William Hartshorn Bonsall was acting mayor of Los Angeles from December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1892 and served on the city council representing the 3rd ward from 1891 to 1895. From 1893 to 1895 he was President of the City Council (an elected position). Bonsallo Avenue is named after him.
Bonsall was born February 10, 1846 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to father Samuel Bonsall and mother Mary Mills. He served for the Union Army in the American Civil War, attaining the rank of Major before his discharge in 1865. After the war he worked as an insurer until his death in 1905. In 1871 he married Ellen Doddridge McFarland of Los Angeles. They moved to LA in 1886, setting up an insurance business in downtown Los Angeles.[1]
| Preceded by Henry T. Hazard |
Mayor of Los Angeles, California 1892—1892 |
Succeeded by Thomas E. Rowan |
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