In 1885 he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his law studies, and he was admitted to the bar in 1887.
Cremation took place August 24 at Hollywood Cemetery after a Christian Science service.
Survivors were his wife; a brother, George Dunn of Chicago, and a sister.
Streetcars of the Los Angeles Railway, of which he was a vice president, were to stop service for one minute to mark the beginning of the funeral rite.
After the end of his second elected term, the city appointed him as a special counsel to carry on the litigation.