Charles C. Lips

Charles C. Lips (ca. 1835–1888), also known as C.C. Lips, was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council from the First Ward in 1877–78.

Lips was born in Stuttgart, Germany, about 1835 and "took his own life in a moment of insanity" in Napa, California, on August 4, 1888.[1][2]

Lips, who was noted as "one of the substantial men of the city," came to L.A. from Philadelphia and worked as the manager of E. Martin & Co., a wholesale liquor house in the Baker Block. His wife's name was Mary E., and their son, Walter Lips, became city fire chief in 1905.[2][3][4]

References
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  1. "Died," Los Angeles Times, August 8, 1888, page 7
  2. "Then and Now: Los Angeles Advertisers of 1880 and 1890," Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1891, page 1
  3. Harris Newmark, Sixty Years in Southern California . . ., American Memory, Library of Congress
  4. "In the Superior Court" (legal advertisement), Los Angeles Daily Herald, June 18, 1887, page 7]




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