Background
Leslie Coombs Brand was born on May 12, 1859 in Florissant, Missouri. His father was Joseph Coombs Brand (1827–1869) and his mother, Virginia Coombs Hance Brand (1831–1899).
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Career
He is best known for developing Glendale, California. He had two sisters, Helen Brand and Ada Broker. Their father died when he was ten years old.
At the age of twenty, he moved to Moberly, Missouri to work in an office.
He eventually started his own real estate company. He moved to Los Angeles, California and, together with East.W. Sargent, he established the Los Angeles Abstract Company on the corner of Temple and New High streets.
In the 1890s, they sold their company. His oil investment in Saugus, Santa Clarita, California led to nothing, and he left for Galveston, Texas, to work in real estate.
He stayed at the Tremont Hotel in the Strand Historic District.
Back in California, he developed the city of Glendale, California. Together with Henry East. Huntington (1850–1927), he brought Pacific Electric to the town to develop lieutenant Personal life
He later remarried to Mary Louise Brand (1871–1945).
He died on April 10, 1925 in Glendale, California.
He was buried in the Brand Family Cemetery in Glendale. Legacy
The "Brand Library" section of the Glendale Public Library is named in his honor.
Brand Boulevard in Glendale is also named in his honor. Brand"s interest in airplanes started a movement resulting in the Grand Central Airport (United_States) - a hub of aviation history.
