*** Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs. *** ---page 90--- Army, 1901; served in war with Spain. Engaged in practice of medicine in Los Angeles, 1906 to date. Member American Medical Assn.; Los Angeles Co. Medical Soc.; Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmolo ical Assn.; Sons of Revolution. Democrat. COATE, Henry R. Vice-pres. Cooper, Coate & Casey Dry Goods Co. Res. 1045 Ingraham st.; office 7th and Los Angeles sts., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Ohio, Feb. 18. 1851. Attended public schools; grad- uated from Quaker College, Richmond, Ind., 1865. Engaged in dry goods business; traveling salesman; established at Petaluma, Cal., branch store for Hale Bros., 1882, which he conducted for three years; with Weinstock & Lubin of Sacramento, three years; with Murphy, Grant & Co., seven years; Pacific coast agent for Coates Spool Thread Co. for seven years; with Levi, Strauss & Co.; in partnership with Milton Cooper and Edward Casey in Los Angeles under firm name of Cooper, Coate & Casey Dry Goods Co., 1906 to date. Member Union League club; Masonic fra- ternity. Republican. Quaker. COBB, Edward Sigourney. Consulting engineer. Res. Whittier, Cal.; office Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Nashville, Tenn., May 21, 1858; son of Jonathan and Martha Sigourney (Wales) Cobb. Attended high school at Dedham, Mass.; grad- uated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., B. S., 1879. Asst. to supt. of motive power on railroad; head draftsman in Machine Tool Works, 1879-80; general design- ing, Boston, 1880-82; professor of practical mechanics and machine de- sign, Rose Polytechnic Institute (Ind.), 1882-88; expert mechanical and hydraulic engineer, in District and U. S. Circuit Courts, Dallas, Tex., 1888-92; with Steam Engine Mfg. Co., Erie, Pa., 1892-93; mechanical and hydraulic engineer with Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, 1893-94; expert in court cases, San Francisco, 1894-96; with Cobb & Hesselmeyer, San Francisco, 1896-1901; engaged in heavy construction work on power houses, shops, railroad depots and pumping plants in Los Angeles, 1901 to date. Member Board of Trustees, Whittier, Cal.; American Soc. of Mechanical Engrs.; Technical Soc. of Pacific Coast; Engineers and Architects Assn.; Masonic fraternity; Knights Templar; Shrine; Jonathan Club. Unitarian. COBEAN, Samuel Allen. Real estate. Marlborough Heights, Chula Vista, Cal. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 4, 1884; son of Samuel and Hannah (Hansmill) Cobean. Received his education in the grammar schools of Canada; high school in Duluth, Minn., and spent three years in private study in Duluth. Employed by the King Realty Co. at Kansas City, Mo., 1900-08; engaged in real estate business for himself in Kansas City, Mo., 1908-11; moved to San Diego in 1912, since which time he has been engaged in the real estate business. Charter member N. G. M., Co. C, Third Reg. Member Y. M. C. A.; Athletic Club, Kansas City; San Diego Chamber of Commerce. COCHRAN, George Ira. Life insurance. Res. 2249 Harvard Blvd.; office Pacific Mutual Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Toronto, Can., 1863; son of Rev. George Cochran, D.D., and Catherine Lynch (Davidson) Cochran. Married to Alice M. McClung in 1890; to Isabelle M. McClung in 1907. Educated in Japan, and Toronto University; ad- mitted to practice of law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Practiced law in Los Angeles, 1888-1906; pres. Pacific Mutual Life Ins Co.; Pacific Mutual Indemnity Co.; dir California Delta Farms, Inc.; Citizens Trust & Savings Bank; Artesian Water Co.; Rindge Land & Navigation Co.; Maclay Rancho Water Co.; Rosedale Cemetery Assn.; atty. for Los Angeles Clearing House in panic of 1893; dir. Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank; Los Angeles Title & Trust Co.; Mortgage Guarantee Co. and others; member Executive Committee Los Angeles Co.; Central Republican Committee; Los Angeles Bar Assn.; Life Insurance Presidents' Assn., N. Y.; trustee University Srouthern California; Y. M. C. A.; State Normal School; Los Angeles Civil Service Commission; member California Club. Methodist. COCHRAN, Guy. Physician and surgeon. Res. 234 Loma drive; office 608 S. Main st., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Ill., Sept. 4. 1873; son of Dr. William George and Anna M. (Hunt) Cochran. Married to Alice I. Cowen in 1899. Attended grammar and high schools of Los Angeles, Cal.; Lawrenceville Preparatory School, N. J., 1892; graduated from Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Cal., A. B., 1896; from *** end ***