Matthew Teed | |
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| Member of theLos Angeles City Council for the 2nd ward | |
| In office December 9, 1870 – December 4, 1873 | |
| In office December 18, 1874 – December 8, 1876 | |
| In office December 11, 1880 – December 10, 1888 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1828-04-17)April 17, 1828 |
| Died | March 31, 1904(1904-03-31) (aged 75) Fort Moore, California |
| Political party | Democratic (until 1898) Republican (after 1898) |
Matthew Teed (April 17, 1828 – March 31, 1904) was a member of theLos Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city, in various time periods between 1870 and 1888.[1]
Teed was born inBudleigh, Devonshire, England, on April 17, 1828, and came toSan Francisco when he was about seventeen. He learned the carpentry trade there, then set up shop inStockton.[2]
There he was burned out, in 1857, losing everything he had but the clothes he wore. . . . He then came to Los Angeles, at that time a town of about 3000 inhabitants, and from here went to the Denver mining districts, just then prominent in the public mind. He had many wild experiences in his travels across the plains, and much of the time was a companion of Louis Simmons, a son-in-law of the famousKit Carson.[2]
Teed "struck out forthe Northwest, visiting various points inOregon andWashington Territory", then mined in theEl Paso Mountains, ending up inSouthern California. He worked for the U.S. government inWilmington, then moved to Los Angeles, where he built a "substantial residence" onFort Hill (later Buena Vista Street, nowNorth Broadway), the address being 513 California Street.[2]
In 1868 he and Anna Toner married. She died in 1878, and in 1899 he married Helen G. Wyatt ofLamanda Park.[2]
Teed was aMason and a charter member of the Los Angeles Pioneers Association. Besides being on the Common Council, Teed was a member of the city's first Park Commission, beginning in 1895;[3] he served six years.[2]
He died March 31, 1904, at the age of seventy-six. Cremation was atEvergreen Cemetery.[2]
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