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5 unusual facts about Glassell


Glassell

Andrew Glassell (1827–1901), Los Angeles real estate attorney and investor

Glassell Park Elementary School, elementary school listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Glassell Park, Los Angeles, neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles, California

Susan Thornton Glassell (1835–1883), the wife of George Smith Patton and George H. Smith, and the sister of Andrew Glassell

William T. Glassell (1831–1879), officer in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War


William T. Glassell

On the night of October 5, 1863, Glassell and a crew of three in the diminutive torpedo boat David attacked the most powerful ship in the United States Navy, New Ironsides.

The city of Orange was founded by attorneys Andrew Glassell and Alfred Chapman, who had participated in the partition of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana and were active in similar land lawsuits.


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