Named for Willoughby Cole (1857-1912), an attorney who practiced law with his father, former U.S. Senator Cornelius Cole, founder of the Hollywood-adjacent community of Colegrove. (See Cole Avenue.) Willoughby Cole died just one month before his 55th birthday from a “lingering illness”. If there’s a grave or a death certificate, I couldn’t find them. Willoughby’s only child with his wife Geraldine was Willoughby Jr. (1907-1945), who was apparently mentally handicapped: his own death certificate stated that he was “feeble minded” and “epileptic” since birth.
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