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CLARENCE T. MANWARING
Clarence T. Manwaring is
successfully engaged in the general insurance business in Los Angeles as head
of the Callender-Manwaring Company, with office in the Pacific Mutual Building. He was born in Meriden, Connecticut, December
25, 1881, his parents being Edgar C. and Emma (Tryon) Manwaring, the former a
seafaring man. The mother, who is a
widow, makes her home with her son William.
Clarence T. Manwaring acquired his
early education in the grade and high schools of Meriden, Connecticut, and
later continued his high school studies in San Diego, California, where his
parents had established their home. His
father and mother eventually returned to Connecticut, but Mr. Manwaring
remained in the Golden state as a student at Stanford University until in 1904
he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter he was connected with the Board of
Underwriters of the Pacific Coast for twelve years, during four years of which
period, from 1907 to 1911, he filled the position of district manager at Los
Angeles, his territory including southern California and the state of
Arizona. He was then assigned to the
head office in San Francisco as assistant manager for the Pacific Coast and
continued in that capacity until 1916, when he resigned to join the old
insurance firm of Wright & Callender.
On its dissolution in 1920, Harry R. Callender formed a partnership with
Mr. Manwaring under the firm name of Callender & Manwaring. Since the death of Mr. Callender in 1928, Mr.
Manwaring has continued the business alone with uninterrupted success,
reflecting in its capable conduct the broad experience gained through thirty
years in the insurance field.
The wife of Mr. Manwaring, to whom
he was married on November 3, 1912, was in her maidenhood, Jane Baxter McPeak, of Ireland, and they are the parents of two
daughters, Elizabeth and Jane. In his
political views Mr. Manwaring is a Republican, while his religious faith is
that of the Baptist Church. He has
membership in the California Club, the University Club
and the Los Angeles Country Club and he greatly enjoys golf and other outdoor
recreation.
Transcribed
by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 771-772,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V.
Gerald Iaquinta.
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