Ray L. Chesebro
Raymond L. Chesebro (August 28, 1880 – March 25, 1954) was a 20th-century police judge and city attorney in Los Angeles, California, who became known and commended throughout the nation. Personal Chesebro was born in Mazeppa, Minnesota on August 28, 1880. His parents were Sarah J. Hill and George Chesebro. He had a younger sister Lillian. When Ray was about nine years old his mother died. Soon after, his father died or abandoned his children. Ray and Lillian lived with relatives in Oronoco, Minnesota. As a young man, Ray lived and worked on a farm run by his grandfather, Levi P. Hill, until he was seventeen. Chesebro came to California in 1904. He was married on April 9, 1909, to Ada B. Tripp in her home at 755 Maple Avenue. He was a member of the Jonathan Club, Wilshire Country Club, Blue Lodge and Scottish Rite Masonic Order and Al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine. Chesebro died at the age of 73 on March 25, 1954, in Good Samaritan Hospital after suffering a heart attack in his home at 5531 Red Oak Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood. He was survived by his widow, Ada R. Chesebro; a son, Marvin