Individual Details
Phineas Wright "PW" Bresee
(24 Dec 1865 - 4 Dec 1936)
See "Who's Who on the Pacific Coast: by Harper Pub. Co. dated 1913 page 56 showing birth date and location, marriage and residence of 1712 W. Adams St., Los Angeles (Google Book Search).
1936 obituary from the LA Times shows him living in Los Angeles for 53 years and born in Winterset, Iowa.
1918 listed in the Southwest Blue Book as Phineas Wright Bresee.
1913 listed in "Who Is Who in the Pacific Southwest" as Phineas Wright Bresee born Winterset, Iowa Dec. 24, 1865. Moved to Los Angeles in 1883. Charter member of the Jonathan Club. Married Ella Hewitt in 1900. 1885-95 with Dotter & Bradley Furniture Co.; succeeded by Los Angeles Furniture Co.; 1895 to present Pres. Bresee Bros. undertakers.
1900 census shows him as age 34, married 10 years, wife Helen H., age 31, she has had no children and they are living on Valencia St., Los Angeles.
1890 married by Rev. P.F. Bresee in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Marriage Index 1876-1899 film 2073849 book 22 page 154. Marriage License film 2073924 shows him as a native of Iowa, age 24 (born 1866), a resident of Los Angeles. Present at the wedding were E.E. Hewett of Los Angeles and Maria E. Bresee of Pasadena, his mother. They were married by P.F. Bresee, Minister of the Gospel, his father.
1936 obituary from the LA Times shows him living in Los Angeles for 53 years and born in Winterset, Iowa.
1918 listed in the Southwest Blue Book as Phineas Wright Bresee.
1913 listed in "Who Is Who in the Pacific Southwest" as Phineas Wright Bresee born Winterset, Iowa Dec. 24, 1865. Moved to Los Angeles in 1883. Charter member of the Jonathan Club. Married Ella Hewitt in 1900. 1885-95 with Dotter & Bradley Furniture Co.; succeeded by Los Angeles Furniture Co.; 1895 to present Pres. Bresee Bros. undertakers.
1900 census shows him as age 34, married 10 years, wife Helen H., age 31, she has had no children and they are living on Valencia St., Los Angeles.
1890 married by Rev. P.F. Bresee in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Marriage Index 1876-1899 film 2073849 book 22 page 154. Marriage License film 2073924 shows him as a native of Iowa, age 24 (born 1866), a resident of Los Angeles. Present at the wedding were E.E. Hewett of Los Angeles and Maria E. Bresee of Pasadena, his mother. They were married by P.F. Bresee, Minister of the Gospel, his father.
Events
| Birth | 24 Dec 1865 | Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 14 May 1890 | by Rev. Phineas F. Bresee, D.D., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - Ellen Hannah Hewitt | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Los Angeles, California, United States |  | ||
| Death | 4 Dec 1936 | 2009 Wellington Rd., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States | |||
| Burial | Inglewood Park Cemetery |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Hannah Hewitt (1867 - 1934) |
| Child | Gretrude Bresee (1891 - 1962) |
| Father | Phineas Franklin Bresee D.D. (1838 - 1915) |
| Mother | Maria Elma Hebbard (1836 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Ernest Hebbard "EH" Bresee (1861 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Lily Bresee (1864 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Bertha M. Bresee (1868 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Dr. Paul Horace Bresee MD (1871 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Dr. Melvin Arthur "MA" Bresee Md (1872 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Susan E. Bresee (1874 - 1946) |
Notes
Census
1920 census for Los Angeles were Hannah E. Bresee, wife, age 50 born in California, adoptive mother of daughter of Gertrude, age 30,, Phineas W. Bresee, age 54 born in Iowa, adoptive father of Gertrude.Endnotes
1. Rev. E. A. Girvin, Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel, second printing, november 1981 (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1916 copyright), page 48.
2. James Miller Guinn 1834-1918, Historical and biographical record of Los Angeles and vicinity: containing history of the City from its earliest settlement as a Spanish pueblo to the closing year of the nineteenth century (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Pub. Co., 1901), page 500.
3. Carl Bangs, Phineas F. Bresee, His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 1995), page 272.