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- From FindaGrave:
Abel's parents were:
Samuel M. Halsted, b. abt. 1848 in NY. and d. Nov. 8, 1879 in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA. &
Ida R. Stevens, b. abt. 1847 in MA. and d. Aug. 7, 1920 in Los Angeles, CA.
Abel married Eleanor Hall on May 27, 1897.
From: Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, 1913 – P. 244
HALSTED, Abel Stevens, Lawyer; born Marmaroneck, N.Y., Aug. 20, 1870; son, Samuel M. and Ida R. (Stevens). Halsted.
Edu: public and high schools, Los Angeles, 1889;
studied law with T.E. Gibbon, 1892.
Married, Eleanor Hall, May 27, 1897.
General Counsel, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake R.R. Member: Los Angeles Bar Assn. Republican. Res. 380 S. Euclid ave., Pasadena; Office: Pac. Elec. Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
From: Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea: with selected biography, Volume 3 by J.S. McGroaty – P. 718 (1921):
ABEL: STEVENS HALSTED, a prominent lawyer, member of the California bar for quarter of a century, has been on the legal staff of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company since it's organization, and is now general counsel for the entire system.
He was born at Marmaroneck, New York, August 20, 1870, son of Samuel Martin and Ida Russell (Stevens) Halstead. In 1876, when he was a boy six years old, his parents moved to California and located at San Gabriel, at what is now Alhambra. Samuel M. Halsted died there, and the old home is now occupied by his widow and a daughter.
A.S. Halsted attended public schools at San Gabriel and Los Angeles, graduating from high school in the latter city in 1889. He then took up the study of law and was admitted to the California bar in 1893, and since that year his work has been at Los Angeles, and he has pursued an undeviating career as a lawyer, never seeking or acquiring important outside interests. He became associated with the law department of the Los Angeles and Sal Lake Railroad Company at the time of its organization in 1901, and was the first general attorney for California, serving later as assistant general counsel, and since April 25, 1911 as general counsel. He is also a representative of the legal interests for a number of other corporations.
Mr. Halsted is a member of the Episcopal church and a republican in politics. His other social connections are with the California Club, Midwick Country Club, Automobile Club of Southern California, Jonathan Club, Sunset Club, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Valley Hunt Club of Pasadena, Los Angeles County Bar Association, California Bar Association and American Bar Association.
May 27, 1897, at San Francisco, Mr. Halsted married Eleanor Hall, whose father, the late Rev. Wyllys Hall, was for many years rector of All Saints Church at Pasadena. Mrs. Halsted was born in Ohio, and received her education in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Halsted have one son, A.S. Jr., born at Pasadena. (Their son, Wyllys, had died three years previously.)
In the June 11-12, 1880 U.S. census, 8 yr. old Abel Halsted, b. abt. 1872 in NY, was living in San Gabriel, L.A., CA. with his
32 yr. old mother, Ida Halsted, b. in MA.
5 yr. old sister, Margaret Halsted, b. in NY
22 yr. old uncle, Otheman Stevens, a farmer, b. in NY
23 yr. old servant, Sung Chung, a (male) cook, b. in China
Abel's father was b. in NY and his mother in MA.
Ida & Otheman's father was b. in PA. and their mother in MA.
In the June 7, 1900 U.S. census, 29 yr. old Abel S. Halsted, a lawyer, b. Aug 1870 in NY, was living at 380 So. Euclid Av. in Pasadena Precinct 7, L.A., CA. with his
26 yr. old wife, Eleanor Halstead, b. Nov. 1873 in OH.
(1 yr. old) son, Willis Halstead
sister-in-law, Louise Howitt (age not listed)
17 yr. old servant, Carrie Sheebler, b. Aug. 1882 in TX.
12 yr. old nurse(maid), Julia Devereaux, b. Aug. 1887 in NE.
Abel and Eleanor had been married for three years. Eleanor was the mother of one child, Wyllys.
Abel's parents were both b. in NY. Eleanor's father was b. in OH. and her mother was b. in Long Island.
