Sacramento County
Biographies
CORNING DE SAULES
CORNING DE SAULES.--An efficient,
successful and influential citizen, whose wide experience and especial
adaptability to the peculiar demands of his responsible position have benefited
the commercial and financial life of this state, is Corning de Saules, who was born on October 28, 1880, at Washington, D.
C., the son of Julius Edward and Cora Hamilton (Corning) de Saules. The father, a professional man, is residing
with his beloved wife in Sacramento.
Corning
de Saules was educated in the public school, although
he obtained the greater part of his knowledge through private study of
accounting and in the practical school of experience. His first position was as a ledger clerk in
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company.
Through his keenness and ability, he worked to the position of voucher
clerk. From 1902 to 1904 he was employed
in the offices of Geary Brown & Company, certified public accountants in New
York City, then for one year he was the auditor of the
National Correspondence School, at Washington, D. C. While serving this concern he gleaned much
information which proved of untold value during his later life. He engaged in the practice of public
accounting in Washington and
practiced for two and one-half years. In
1908 he was employed by the United States Department of Justice, as a special
agent, continuing until his resignation in 1909 when he came to California. On his arrival in
the Golden State
he was employed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company as an assistant
to the auditor. In 1911 he resigned and
became associated with Herbert M. Brace, a certified public accountant on the
Board of Control for the State of California and soon worked up to the position
of assistant superintendent of accounts and in 1917 was appointed
superintendent of accounts. On January
5, 1923, he was appointed city controller of Sacramento.
Corning
de Saules was united in marriage to Imogene Violet Belshaw, a native daughter of Antioch,
Cal., in 1911. They are the parents of three children:
Jeannette Elizabeth, Corinne B. and Margaret Elizabeth. Politically, Mr. De Saules
adheres to the Republican party. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and
of the Exchange Club. Mr. De Saules has won the respect and good-will of all his
associates, and many years of activity for the public good have established his
name among the high-minded, dependable, and successful men of California.
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 787. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.