 1884 and for the next two decades was the head of the Pease Furniture Co. At the time of his death on September 21, 1921, he was president of the Niles Investment Company, vice president of the International Indemnity Co. and a director of the Fidelity Savings and Loan Association and of the Bank of Italy.^[1] The Pease building at 7th and Hill streets was later bought by Bullock's Department Store for expansion.^[2]

He was a Unitarian, a Knight Templar and a Shriner.^[1]

Pease was survived by his wife and four daughters, Grace G. Pease, Jessie F. Pease, Anne Pease, Florence Jones, and two sons, Sherman and Herman Pease.^[1]

References

1. ^¹²³"Last Rites for Pease Tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1921, page II-1
2. ^"Big Furniture Stock Bought," Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1917, page II-3

4 : 1838 births|1921 deaths|Businesspeople from Los Angeles|Los Angeles City Council members

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