| 词条 | Lewis Grigsby |
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| name = L. E. Grigsby | image = Rosedale pyramid.jpg | alt = | caption = Black granite pyramid-shaped mausoleum of Lewis Eugene Grigsby and his wife Emma Alvina Miller Grigsby in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California | birth_name = Lewis Eugene Grigsby | birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|06|22}} | birth_place = Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, USA | death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|02|04|1867|06|22}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Real Estate Investor | years_active = 1895-1920 | known_for = | notable_works = }}Lewis Eugene Grigsby was born June 22, 1867 in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky.[1] He was a real estate investor, philanthropist and world traveler. He died in Los Angeles, California on February 4, 1932 at the age of 64.[2][3][4] Early lifeGrigsby's parents were James Lewis Grigsby (1835-1892) and Louisa C Cravens (1836)[5]. Professional lifeL. E. Grigsby as he was known professionally was a real estate investor in California[6]. He started a project to build the ten story Grigsby Grand Hotel on Ocean Boulevard and Locust Avenue in Long Beach, California [7]. He was one of the first few thousand people in California to get an automobile license in 1907[8]. He was a trustee for the city of Pomona in the California League of Municipalities in 1902[9]. He toured beach resorts as possible investment sites[10]. Grigsby was a councilman for the fifth ward of Pomona in 1901[11]. Personal lifeGrigsby married Emma Alvina Miller (1868-1930)[12][13] in 1895[14]. They had one child who died very young before 1910[15]. They lived at 1473 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, California[16] in an 1895 Victorian home. Emma's parents were Ohio lithographer Ewald Miller and Louise [17][18]. Emma was previously married to Bernard Hermann Gueterbock (1847-1893)[19]on September 27, 1877 in Hamilton, Ohio [20]. Gueterbock was the editor of the New York Staats Zeitung newspaper[21]. Gueterbock committed suicide May 1893[22]. Initially Emma was arrested and jailed along with her servant and a custom house broker without bond[23]. She was released when the coroner ruled it a suicide[24]. Together L. E. Grigsby and his wife Emma traveled the world visiting Egypt, The Holy Land, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Washington D.C., White Suplhur Springs, Virginia, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio, West Baden, Indiana[25], San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Alaska[26][27]. Grigsby was also a philanthropist donating the then $13,500 Chimes to the Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church[28][29] on Wilshire and Normandie. A bronze tablet was placed with the inscription "Those chimes dedicated to the glory of God" with the Grigsby name inscribed. Grigsby was also a Saddle-Horse breeder while in Pomona. He bred "Rex Grigsby" a black stallion foaled May 30, 1899[30]. He was also a member of the Claremont Pomological Club-Citrus Growers Club in 1921[31] which frequently met at their home [32]. Grigsby started The Kingsley Tract Water Col, Limited corporation in Pomona[33]. L. E. Grigsby and his wife are buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California in a black granite pyramid mausoleum[34][35]. References1. ^1870, 1880 United States Federal Census Kentucky 2. ^California, Death Index, 1905-1939 3. ^LA Times, February 6, 1932, Lewis Eugene Grigsby obituary 4. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7504882 Lewis Eugene Grigsby, Burial at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery] 5. ^1870, 1880 United States Federal Census, Kentucky 6. ^LA Times, January 1, 1914, Property for Sale to Build Skyscraper 7. ^LA Times, April 22, 1923, Announce Building Date 8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=lYU0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=%22l.+e.+grigsby%22+%22los+angeles%22&source=bl&ots=Et_10P_rNS&sig=UYxvW1bY6OaFABEKgmvwXKGmvek&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwichYStxPDUAhVjqVQKHV3mAT8Q6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=%22l.%20e.%20grigsby%22%20%22los%20angeles%22&f=false California Register of Motor Vehicles 1907] 9. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_I4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=%22l.+e.