Henry R. Myles

Henry R. Myles (born about 1824 in Kentucky)[1] was a physician who migrated to Los Angeles, California, soon after the city became a state following the Mexican–American War. He was elected to the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, in a special election on September 6, 1853, for a term that ended May 4, 1854.[2]

He was also the Los Angeles agent for the David W. Alexander and Phineas Banning stagecoach company,[3] and in 1860 he opened Los Angeles's fourth drugstore.[4] His partner in the enterprise on Main Street, "nearly opposite the Bella Union," was Dr. J. C. Welch, a South Carolina-born dentist.[5]

Myles was killed in a boiler explosion of the steamship Ada Hancock on April 27, 1863, in San Pedro harbor, an accident that took twenty-six lives. His fiancée, M. Hereford, was mortally injured.[5]

References
  1. 1850 census, enumerated January 18, 1851
  2. Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850-1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."
  3. Western History, Grand Ventures, page 47
  4. Juan José Warner, An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County, California . . ., on the ebooksread website
  5. Harris Newmark, My Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853–1913, Internet Archive


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