HON. EUGENE S. TOMBLIN. A man of untiring energy and great business ability, Hon. Eugene S. Tomblin is numbered among the citizens of prominence and influence in Ocean Park, which has been developed in a large measure through his forethought and sagacity. He is an extensive landholder in this section of Los Angeles county, and as head of the firm of Tomblin & Robinson, real estate dealers. is carrying on a substantial business. A son of Ira Tomblin, he was born in Albion, N. Y., of honored New England stock, Grandfather Tomblin having beenborn and reared in Vermont.
Having completed his studies in the public schools of Albion, Eugene S. Tomblin entered the classical department of the State
Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., where he was graduated with the class of 1863. He was subsequently engaged in farming in his home town for about ten years, when, in 1873, he removed to Emerson, Mills county, Iowa, where he was successfully employed as а druggist for fourteen years. Selling out his property there early in 1887, he came to California, locating in March, of that year, in Tustin, Orange county, where he embarked in business as a fruit grower, having an orange grove of seventeen acres. Disposing of that ranch in 1890, he settled in Siskiyou county, where he assisted in organizing the Shasta County Mineral Spring Company, of which he was a director, and the manager for eight years. Under his able supervision, about $200,000 was wisely spent in building trails, cottages and hotels, and an enormous trade throughout Northern California was established.
Resigning his position as manager of the company, Mr. Tomblin established a branch office in Los Angeles in November, 1898, and in this part of the state developed a good business, which he sold out in 1903, at the same time disposing of his stock in the Shasta Mineral Springs Company. For the past four years he has been a resident of Ocean Park, and since March, 1903, has been actively identified with its real estate interests. He was instrumental in forming the East Ocean Park Land Company, of which he is now president, and.which developed one hundred and thirtysix acres of land adjoining the city. In 1904 he formed a partnership with Mr. Robinson under the firm name of Tomblin & Robinson, having a real estate and rental office at No. 133 Pier avenue, and is carrying on an extensive and lucrative business. He has acquired large property interests in Ocean Park and vicinity, and also owns city property in Los Angeles, and farm lands in Tulare county.
In Chicago, Ill., Mr. Tomblin married Anna L. Shipman, who was born in Pennsylvania, the descendant of an old and honored family, and they are the parents of two children, Allan E. and Hazel A. Politically Mr. Tomblin is a Republican, and while a resident of Siskiyou county represented his district in the legislature. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk.
Having completed his studies in the public schools of Albion, Eugene S. Tomblin entered the classical department of the State
Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., where he was graduated with the class of 1863. He was subsequently engaged in farming in his home town for about ten years, when, in 1873, he removed to Emerson, Mills county, Iowa, where he was successfully employed as а druggist for fourteen years. Selling out his property there early in 1887, he came to California, locating in March, of that year, in Tustin, Orange county, where he embarked in business as a fruit grower, having an orange grove of seventeen acres. Disposing of that ranch in 1890, he settled in Siskiyou county, where he assisted in organizing the Shasta County Mineral Spring Company, of which he was a director, and the manager for eight years. Under his able supervision, about $200,000 was wisely spent in building trails, cottages and hotels, and an enormous trade throughout Northern California was established.
Resigning his position as manager of the company, Mr. Tomblin established a branch office in Los Angeles in November, 1898, and in this part of the state developed a good business, which he sold out in 1903, at the same time disposing of his stock in the Shasta Mineral Springs Company. For the past four years he has been a resident of Ocean Park, and since March, 1903, has been actively identified with its real estate interests. He was instrumental in forming the East Ocean Park Land Company, of which he is now president, and.which developed one hundred and thirtysix acres of land adjoining the city. In 1904 he formed a partnership with Mr. Robinson under the firm name of Tomblin & Robinson, having a real estate and rental office at No. 133 Pier avenue, and is carrying on an extensive and lucrative business. He has acquired large property interests in Ocean Park and vicinity, and also owns city property in Los Angeles, and farm lands in Tulare county.
In Chicago, Ill., Mr. Tomblin married Anna L. Shipman, who was born in Pennsylvania, the descendant of an old and honored family, and they are the parents of two children, Allan E. and Hazel A. Politically Mr. Tomblin is a Republican, and while a resident of Siskiyou county represented his district in the legislature. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk.
