286:
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
216:
53:
His wife, Sarah
Adelaide Wilson Kercheval, died in the family residence on Lemon Street on April 13, 1892. They had three children, Rosalie Wilson Kercheval, Leland Nelson Kercheval and Venia Alice Kercheval.
1585:
107:
In 1890, he was a member of the Los
Angeles County Agricultural Commission and served as its president. Historian Ralph E. Shaffer wrote that: "To some growers he would come to represent a
34:
Kercheval was born on 16 March 1829 in Preble County, Ohio; the family moved to Joliet in Will County, Illinois shortly after his birth. Kercheval, who was referred to as a "
333:
268:
26:– January 24, 1893) was a fruit grower and poet in Los Angeles County, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Common Council during the 19th Century.
1615:
1595:
1590:
1320:
1529:
1397:
1254:
1090:
195:
837:
326:
1605:
1063:
562:
111:
that did not know what to do about the problem facing the industry yet dictated unreasonable solutions to which the growers must conform."
1275:
970:
539:
424:
718:
419:
1565:
1555:
319:
1150:
1560:
790:
409:
288:
1610:
1600:
760:
842:
343:
101:
1386:
1169:
1130:
449:
1580:
1534:
817:
755:
231:
590:
444:
169:
1478:
1336:
1140:
627:
606:
203:
1378:
1044:
1028:
910:
832:
673:
311:
1575:
1570:
1458:
1423:
1341:
1296:
1039:
733:
645:
464:
47:
85:
73:
in the Los
Angeles area. He sold his orchard at Santa Fe and Ninth streets for subdividing in 1887.
1241:
1233:
1182:
1120:
915:
585:
429:
23:
1468:
1368:
1110:
900:
798:
632:
531:
474:
389:
384:
359:
97:
1448:
1402:
1352:
1331:
1228:
1009:
920:
905:
873:
689:
684:
658:
619:
567:
526:
487:
459:
399:
70:
39:
1509:
1486:
1249:
1217:
962:
892:
827:
694:
482:
404:
43:
1267:
1190:
1105:
925:
865:
765:
708:
611:
580:
575:
549:
439:
414:
374:
1453:
1373:
1301:
1164:
1135:
1068:
986:
852:
812:
785:
775:
770:
747:
723:
713:
598:
454:
369:
364:
170:"List of a portion of those Pioneers who crossed the continent for California in 1849".
1549:
1504:
1499:
1491:
1473:
1463:
1415:
1410:
1309:
1285:
1212:
1115:
1014:
881:
847:
668:
650:
469:
434:
1262:
1174:
1125:
1100:
1049:
857:
822:
780:
557:
495:
394:
88:& Company of San Francisco. The book included poems by his daughter Rosalie.
1095:
663:
544:
300:
253:
151:
108:
104:, the governing body of the city, for a one-year term, ending December 6, 1878.
62:
35:
1145:
978:
637:
379:
127:
728:
66:
80:
and was read at meetings of local organizations. His 532-page book,
58:
96:
Kercheval was elected on
December 3, 1877, to represent the 3rd
315:
284:
Chronological Record of Los
Angeles City Officials,1850-1938,
38:
boy" by one newspaper, crossed the continent with a group of
50:, on April 20, 1849. He settled in Los Angeles by 1870.
198:
Letters From the People: Los
Angeles Times, 1881–1889
274:
from the
University of California, Berkeley, Library
1522:
1441:
1361:
1205:
1083:
955:
934:
517:
254:"A Sun-Land Poet", with an excerpt from "Dolores".
249:
247:
245:
243:
1586:Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1889) members
327:
8:
190:
188:
186:
945:
940:
507:
334:
320:
312:
76:Kercheval's poetry was published in the
119:
128:"Albert Fenner Kercheval (1829-1893)"
69:. He later became one of the leading
7:
1530:Los Angeles City Council, 1889–1909
155:reprinted in "The Poet Kercheval,"
1616:19th-century American male writers
14:
1596:People from Will County, Illinois
1591:19th-century American politicians
180:1870 United States Federal Census
259:November 25, 1883, page 2.
