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Albert Fenner Kercheval was a fruit grower and poet in Los Angeles County, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Common Council during the 19th Century. ==Biography== Kercheval, who was referred to as a "Will County boy" by one newspaper,〔(''Joliet (Illinois) Daily News,'' reprinted in "The Poet Kercheval," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 5, 1885, page 3 )〕 crossed the continent with a company of American pioneers from Peoria, Illinois, leaving from St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 20, 1849.〔("List of a portion of those Pioneers who crossed the continent for California in 1849." )〕 He settled in Los Angeles in the 1880s.〔(Ralph E. Shaffer, ''Letters From the People: Los Angeles Times, 1881–1889 )〕 His wife, Sarah Adelaide Kercheval, died in the family residence on Lemon Street〔() Location of Lemon Street on ''Mapping L.A.''〕 on April 13, 1892.〔("Died," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' April 17, 1892, image 5 )〕 They had a daughter, Rosalie W. Kercheval.〔 Kercheval was a miner in the Mother Lode and in Arizona but later became one of the leading horticulturalists in the Los Angeles area. He sold his orchard at Santa Fe and Ninth streets for subdividing in 1887.〔 He was a poet whose poems were published in the ''Los Angeles Times'' 〔("A Sun-Land Poet," ''Los Angeles Times,'' November 25, 1883, page 2 ) With an excerpt from "Dolores."〕 or were read at meetings of local organizations. His 532-page book, ''Dolores and Other Poems,'' was published in 1883 by A.L.Bancroft & Company of San Francisco;〔 it is now available as an e-book.〔(Google Books )〕 The book included poems by daughter Rosalie.〔〔() Text of the book from the University of California, Berkeley, Library〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Fenner Kercheval」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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