Eliza Ann Otis
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| Born |
Eliza Ann Wetherby 1833 |
| Died | 1904 |
| Occupation | philanthropist, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Harrison Gray Otis (m. 1859-1904, her death) |
| Children | Marian Otis |
| Relatives |
Harry Chandler (son-in-law) Mike Chandler (great-great grandson) Otis Chandler (great-grandson) Norman Chandler (grandson) Helen Chandler (grandson) Dorothy Buffum Chandler (granddaughter-in-law) Camilla Chandler (great-granddaughter) Stephen Otis (father-in-law) Sara Otis (mother-in-law) |
Eliza Ann Wetherby Otis (1833 – 1904) was a Los Angeles philanthropist and a writer for the Los Angeles Times. As a member of the staff at the Times, she worked at such departments as "Woman and Home" and "Our Boys and Girls."[1]
Biography
She was born as Eliza Ann Wetherby in 1833 to Charles Thomas Wetherby (1807-1871), a wealthy woolen manufacturer and minister who had opened the Wetherby Academy and named it for himself and Nancy Hyde Wetherby (1809-1849). She married Harrison Gray Otis. They had five children. One daughter, Emma Marian married Harry Chandler and another, Ida Mabel (1871-1955) married Franklin Booth (1861-1956), grandfather of Franklin Otis Booth, Jr..
Legacy
The Eliza A. Otis Memorial Bells in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
References
- ↑ "Eliza A Otis." Magazine of Poetry: A Quarterly Review Oct. 1892: 375. Print. Vol. IV No. 4.
External links
Eliza Ann Wetherby Otis at Find a Grave
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