1:
289:Works Progress Administration
153:Joliet (Illinois) Daily News,
1606:19th-century American poets
1632:
344:Los Angeles Common Council
109:bureaucratic establishment
102:Los Angeles Common Council
943:
505:
351:
305:February 16, 1890, page 2
84:was published in 1883 by
1566:Writers from Los Angeles
1535:Los Angeles City Council
818:William Whipple Robinson
217:Location of Lemon Street
159:February 5, 1885, page 3
82:Dolores and Other Poems,
1556:Farmers from California
1281:Albert Fenner Kercheval
1179:John Frederick Holbrook
591:Samuel Bradford Caswell
271:Dolores and Other Poems
236:April 17, 1892, image 5
20:Albert Fenner Kercheval
1479:Daniel Michael McGarry
1337:Edward Wadsworth Jones
1187:Michael Thomas Collins
1141:John Edward Hollenbeck
1036:Clinton S. Scheiffelin
678:Joseph Lancaster Grant
628:Arthur McKenzie Dodson
607:Antonio Franco Coronel
1561:Poets from California
1379:Samuel Marshall Perry
1222:William S. Hammel Sr.
1045:William Thomas Lambie
1029:William Norton Monroe
911:Benjamin Davis Wilson
833:William T. B. Sanford
681:Jose Vicente Guerrero
674:John Strother Griffin
1459:James Greer McDonald
1342:Edward C. Bosbyshell
1297:Edward Falles Spence
1155:Jesse Houston Butler
1040:Charles W. Schroeder
975:Thornton P. Campbell
843:Juan María Sepúlveda
734:Damien Marchesseault
646:Stephen Clark Foster
301:" 'The Cass Bug,' "
48:St. Joseph, Missouri
1611:American male poets
1601:Poets from Illinois
1434:Edward R. Threlkeld
1398:Joseph W. Wolfskill
1242:Eulogio F. de Celis
1238:William H. Dennison
1183:Martin V. Biscailuz
1121:Louis Lichtenberger
916:James Brown Winston
795:William H. Peterson
586:George Henry Carson
234:Los Angeles Herald,
196:"Ralph E. Shaffer,
24:Preble County, Ohio
22:(March 16, 1829 in
1469:Walter Scott Moore
1369:William H. Workman
1321:Charles R. Johnson
1111:William H. Workman
901:John Ozias Wheeler
799:Nehemiah A. Potter
702:Charles H. Johnson
633:John Gately Downey
624:Jose Maria Doporto
532:David W. Alexander
303:Los Angeles Times,
257:Los Angeles Times,
157:Los Angeles Times,
1543:
1542:
1518:
1517:
1496:Jacob Frankenfeld
1449:William B. Lawlor
1403:Alfred Louis Bush
1391:Burdette Chandler
1353:John Henry Bryant
1346:John F. Humphreys
1332:Levi Newton Breed
1229:Elijah H. Workman
1057:George L. Stearns
1010:Cayetano Apablasa
1000:Joseph G. Carmona
994:Jacob F. Gherkins
967:Bernard Dubourdin
950:
949:
921:Wallace Woodworth
906:George N. Whitman
874:James R. Toberman
806:Augustine Poulain
690:Alexander W. Hope
685:Vincent A. Hoover
659:Morris L. Goodman
620:Ygnacio del Valle
572:Leonicio Botiller
568:Dionisio Botiller
527:Cristobal Aguilar
512:
511:
78:Los Angeles Times
71:horticulturalists
40:American pioneers
1623:
1523:Related articles
1510:Austin C. Shafer
1487:Hiram Sinsabaugh
1394:George Kerckhoff
1325:Loring A. French
1290:Simon A. Francis
1272:John S. Thompson
1250:Charles E. Huber
1234:H.K.S. O'Melveny
1218:Henry Dockweiler
1091:William Ferguson
1015:Ezra M. Hamilton
963:Julian A. Chavez
946:
941:
893:Henry Wartenberg
870:John B. Thompson
828:Tomas A. Sanchez
791:William H. Perry
741:Hiram McLaughlin
738:Luis B. Martinez
695:Joseph Huber Sr.
