MOUNTED OFFICER LEWIS M. SYMMES
SDPD 12/07/1907 - 05/03/1909
01/14/1880 - 09/24/1946
His parents died when he was very young and he was raised in San Francisco by his mother's sister, "Maggie" Hall.

He was a mounted policeman in San Diego around 1900 and later was a rancher and cattle buyer in the Western United States.

He died while returning from a fishing trip.
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