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Born in [[Hicksville, Ohio]], Daeida was the daughter of farmers Amelia and John Emerson Hartle. She attended private school in Hicksville before moving to Canton. Daeida married [[Harvey Henderson Wilcox|H. H. Wilcox]], and they headed first to Kansas and then to [[Los Angeles]]. Three years later, in 1886, the couple purchased {{convert|120|acre|km2}} of apricot and fig groves in a frost-free belt nearby. H. H. subdivided the property into lots. Their property, bought for $150 an acre, then sold for $1,000 a lot. With her husband, she led development efforts there, and was |
Born in [[Hicksville, Ohio]], Daeida was the daughter of farmers Amelia and John Emerson Hartle. She attended private school in Hicksville before moving to Canton. Daeida married [[Harvey Henderson Wilcox|H. H. Wilcox]], and they headed first to Kansas and then to [[Los Angeles]]. Three years later, in 1886, the couple purchased {{convert|120|acre|km2}} of apricot and fig groves in a frost-free belt nearby. H. H. subdivided the property into lots. Their property, bought for $150 an acre, then sold for $1,000 a lot. With her husband, she led development efforts there, and was she helped in establishing some of the civic infrastructure by donating land, including land for the city hall, library, police station, primary school, and city park. She and her husband never built any of the buildings. |
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Revision as of 17:22, 24 October 2009
Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge (1861- August 7, 1914)
Biography
Born in Hicksville, Ohio, Daeida was the daughter of farmers Amelia and John Emerson Hartle. She attended private school in Hicksville before moving to Canton. Daeida married H. H. Wilcox, and they headed first to Kansas and then to Los Angeles. Three years later, in 1886, the couple purchased 120 acres (0.49 km2) of apricot and fig groves in a frost-free belt nearby. H. H. subdivided the property into lots. Their property, bought for $150 an acre, then sold for $1,000 a lot. With her husband, she led development efforts there, and was she helped in establishing some of the civic infrastructure by donating land, including land for the city hall, library, police station, primary school, and city park. She and her husband never built any of the buildings.
Family
Following the death of her first husband, Daeida Wilcox married Philo Judson Beveridge, a business man and a prominent citizen of Hollywood, California.