Los Angeles-Butte-Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Keppel, Mark ************************************************ 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 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 June 30, 2009, 12:24 am Author: Robert J. Burdette (1910) MARK KEPPEL, LOS ANGELES Born in Butte Co., Cal., Apr. 11, 1867; second in a family of eleven children; childhood spent upon the farm. Early education in public schools; at majority entered San Joaquin Valley Coll., paying his way by janitor service and labor as a harvest hand; grad. 1892 and began teaching in 1893. Served one year in alma mater, one year in Yolo Co. and seven years in Los Angeles city; elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1902 and 1906. Has an established reputation both as an educational authority and a public speaker. Married, 1894, Miss Mae Hubbard, representative of a pioneer family of California. They have one daughter—Esther Mae, now a student at the Polytechnic High School. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda ROBERT J. BURDETTE EDITOR THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO LOS ANGELES NEW YORK 1910 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/photos/bios/keppel1359nbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/keppel1359nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb