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__NOTOC__ Theodore Summerland (1853–1919) was the Los Angeles County, California, assessor in 1894-1903 when the California Supreme Court decided that the assessor was not entitled to commissions on the taxes that he collected. He also served two terms on the Los Angeles City Council and was on the California Railroad Commission. ==Personal== Summerland was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1853, and in 1862 he and his family joined his father in Marysville, California, where the latter had been living for several years. They later moved to Santa Clara, California, and Theodore went to high school there.〔(Florence H. Goddard, Los Angeles Public Library reference file, 1937, with sources as cited there )〕 He married Estelle Younger of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Los Angeles on July 3, 1907.〔〔("Wedding in June," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' March 31, 1907 )〕〔("Theo Summerland to Marry," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' June 23, 1907 )〕 He had a stepson, Rex Unger.〔("Brief News Notes From Ocean Park," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' August 29, 1907 )〕〔("Wedding Is Unexpected," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' August 30, 1907 )〕 He was a Presbyterian, a Republican and the first exalted ruler of Elks Lodge No. 99.〔 The ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that it was Summerland's custom "whenever a circus came to town to buy 200 tickets and take all the poor boys he could find. He always went along himself to see that they got their popcorn, peanuts and red lemonade."〔 Summerland died on December 5, 1919, at Clara Barton Hospital in Los Angeles after an illness of some ten days. He was survived by his wife, who was living in San Francisco. Interment was in the Elks' plot in Inglewood Park Cemetery.〔("Elks to Bury First Ruler," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 6, 1919, page II-9 )〕 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「Theodore Summerland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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