Background
Pease was born in Enfield, Kentucky, in 1838, where he was engaged in the furniture business for twenty years.
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Niles Pease
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Career
He came to Los Angeles in 1884 and for the next two decades was the head of the Pease Furniture Company At the time of his death on September 21, 1921, he was president of the Niles Investment Company, vice president of the International Indemnity Company and a director of the Fidelity Savings and Loan Association and of the Bank of Italy. The Pease building at 7th and Hill streets was later bought by Bullock"s Department Store for expansion.
He was a Unitarian, a Knight Templar and a Shriner.