HON. EUGENE S. TOMBLIN. A man of untiring energy and great business ability, Hon. Eugene S. Tomblin is numbered among the citizens of prominence and influence in Ocean Park, which has been developed in a large measure through his forethought and sagacity. He is an extensive landholder in this section of Los Angeles county, and as head of the firm of Tomblin & Robinson, real estate dealers. is carrying on a substantial business. A son of Ira Tomblin, he was born in Albion, N. Y., of honored New England stock, Grandfather Tomblin having beenborn and reared in Vermont.
Having completed his studies in the public schools of Albion, Eugene S. Tomblin entered the classical department of the State
Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., where he was graduated with the class of 1863. He was subsequently engaged in farming in his home town for about ten years, when, in 1873, he removed to Emerson, Mills county, Iowa, where he was successfully employed as а druggist for fourteen years. Selling out his property there early in 1887, he came to California, locating in March, of that year, in Tustin, Orange county, where he embarked in business as a fruit grower, having an orange grove of seventeen acres. Disposing of that ranch in 1890, he settled in Siskiyou county, where he assisted in organizing the Shasta County Mineral Spring Company, of which he was a director, and the manager for eight years. Under his able supervision, about $200,000 was wisely spent in building trails, cottages and hotels, and an enormous trade throughout Northern California was established.
Resigning his position as manager of the company, Mr. Tomblin established a branch office in Los Angeles in November, 1898, and in this part of the state developed a good business, which he sold out in 1903, at the same time disposing of his stock in the Shasta Mineral Springs Company. For the past four years he has been a resident of Ocean Park, and since March, 1903, has been actively identified with its real estate interests. He was instrumental in forming the East Ocean Park Land Company, of which he is now president, and.which developed one hundred and thirtysix acres of land adjoining the city. In 1904 he formed a partnership with Mr. Robinson under the firm name of Tomblin & Robinson, having a real estate and rental office at No. 133 Pier avenue, and is carrying on an extensive and lucrative business. He has acquired large property interests in Ocean Park and vicinity, and also owns city property in Los Angeles, and farm lands in Tulare county.
In Chicago, Ill., Mr. Tomblin married Anna L. Shipman, who was born in Pennsylvania, the descendant of an old and honored family, and they are the parents of two children, Allan E. and Hazel A. Politically Mr. Tomblin is a Republican, and while a resident of Siskiyou county represented his district in the legislature. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk.
Having completed his studies in the public schools of Albion, Eugene S. Tomblin entered the classical department of the State
Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., where he was graduated with the class of 1863. He was subsequently engaged in farming in his home town for about ten years, when, in 1873, he removed to Emerson, Mills county, Iowa, where he was successfully employed as а druggist for fourteen years. Selling out his property there early in 1887, he came to California, locating in March, of that year, in Tustin, Orange county, where he embarked in business as a fruit grower, having an orange grove of seventeen acres. Disposing of that ranch in 1890, he settled in Siskiyou county, where he assisted in organizing the Shasta County Mineral Spring Company, of which he was a director, and the manager for eight years. Under his able supervision, about $200,000 was wisely spent in building trails, cottages and hotels, and an enormous trade throughout Northern California was established.
Resigning his position as manager of the company, Mr. Tomblin established a branch office in Los Angeles in November, 1898, and in this part of the state developed a good business, which he sold out in 1903, at the same time disposing of his stock in the Shasta Mineral Springs Company. For the past four years he has been a resident of Ocean Park, and since March, 1903, has been actively identified with its real estate interests. He was instrumental in forming the East Ocean Park Land Company, of which he is now president, and.which developed one hundred and thirtysix acres of land adjoining the city. In 1904 he formed a partnership with Mr. Robinson under the firm name of Tomblin & Robinson, having a real estate and rental office at No. 133 Pier avenue, and is carrying on an extensive and lucrative business. He has acquired large property interests in Ocean Park and vicinity, and also owns city property in Los Angeles, and farm lands in Tulare county.
In Chicago, Ill., Mr. Tomblin married Anna L. Shipman, who was born in Pennsylvania, the descendant of an old and honored family, and they are the parents of two children, Allan E. and Hazel A. Politically Mr. Tomblin is a Republican, and while a resident of Siskiyou county represented his district in the legislature. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk.
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