Los
Angeles County
Biographies
FRANK D. McCLURE
Frank D. McClure is numbered among
the best known and most prominent attorneys of Los Angeles, where he has
successfully engaged in law practice for more than a quarter of a century,
while the period of his professional experience in the state covers the past
thirty-seven years. He was born in
Fremont County, Iowa, July 11, 1872, his parents being Erastus Beecher and
Harriet (Brittan) McClure. In young
manhood Erastus B. McClure and John Deere began the making of plows in a
blacksmith shop. The former first came
to California in 1852, with an ox-team train, mined four years, and then
returned to his home in Ohio in 1856 via Cape Horn. He again came to California in 1857, with
three friends and their own ox-team. He
mined for ten years and returned via the Isthmus of Panama. In 1869 he was married and in 1884 returned
west with his family. He died in Oregon
and his wife died in Los Angeles.
Frank D. McClure was graduated from
the Stockton Normal and Business College of Stockton, California, conducted by
D. K. Trask and W. C. Ramsay. In 1894 he
graduated from the scientific and engineering departments of Valparaiso
University at Valparaiso, Indiana, with the Bachelor of Science degree. On the completion of a law course two years
later, he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The following year, in 1897, he began the
work of his chosen profession at Visalia, California, whence in 1900 he removed
to Bakersfield, which since 1907 he has maintained offices in Los Angeles. He was chosen city attorney of Wilmington,
California, in 1908 and appeared before the United States War Department in
Washington, D. C., in behalf of the San Pedro (now Los Angeles) harbor
improvement, succeeding in establishing the harbor lines as they stand
today. Upon his return to California,
Mr. McClure became a leading factor in the movement to unite San Pedro and
Wilmington with Los Angeles, and he was also called in important litigation
pertaining to harbor matters. In the private
practice of law in Los Angeles he was a member of the firm of Woodruff &
McClure from 1907 until 1912, thereafter practiced independently until 1925 and
during the succeeding five years was a member of the firm of McClure, Griffith
& Yokum.
Since 1930 he has practiced alone, with office at 742 South Hill Street,
Los Angeles, and an extensive and gratifying clientele has been accorded him.
On June 1, 1896, Mr. McClure was
united in marriage with Angie C. Nugent, of Kahoka, Missouri. He is affiliated with the Masons, being a
member of Westlake Lodge, F. & A. M.; Signet Chapter, No. 57, R. A. M.;
Hollywood Commandery, No. 56, K. T.; and Al Malaikah Temple, A. A. O. N. M.
S. He likewise belongs to the Breakfast
Club of Los Angeles, the Girard Country Club and the Hollywood Masonic Club,
being a life member of the last named.
Along strictly professional lines he has membership in the California
State Bar Association. His political
views are in accord with the principles of the Republican Party.
Transcribed
by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 693-694,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V.
Gerald Iaquinta.
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