Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Dales, Edward V. 1877 - 
************************************************
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 January 1, 2006, 2:20 am

Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    EDWARD V. DALES, senior member of the grocery house of Dales Brothers, Santa
Monica, is a native of Illinois. He was born in the town of Middlepoint, White
County, September 10th, 1877, a son of Charles S. Dales. The family came to
Southern California and located at Santa Monica in 1886 when young Edward was
but nine years of age. His youth was spent, therefore, in Santa Monica where he
passed through the graded schools and finished in the Santa Monica High School
as a graduate of the class of 1895. He then worked for Lang & Middlekauff,
hardware merchants, as salesman for two years. In 1898 he embarked in the
grocery business under the firm name of Gray & Dales, on Third Street. In 1899
he purchased his partner's interest and conducted the business alone until 1902,
when his brother John became interested and the present firm of Dales Brothers
was organized. Besides their store on Third Street, Santa Monica, Dales Brothers
operated a store for two years on Pier Avenue and Ocean Front, Ocean Park, but
in 1906 the two stores were merged at Santa Monica.

    Mr. Dales married Miss Florence Wright, of Santa Monica, February 20th,
1900. She is a daughter of Mr. P. B. Wright, now of Imperial, California. They
have two sons, Verner and Lowell. Mr. Dales is a prominent Mason, having twice
served as Master of Santa Monica Lodge, F. and A. M. He is also a member of the
B. P. O. E., of Santa Monica. He was elected a member of the first city Board of
Education under the Freeholders Charter and is now doing important committee work.



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/dales255bs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/

File size: 2.5 Kb