12 Facts About Andrew Glassell

Andrew Glassell was one of the founders of the city of Orange, California.

In 1853, Andrew Glassell moved to San Francisco and established a law practice.

Andrew Glassell left his public office and quit the practice of law and operated a lumber mill near Santa Cruz.

Andrew Glassell was involved in the legal suit known as The Great Partition of 1871 brought against the Rancho San Rafael property in the eastern San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains.

In 1875 Andrew Glassell purchased Rancho Tujunga, the adjacent northern rancho in the Valley, from Agustin Olvera.

Andrew Glassell was one of the incorporators of and attorney for the Farmers and Merchants' Bank.

Andrew Glassell was the first president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association in 1878 - 1880.

Andrew Glassell incorporated the 'Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad,' and was prominent in its management until it was absorbed by the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Reluctantly a few thousand acres of land were taken in payment, and Chapman and Andrew Glassell came into possession of the land on which the City of Orange, California was built.

Captain Andrew Glassell surveyed a section of land for his brother and Chapman in 1871.

Andrew Glassell divided the tract into 60 10-acre lots surrounding a 40-acre town site, which he called Richland after his father's plantation's name, and served as sales agent for the property.

Andrew Glassell died at his home in Los Angeles at age 73, and is interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in central Los Angeles.