Henry R. Myles ( c. 1824 – April 27, 1863) [1] was a physician who migrated to Los Angeles, California, soon after California 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]
Henry R. Myles ( c. 1824 – April 27, 1863) [1] was a physician who migrated to Los Angeles, California, soon after California 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]