A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . complished wonderful results, the pres-ent condition of the roads speaking eloquentlyof his management and the conscientious ful-fillment of his duty. He is intensely interested inthe present agitation in Los Angeles county re-garding the building and improvement of roadsand no officer will take more action than he inpromoting the influence in this direction. Mr. Strain is a landowner of Los Angelescounty, his home consisting of four acres
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . complished wonderful results, the pres-ent condition of the roads speaking eloquentlyof his management and the conscientious ful-fillment of his duty. He is intensely interested inthe present agitation in Los Angeles county re-garding the building and improvement of roadsand no officer will take more action than he inpromoting the influence in this direction. Mr. Strain is a landowner of Los Angelescounty, his home consisting of four acres, be-ing located in .San Gabriel, while he also owns anacre and a half in the Ramona tract. He hasjust disposed of a tract of seven and a halfacres, for which he received a handsome was married in 1893 to Miss Georgia Giap-pel, a native of Missouri, and daughter of JohnQiappel, a pioneer of California, but now aresident of Texas. They are the parents ofthree children, Numa, John and Catherine. Inhis political afiiHations Mr. Strain is a life-longRepublican, having the honor of being one ofthe first three Republicans in this district. He has. \ ^^hr HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RLCORD. 993 always been active in his efforts to advance theprinciples he endorses, attending county conven-tions, etc., but has never cared for personal re-cognition. He is a member of Alhambra LodgeNo. 127, K. of P. He gives his support to theBaptist Church, of which his wife is a mem-ber. DR. JOSEPH E. STEERS. Varied as werethe experiences falling to the lot of Dr. Steers,even more eventful was the life of his Steers, to whom Destiny brought thedoubtful fortune of prominence during the Civilwar and more than once placed him in imminentperil of his life. Intimately associated with theearly development of the iron industry in theUnited States, he removed from Pennsylvania toVirginia early in the 40s and associated himselfwith Henry M. Bayard in the manufacturingbusiness. It happene
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