Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Horton, Rufus William Landon 
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RUFUS WILLIAM LANDON HORTON, LOS ANGELES
Born at Niles, Mich., Sept. 2, 1861, son of Richmond B. and Anna Mary (Smith)
Horton; representative of old English (Leicestershire) family. Early education
In common and high schools of Wauseon (Ohio); studied law at Dallas (Tex.)
Coll., and completed studies with Judge Shaw of Supreme Court. Came to Los
Angeles May 1, 1887; active in civic matters. Mem. Board of Education (1902);
chairman of committee that introduced School Savings banks in Los Angeles;
several years secretary of Citizens' League. Dlr. and attorney for large
corporation and property interests, and as attorney for the Westlake Improvement
Assn. prepared ordinance that confined oil wells north of Ocean View Ave.
Considered an authority on liens and real estate law. Mem. Los Angeles Bar
Assn., University Club, California Club and Chamber of Commerce; Mason and
Republican. Married, 1896, Miss Millie Kurtz; two children, Joseph Kurtz Horton,
and Rufus William Landon Horton, Jr.


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THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO          LOS ANGELES          NEW YORK
1910


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