508:
336:
329:
322:
313:
307:
298:
292:
281:
275:
266:
260:
251:
238:
229:
223:
214:
208:
207:
202:. Archived from
192:
181:
178:
172:
167:
161:
149:
143:
142:
140:
138:
124:
57:Kercheval was a
44:Peoria, Illinois
1631:
1630:
1626:
1625:
1624:
1622:
1621:
1620:
1581:American miners
1546:
1545:
1544:
1539:
1514:
1437:
1431:Anthony McNally
1420:James D. Bullis
1357:
1268:Elisha K. Green
1255:Louis Wolfskill
1201:
1198:H. T. D. Wilson
1191:Thomas J. Cuddy
1158:John Bobenreith
1106:Prudent Beaudry
1079:
1060:Edward A. Gibbs
997:Ramon R. Sotelo
951:
936:
930:
926:Geronimo Ybarra
889:Collins Wadhams
866:Jonathan Temple
838:John Schumacher
809:William R. Rand
803:David M. Porter
766:Murray Morrison
709:Wilson W. Jones
612:Ygnacio Coronel
581:Andrew A. Boyle
576:Narciso Botello
550:Phineas Banning
519:
513:
501:
500:
347:
342:Members of the
340:
310:
299:
295:
282:
278:
267:
263:
252:
241:
230:
226:
215:
211:
194:
193:
184:
179:
175:
168:
164:
150:
146:
136:
134:
126:
125:
121:
117:
94:
46:, leaving from
32:
17:
16:American writer
12:
11:
5:
1629:
1627:
1619:
1618:
1613:
1608:
1603:
1598:
1593:
1588:
1583:
1578:
1573:
1568:
1563:
1558:
1548:
1547:
1541:
1540:
1538:
1537:
1532:
1526:
1524:
1520:
1519:
1516:
1515:
1513:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1494:
1489:
1484:
1481:
1476:
1471:
1466:
1461:
1456:
1454:Nathan R. Vail
1451:
1445:
1443:
1439:
1438:
1436:
1435:
1432:
1429:
1426:
1421:
1418:
1413:
1408:
1405:
1400:
1395:
1392:
1389:
1384:
1381:
1376:
1374:Samuel J. Beck
1371:
1365:
1363:
1359:
1358:
1356:
1355:
1350:
1347:
1344:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1326:
1323:
1318:
1317:Charles Gassen
1315:
1312:
1307:
1306:Andrew S. Ryan
1304:
1302:George Gephard
1299:
1294:
1293:S. H. Buchanan
1291:
1288:
1283:
1278:
1273:
1270:
1265:
1260:
1257:
1252:
1247:
1246:William Osborn
1244:
1239:
1236:
1231:
1226:
1223:
1220:
1215:
1209:
1207:
1203:
1202:
1200:
1199:
1196:
1193:
1188:
1185:
1180:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1165:Pascal Ballade
1162:
1159:
1156:
1153:
1151:Richard Molony
1148:
1143:
1138:
1136:James W. Potts
1133:
1128:
1123:
1118:
1113:
1108:
1103:
1098:
1093:
1087:
1085:
1081:
1080:
1078:
1077:
1076:George O. Ford
1074:
1071:
1069:Newell Mathews
1066:
1061:
1058:
1055:
1052:
1047:
1042:
1037:
1034:
1031:
1026:
1025:R. L. Beauchet
1023:
1022:John Schaeffer
1020:
1017:
1012:
1007:
1004:
1001:
998:
995:
992:
991:George R. Long
989:
987:Joseph Mullaly
984:
981:
976:
973:
968:
965:
959:
957:
953:
952:
948:
944:
938:
932:
931:
929:
928:
923:
918:
913:
908:
903:
898:
895:
890:
887:
884:
879:
876:
871:
868:
863:
860:
855:
853:Felix Signoret
850:
845:
840:
835:
830:
825:
820:
815:
813:Manuel Requena
810:
807:
804:
801:
796:
793:
788:
786:Agustin Olvera
783:
778:
776:Henry R. Myles
773:
771:Elijah Moulton
768:
763:
758:
753:
750:
748:Francis Mellus
745:
742:
739:
736:
731:
726:
724:Solomon Lazard
721:
716:
714:Matthew Keller
711:
706:
703:
700:
697:
692:
687:
682:
679:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
653:
648:
643:
640:
635:
630:
625:
622:
617:
614:
609:
604:
601:
599:Ozro W. Childs
596:
595:Caro W. Childs
593:
588:
583:
578:
573:
570:
565:
563:Alexander Bell
560:
555:
552:
547:
542:
537:
536:David Anderson
534:
529:
523:
521:
515:
514:
510:
506:
503:
502:
499:
498:
493:
490:
485:
480:
477:
472:
467:
462:
457:
452:
447:
442:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
377:
372:
367:
362:
356:
352:
349:
348:
341:
339:
338:
331:
324:
316:
309:
308:
293:
276:
261:
239:
224:
209:
206:on 2012-12-12.
182:
173:
162:
144:
118:
116:
113:
93:
92:Public service
90:
86:A. L. Bancroft
31:
28:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1628:
1617:
1614:
1612:
1609:
1607:
1604:
1602:
1599:
1597:
1594:
1592:
1589:
1587:
1584:
1582:
1579:
1577:
1574:
1572:
1569:
1567:
1564:
1562:
1559:
1557:
1554:
1553:
1551:
1536:
1533:
1531:
1528:
1527:
1525:
1521:
1511:
1508:
1506:
1505:A. W. Barrett
1503:
1501:
1500:Horace Hiller
1498:
1495:
1493:
1492:Cyrus Willard
1490:
1488:
1485:
1483:John B. Niles
1482:
1480:
1477:
1475:
1474:Otto G. Weyse
1472:
1470:
1467:
1465:
1464:John P. Moran
1462:
1460:
1457:
1455:
1452:
1450:
1447:
1446:
1444:
1440:
1433:
1430:
1427:
1425:
1422:
1419:
1417:
1416:Milton Santee
1414:
1412:
1411:Frank Sabichi
1409:
1406:
1404:
1401:
1399:
1396:
1393:
1390:
1388:
1385:
1382:
1380:
1377:
1375:
1372:
1370:
1367:
1366:
1364:
1360:
1354:
1351:
1348:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1327:
1324:
1322:
1319:
1316:
1313:
1311:
1310:Robert Steere
1308:
1305:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1292:
1289:
1287:
1286:Charles Brode
1284:
1282:
1279:
1277:
1276:John H. Jones
1274:
1271:
1269:
1266:
1264:
1261:
1258:
1256:
1253:
1251:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1237:
1235:
1232:
1230:
1227:
1224:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1213:Frank Sabichi
1211:
1210:
1208:
1204:
1197:
1195:John Moriarty
1194:
1192:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1178:
1176:
1173:
1171:
1168:
1166:
1163:
1161:H. Schumacher
1160:
1157:
1154:
1152:
1149:
1147:
1144:
1142:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1132:
1129:
1127:
1124:
1122:
1119:
1117:
1116:Jose Mascarel
1114:
1112:
1109:
1107:
1104:
1102:
1099:
1097:
1094:
1092:
1089:
1088:
1086:
1082:
1075:
1072:
1070:
1067:
1065:
1062:
1059:
1056:
1053:
1051:
1048:
1046:
1043:
1041:
1038:
1035:
1032:
1030:
1027:
1024:
1021:
1019:Louis Meinzer
1018:
1016:
1013:
1011:
1008:
1005:
1002:
999:
996:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:Julian Valdes
982:
980:
977:
974:
972:
969:
966:
964:
961:
960:
958:
954:
947:
942:
939:
933:
927:
924:
922:
919:
917:
914:
912:
909:
907:
904:
902:
899:
896:
894:
891:
888:
886:Juan C. Vejar
885:
883:
882:August Ulyard
880:
877:
875:
872:
869:
867:
864:
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
849:
848:Philip Sichel
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
808:
805:
802:
800:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
767:
764:
762:
761:Moritz Morris
759:
757:
756:William Moore
754:
752:Jacob Metzger
751:
749:
746:
744:Lewis Meinzer
743:
740:
737:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:John F. Jones
704:
701:
699:Arnold Jacobi
698:
696:
693:
691:
688:
686:
683:
680:
677:
675:
672:
670:
669:Lewis Granger
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:Ira Gilchrist
654:
652:
651:John Frohling
649:
647:
644:
642:James Edwards
641:
639:
636:
634:
631:
629:
626:
623:
621:
618:
616:George Dalton
615:
613:
610:
608:
605:
603:T. B. Collins
602:
600:
597:
594:
592:
589:
587:
584:
582:
579:
577:
574:
571:
569:
566:
564:
561:
559:
556:
553:
551:
548:
546:
543:
541:
540:James Baldwin
538:
535:
533:
530:
528:
525:
524:
522:
516:
509:
504:
497:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
478:
476:
473:
471:
468:
466:
463:
461:
458:
456:
453:
451:
448:
446:
443:
441:
438:
436:
433:
431:
428:
426:
423:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
401:
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
357:
355:
350:
345:
337:
332:
330:
325:
323:
318:
317:
314:
306:
304:
297:
294:
290:
285:
280:
277:
273:
272:
265:
262:
258:
255:
250:
248:
246:
244:
240:
237:
235:
228:
225:
222:
218:
213:
210:
205:
201:
199:
191:
189:
187:
183:
177:
174:
171:
166:
163:
160:
158:
154:
148:
145:
133:
129:
123:
120:
114:
112:
110:
105:
103:
99:
91:
89:
87:
83:
79:
74:
72:
68:
64:
60:
55:
51:
49:
45:
41:
37:
29:
27:
25:
21:
1428:Joseph Hyans
1387:Bernard Cohn
1328:Albert Brown
1314:J. B. O'Neil
1280:
1263:D.V. Waldron
1259:Thomas Leahy
1175:Frank R. Day
1170:Henry Hammel
1131:Bernard Cohn
1126:Jacob Kuhrts
1101:Matthew Teed
1064:James Hanley
1050:James Velsir
897:Jacob Weizel
858:Abel Stearns
823:Louis Roeder
781:Myron Norton
558:Joseph Bayer
353:
302:
296:
283:
279:
270:
264:
256:
233:
227:
221:Mapping L.A.
220:
212:
204:the original
197:
176:
165:
156:
152:
147:
135:. Retrieved
132:Find a Grave
131:
122:
106:
95:
81:
77:
75:
56:
52:
33:
19:
18:
1576:1893 deaths
1571:1829 births
1424:John Lovell
1407:D. E. Miles
1383:O. H. Bliss
1225:John Osborn
1096:George Fall
1054:Thomas Goss
1033:J. G. Bower
937:(1870–1889)
878:John Turner
664:John Goller
545:Peter Baltz
520:(1850–1870)
354:Presidents:
346:(1850–1889)
63:Mother Lode
36:Will County
1550:Categories
1349:J. H. Book
1146:C. C. Lips
1073:C. N. Earl
979:Oscar Macy
971:John Jones
862:Eli Taylor
638:Ezra Drown
554:John Barre
483:Sinsabaugh
445:MacDougall
115:References
1003:F. Tamiet
729:Obed Macy
719:John King
492:Humphreys
430:O'Melveny
400:Woodworth
360:Alexander
30:Biography
1442:5th Ward
1362:4th Ward
1206:3rd Ward
1084:2nd Ward
1006:B. Valle
956:1st Ward
518:Members
415:Morrison
269:Text of
232:"Died,"
440:Beaudry
435:Sabichi
385:Coronel
375:Nichols
365:Requena
137:9 March
100:on the
67:Arizona
65:and in
61:in the
935:Wards
496:Kuhrts
465:Spence
460:Lawlor
395:Sterns
390:Potter
370:Mellus
488:Breed
479:Miles
475:Moore
470:Moran
425:Jones
410:Perry
405:Huber
380:Drown
59:miner
42:from
455:Beck
450:Cohn
420:King
139:2018
98:Ward
219:on
1552::
291:."
242:^
185:^
130:.
335:e
328:t
321:v
200:"
141:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.