Daeida Wilcox Beveridge
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Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge (icon; 1861- August 7, 1914) Along with her first husband, the Kansas
prohibitionist Harvey Wilcox, co-developed and named, in 1887, the Los Angeles, California, suburb of Hollywood.
, 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 acre (0.4856232 km²) of apricot and fig groves in a frost-free belt nearby. H. H. subdivided the property into lots. Daeida landscaped the lots and gave the streets names, which she hoped would appeal to buyers. Their property, bought for $150 an acre, then sold for $1,000 a lot. With her husband, she led development efforts there, and was instrumental in establishing much of the civic infrastructure, including the city hall, library, police station, primary school, city park, and much of the commercial district. After Wilcox's death, she continued to promote Hollywood until 1914.
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
prohibitionist Harvey Wilcox, co-developed and named, in 1887, the Los Angeles, California, suburb of Hollywood.
Biography
Born in Hicksville, OhioHicksville, Ohio
Hicksville is a village in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,649 at the 2000 census.-History:Hicksville was founded by a group of land speculators. Led by Henry W. Hicks, the Hicks Land Company platted the community in 1835 and 1836...
, 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
Harvey Henderson Wilcox
Harvey Henderson Wilcox owned a ranch to the west of the city of Los Angeles, which his wife Daeida named their ranch Hollywood, and where the center of the American cinema industry developed in the early 1900s.-Biography:...
, and they headed first to Kansas and then to Los Angeles. Three years later, in 1886, the couple purchased 120 acre (0.4856232 km²) of apricot and fig groves in a frost-free belt nearby. H. H. subdivided the property into lots. Daeida landscaped the lots and gave the streets names, which she hoped would appeal to buyers. Their property, bought for $150 an acre, then sold for $1,000 a lot. With her husband, she led development efforts there, and was instrumental in establishing much of the civic infrastructure, including the city hall, library, police station, primary school, city park, and much of the commercial district. After Wilcox's death, she continued to promote Hollywood until 1914.
Family
Following the death of her first husband, Daeida Wilcox married Philo Judson Beveridge, a business man and a prominent citizen of Hollywood, California.External links
- Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge at Find A GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...