Samuel Marshall Perry

Samuel Marshall Perry was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council between 1878 and 1888, and of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1889 to 1893. He served as chairman of the Board of Supervisors at a time when the Los Angeles county courthouse was built.

Perry, who was referred to in the press as S. M. Perry,[1] was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 1836, and lived in Piqua, Ohio, before coming to Marysville, California, in 1860. After returning to the East for several years, he came to Los Angeles in 1875.[2]

Perry died in Los Angeles on July 21, 1898, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.[3]

References
  1. Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1898, page 11, "Pioneer's Funeral – Interment of S. M. Perry, Prominent as Supervisor and Citizen".
  2. Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1898, page 12, "A Good Citizen Gone – The Passing Away of Ex-Supervisor Perry".
  3. Samuel Marshall Perry at Find a Grave



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