Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Dales, John B. 1880 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com December 26, 2005, 10:12 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) JOHN B. DALES, successful grocery merchant and junior member of the firm of Dales Brothers, Santa Monica, was born in the town of Roland, White county, Illinois, September 23, 1880, a son of Charles S. and Dora Galloway Dales. (See biographical mention of Charles S. Dales elsewhere in this volume). In 1886 the family located in Santa Monica and here Mr. Dales attended the public schools, graduating from the Santa Monica High School in the class of 1898. In 1902 he entered the present business firm of Dales Brothers. For two years he was in charge of the Dales Brothers' branch grocery house at Ocean Park, until the consolidation of both stores at Santa Monica. Mr. Dales married in 1903 Miss Leah Johnson, a daughter of C. C. Johnson of St. Louis, Mo. They have one son, Leighton. His home is 1014 Fourth street. Mr. Dales is Past Master of Ocean Park Lodge F. and A. M. and member of the B. P. O. E., Santa Monica. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/dales233bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb