Los Angeles County
Biographies
CHARLES L. CHANDLER
CHANDLER, CHARLES L.,
Attorney at Law, Los Angeles, California, was born at Davenport, Iowa, on
May 30, 1878. He married Gisela Pluemer at
Elizabeth, New Jersey, March 6, 1906, two children being born as a
result of this union, Sarah Fischer and Davis Pluemer
Chandler. Mr. Chandler studied in the grammar and high schools of Pueblo,
Colorado, up to 1892, when he entered the University of
Nebraska Preparatory School. He remained there until 1894, when he returned to
Denver, Colorado, studying at the Woodworth Business College of that place. He
entered the University of Denver in 1896, being graduated from that institution
in 1900 with the degree LL. B. The following year, being desirous of
finishing his law education with some Eastern studies, he entered Cornell
University at Ithaca, New York, receiving the degree LL. B. in 1901.
Mr. Chandler was admitted to the Bar in Denver, Colorado,
in January, 1900, and during the latter part of 1901 and part of 1902, he was
in the employ of Fillius and Davis, Denver attorneys.
From this employment in Denver, Colorado, he went to New
York City, becoming associated with the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of
Ironton, Ohio, owned and controlled by his uncle, the late
F. C. Fischer, prominent in the lumber world. He purchased and became
an expert in the examination of timber land titles for that company throughout
the Southern States, visiting a number of the famous timber regions of the Southeastern
and Northwestern portions of the United States, and studying the timber
conditions of the country.
His employment with the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company
brought him in touch with one of the vital questions of the day, that of
conservation of the natural resources, particularly in the field of timber and
forest reserves.
In 1903 he resigned his position in Ohio, settling in Los
Angeles in September of that year. He again resumed his legal work, becoming
connected with the firm of Cochran and Williams, attorneys, and for two years
following he continued with that firm.
In 1906, Mr. Chandler became a member of the firm of
Williams, Goudge and Chandler, attorneys at law. This
firm has a large practice in Los Angeles, being attorneys for a number of the
larger corporations and organizations of that city, among which are the Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Broadway Bank and Trust Company, Citizens’
Trust and Savings Bank, Needles Light and Power Company, Home Savings Bank,
Seaside Water Company and Los Angeles Abstract and Trust Company.
The firm now maintains a large practice, with
Mr. Chandler as one of the active attorneys of the organization. He is
largely interested in a number of Los Angeles enterprises such as the Seaboard
Land Security Company, of which organization he is the President. He is Vice
President of the Midway Light and Power Company, the Needles Light and Power
Company, and holds a similar position with the Seaboard Metal works. His
extensive experience in corporation work makes him a valuable member of the
firm.
He is a member of the Westlake Lodge,
F. and A. M., Scottish Rite, and has
been honored with the Presidency of the Cornell University Club of Southern
California, of which he was one of the organizers.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
24 September 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 701, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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