Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Smale, J. B. E. 1858 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    J. B. E. SMALE, dry goods merchant of this city, is a native of Scotland,
having been born in Perthshire, Town of Stirling, July 24th, 1858. His father,
William John Smale, was an excise officer of the Government Customs Office.
Young Smale lived at home until he reached his twenty-first year and then went
to London. In this city he held for five years a responsible position in the
mercantile house of William Whitley, who is known upon the eastern continent as
"The Great Universal Provider." This house is, without question, the largest
establishment in its line in the world Mr. Smale was a salesman in the gents'
furnishing goods department. He came to America in 1883 and located at
Providence, R. I., where he became identified with the Scotch Syndicate Store in
that city. In 1887 he went to Ashland, Wisconsin, and engaged in the general
drygoods business. The winters of this locality proved too severe for his health
and he removed to Omaha, Nebraska, where he became buyer in the dress goods
department for the N. B. Falconer Co., the largest of its kind in that city. In
1892 he came still farther west to Leadville, Colorado, and for twelve years
engaged in the drygoods business as a member of the Blakely-Smale Drygoods
Company. The altitude was, however, too high for good health and Mr. Smale sold
his interest in the business and came to Southern California. He traveled for
one year until he had gained a fair knowledge of the country and then, on March
3rd, 1905, opened his present store. This place of business, which has become
one of the popular trading places of Santa Monica, is situated at 1456 Third
Street. In the year 1892, at Omaha, Nebraska, Mr. Smale was married to Miss
Alice Maud Morse, of Bath, Maine. Miss Morse was a daughter of Reuben Morse, a
wealthy lumber and timber merchant of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Smale have three
children—a son, Kenneth, and two daughters, Dorothy and Pauline.

    Mr. Smale is one of Santa Monica's most highly esteemed citizens and, as a
merchant, is in the No. 1 class. He takes a becoming interest in all matters of
public concern and supports liberally all worthy local enterprises. He is a
charter member of the Santa Monica Board of Trade and a member of the executive
committee of that body.


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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)


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