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was born November 15, 1859, in Sacramento, California.  His father , F. A. Massol, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and came to California in March, 1853.  He settled in Sacramento, where he married Orpha Merwin, a native of Delaware County, New York.  In July , 1883, they moved to Los Gatos and located at the edge of the city adjoining the Almond Grove Addition. Mr. Massol has an almond orchard of twenty-two acres in good bearing condition, which is the oldest orchard in Los Gatos, the most of the trees being about fifteen years old.  Fen Massol is the only child in his father's family.  He was educated at Napa, California, and graduated in June, 1879.  During his residence in Sacramento he was employed in the County Clerk's office, and in the law office of Creed Haymond.  In 1884 he started in the jewelry business with O. B. Austin, under the firm name of Austin & Massol, who are the leading jewelers of Los Gatos.  They are also engaged in the real-estate business, in which they have been very successful.  Mr. Massol is a charter member of the Los Gatos Parlor, No. 124, N. S. G. W., and since its organization has been Secretary of the order.

SOURCE:  Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888. page 655
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