+grigsby%22+%22los+angeles%22&source=bl&ots=keh89oNCFZ&sig=jRzGgt2y5Zo88-eUFmP45CyfDqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwichYStxPDUAhVjqVQKHV3mAT8Q6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=%22l.%20e.%20grigsby%22%20%22los%20angeles%22&f=false League of California Municipalities 1902] 10. ^[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19040619.2.111 Los Angeles Herald, June 19, 1904, Business Men Visit Noted Beach Resorts] 11. ^[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19040619.2.111 LA Times, April 11, 1901] 12. ^California Death Index 1905-1939 13. ^LA Times, October 10, 1930, Emma Alvina Grigsby, obituary 14. ^1910 United States Federal Census, Los Angeles, California 15. ^1920 United States Federal Census, Los Angeles, California 16. ^Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1913 17. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12106981/ewald_miller_emma_grigsby_probate/?xid=637 The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 15, 1910, Wills Filed For Probate] 18. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12108160/ewald_miller_1893_ohio_lithographer/?xid=637 The Evening World, New York, New York, June 3, 1893, Threatened Suicide Before, Flourished a Revolver] 19. ^New York City, Deaths, 1892-1902 20. ^Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 21. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12108583/bernard_bueterbock_emma_miller/?xid=637 Akron Daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, May 31, 2893] 22. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12108621/bernard_gueterbock_amma_miller_death/?xid=637 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, June 2, 1893] 23. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12108693/bernard_gueterbock_death_staats/?xid=637 The Courier-News, Bridgewater, New Jeresey, May 29, 1893, An Editor's Mysterious Death] 24. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12108621/bernard_gueterbock_amma_miller_death/?xid=637 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, June 2, 1893] 25. ^LA Times, July 7, 1912, Trip Ended 26. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/image/46439819/# LA Times, January 28, 1909, Mr and Mrs. Grigsby are Leaving Tonight for a Trip Around the World] 27. ^LA Times, July 9, 1913 Remaining Months 28. ^LA Times, May 21, 1927, Formal Dedication of Chimes 29. ^LA Times, March 28, 1927, Twenty-Tone Chimes Given to New Church 30. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=x5g_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=cousin+of+l.+e.+grigsby+pomona&source=bl&ots=kTF-_G7rAt&sig=jX0dVyuosqEMhVl2K7BHzysSc1s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj8LKpyvDUAhXsy1QKHc2BDBIQ6AEIMzAD#v=onepage&q=cousin%20of%20l.%20e.%20grigsby%20pomona&f=false The Register of the American Saddle-Horse Breeders Association, Volume 2, 1909] 31. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=M5vzZ9PesFwC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=cousin+of+l.+e.+grigsby+pomona&source=bl&ots=fGuY37fNoO&sig=N_b8kB0mN8KSJioy--oOBORfCbE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj8LKpyvDUAhXsy1QKHc2BDBIQ6AEIRDAJ#v=onepage&q=cousin%20of%20l.%20e.%20grigsby%20pomona&f=false The California Citrograph, History of Claremont Pomological Club-Citrus Growers, January 1922] 32. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=JqxPAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA310&lpg=RA1-PA310&dq=cousin+of+l.+e.+grigsby+pomona&source=bl&ots=T3FXKGoEH8&sig=vSoFjgOYeLlTD8D1HefbohpXrqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXqL39y_DUAhXExFQKHV5jAzs4ChDoAQglMAE#v=onepage&q=cousin%20of%20l.%20e.%20grigsby%20pomona&f=false California Cultivator and Livestock and Dairy Journal, Volumes 14-15, 1900] 33. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=JqxPAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA310&lpg=RA1-PA310&dq=cousin+of+l.+e.+grigsby+pomona&source=bl&ots=T3FXKGoEH8&sig=vSoFjgOYeLlTD8D1HefbohpXrqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXqL39y_DUAhXExFQKHV5jAzs4ChDoAQglMAE#v=onepage&q=cousin%20of%20l.%20e.%20grigsby%20pomona&f=false The Engineering Record, Building Record and the Sanitary Engineer, Volume 42, 1900] 34. ^LA Times, October 10, 1930, Emma Alvina Grigsby obituary 35. ^LA Times, February 6, 1932, Lewis Eugene Grigsby obituary 3 : Construction|Real estate|Burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles |
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