Edward A. Clampitt

Edward A. Clampitt (1868–1919) was a pioneer oilman in Los Angeles, California, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and a member of the Los Angeles City Council.

Clampitt

Personal

Clampitt was born in Macon County, Illinois, on December 14, 1868, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Clampitt. He came to Los Angeles in 1888.[1]

Clampitt died in his home at 301 South Alexandria Avenue[2] on September 26, 1919. He was survived by his parents, living in Los Angeles, and his wife, Margaret M. Clampitt, and two daughters, Leah and Barbara, as well as a brother, L.A. Clampitt of San Fernando, and two sisters, Mrs. A.P. McBride of Independence, Kansas, and Mrs. R. Raskin of Los Angeles.[1]

Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Charles Edward Locke, and an escort of police officers, headed by Police Chief George K. Home accompanied the cortege to Inglewood Park Cemetery for burial. Chief Home was an active pallbearer, and honorary pallbearers included Governor William Stephens, Mayor Meredith P. Snyder, Sheriff John C. Cline, District Attorney Thomas L. Woolwine and newspaper publisher Harry Chandler.[3]

Business

Clampitt was a director of the Columbia Oil Producing Company, which was later bought by Commonwealth Petroleum.[1]

Community

He was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1906 and served three years. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Mines and Oils, Los Angeles Athletic Club, the Elks, the Masons and the Knights of Pythias.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Last Call for E.A. Clampitt," Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1919, page II-5
  2. ↑ Location of the Clampitt residence on Mapping L.A.
  3. ↑ "Last of Earth for Edward A. Clampitt," Los Angeles Times, September 30, 1919, page II-12