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CLARENDON
BENNETT EYER
EYER, CLARENDON BENNETT, Capitalist, Los Angeles, Cal., was born at Wakarusa, Ind., July 1, 1865, the son of Daniel Eyer and Nancy A. (Bennett) Eyer. He married Cora A. Knowlton at Winterset, Ia., Oct. 16, 1888, and is the father of three children, Marguerite K., William K. and Clarendon B. Eyer, Jr.
Mr. Eyer received his preliminary education in the public schools of Highland Park, and Lake Forest Academy, in Illinois. He was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan in 1888 with the degree of L.B. and began practice in Chicago the same year with K. R. Smoot.
For approximately twenty years Mr. Eyer was a prominent figure in Republican politics in Chicago, and for some time represented Evanston in the City Council. When Theodore Roosevelt was nominated, in 1904, to succeed himself as President of the U.S., Mr. Eyer took an active part in the campaign and was chairman of the reception committee which welcomed Mr. Roosevelt to Chicago on his tour of the West.
In 1907 Mr. Eyer gave up law and moved to Los Angeles, where he has since become a factor in development projects. He first purchased five thousand acres at Beaumont, Cal., and later organized the Beaumont Land & Water Co., of which he is President and General Manager, to improve this property. It is now a beautiful section of irrigated groves and orchards, with apples as the predominating product. Mr. Eyer also organized the Beaumont Bank and served as president of the town school board for two years.
In addition to the Beaumont project, Mr. Eyer is President of the Assets Realization Co. and Vice President of the San Gorgiono (sic) Water Co.
He is a Mason, Knight Templar and a member of the California and Los Angeles Athletic Clubs.
Transcribed 2-24-11 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 600, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2011 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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