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Francis Quarles Story

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Francis Quarles Story

Birth
Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
1 Jul 1932 (aged 86)
Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Greater Los Angeles & Southern California: portraits & personal memoranda, w/photo, pg. 244:

Francis Quarles Story, Alhambra
Born Waukesha, Wis., July 18, 1845, son John P. and Eliz. (Quarles) story, of Salem, Mass.; brother of Major Gen. J.P. Story, retired, U.S.A., and Judge William Story of Colorado. For ten years a wool merchant in Boston and San Francisco. Resident of Alhambra since 1883. Pres. of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1902; mem. since 1891; Chairman of its Citrus Tariff Executive Committee which secured the tariff of 1897 and of the committee appointed to receive the N.E.A. Assn, in 1898 and 1907; also of its Citizen's Relief Committee for San Francisco; and of Building Committee which raised the bonus required to erect present building. He is now Pres. Alhambra Orange Growers Assn, Semi Tropic Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growers' Supply Co., Executive Committee of the Citrus Protective League, Los Angeleces City Directory Co., and San Gabriel Valley Country Club; and Dir. of the First National Bank of Los Angeles and the Equitable Savings Bank; and California representative of the National Conservation Committee. Married, 1876, to Charlotte S.F. Devereaux, who died childless in 1897.
Greater Los Angeles & Southern California: portraits & personal memoranda, w/photo, pg. 244:

Francis Quarles Story, Alhambra
Born Waukesha, Wis., July 18, 1845, son John P. and Eliz. (Quarles) story, of Salem, Mass.; brother of Major Gen. J.P. Story, retired, U.S.A., and Judge William Story of Colorado. For ten years a wool merchant in Boston and San Francisco. Resident of Alhambra since 1883. Pres. of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1902; mem. since 1891; Chairman of its Citrus Tariff Executive Committee which secured the tariff of 1897 and of the committee appointed to receive the N.E.A. Assn, in 1898 and 1907; also of its Citizen's Relief Committee for San Francisco; and of Building Committee which raised the bonus required to erect present building. He is now Pres. Alhambra Orange Growers Assn, Semi Tropic Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growers' Supply Co., Executive Committee of the Citrus Protective League, Los Angeleces City Directory Co., and San Gabriel Valley Country Club; and Dir. of the First National Bank of Los Angeles and the Equitable Savings Bank; and California representative of the National Conservation Committee. Married, 1876, to Charlotte S.F. Devereaux, who died childless in 1897.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7906324/francis_quarles-story: accessed ), memorial page for Francis Quarles Story (18 Jul 1845–1 Jul 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7906324, citing San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Shiver (contributor 46539565).