In the Apr. 26, 1910 U.S. census, 39 yr. old Abel S. Halsted, a railroad attorney, b. abt. 1871 in NY, was living at 380 So. Euclid Ave. in Pasadena Ward 3, L.A., CA. with his
36 yr. old wife, Eleanor Halsted, b. in OH.
11 yr. old son, Wylys S. Halsted, b. in CA.
2 yr. old son, Abel S. Halsted, b. in CA.
and 30 yr. old servant, Emma Duggan, b. in Eng. spkg. Canada.
Both of Abel's parents were b. in NY.
Eleanor's father was b in OH. and her mother in NY.
This was a first marriage for both Abel and Eleanor. They had been married for twelve years. Eleanor was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
Listed on P. 203 of The Blue Book, Season 1912, Pasadena List are:
HALSTEAD, Mr. S. Hazard, 90 N. Grand Ave.
HALSTEAD, Mr. and Mrs. Abel Stevens, 380 S. Euclid Av.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 15, Col. 5
Sat., Jul. 27, 1918
Excerpt from: RETAINS RAIL POST
A. S. Halsted to Continue as General Counsel for the Salt Lake Railroad. That the policy of William G. McAdoo, director-general of Railroads, of separating all corporate affairs of the railroads from Federal operation, is being put into effect on the Pacific Coast, is evidenced by the announcement that A. S. Halsted, general counsel for the Salt Lake Railroad, is to remain general counsel for that company, and continue in charge of all legal matters connected with the corporate interests.
It is understood that Mr. Halsted was given the opportunity of continuing in charge of the law department for the Federal management, but he was also requested by Senator W. A. Clark, president of the road to remain with the corporation, and on account of his familiarity with the company's affairs accepted.
In the 1920 U.S. Federal census, 49 yr. old A. Stephen Halsted, a lawyer in general practice, b. in NY, was living at 194 Palmetto Dr. in Pasadena, L.A., CA. with his
46 yr. old wife, Eleanor Halsted, b. abt. 1874 in OH.
12 yr. old son, A. Stephen Halsted, b. in CA.
35 yr. old servant, Anna Erickson, b. in Sweden
Both of Abel's parents were b. in NY.
Eleanor's father was b. in OH. and her mother in NY.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 18, Col. 4
Fri., Jul. 22, 1932
ABEL HALSTED ANSWERS CALL
Death Summons Legal Chief of Union Pacific
End Comes at Hospital Here After Operation
Funeral Rites, at Home, Set for Tomorrow
Abel Stevens Halsted, general solicitor for the Union Pacific Railway Company and an outstanding attorney of Southern California for the last thirty-five years, died at Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday, a week after undergoing an operation for appendicitis.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the family residence, 2 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena. Interment will be private at the San Gabriel Cemetery.
Born at Mamaroneck, N. Y., in 1870, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Hasted, Mr. Halsted came with his parents to Southern California in 1877, the family settling at San Gabriel. After graduation from Los Angeles High School, he studied law in the office of T. E. Gibbon and was admitted to the bar in 1893.
HEAD OF LEGAL STAFF
Mr. Halsted became attorney for the Salt Lake railway in 1901, and successively was appointed general attorney, assistant general counsel and general solicitor for the Union Pacific lines. As general solicitor he was head of the legal department of the Union Pacific.
In 1897 he married Miss Elinor Hall, daughter of the late Dr. Wyllys Hall, who for many years was rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church, Pasadena. At the time of his death, Mr. Halsted was a vestryman of All Saints' Church.
ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
A staunch Republican and keenly interested in every forward political and social movement, Mr. Halsted, who was a grandson of Abel Stevens, famous historian of Methodism, had been active in civic affairs of Los Angeles and Pasadena for the last thirty-five years.
A lover of clean sports and recreation, he was a prominent member of California Club, Sunset Club, Midweek Country Club and Valley Hunt Club and in those organizations he numbered his friends by the hundreds.
Besides his widow, Mr. Halsted leaves his son, A. S. Hasted Jr., who recently graduated from Harvard law school; his sister, Miss Ida Marguerite Hasted of Alhambra, and his uncle, Othoman Stevens, Los Angeles newspaper man.
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1870 - 1932 (61 years)
