San
Bernardino County
Biographies
RAYMOND EARLE HODGE
Admitted to the bar nearly a quarter
of a century ago, Raymond Earle Hodge has won an enviable reputation as an
attorney of San Bernardino, where an extensive and important practice is
accorded him. His offices are in the
Andreson building. Mr. Hodge was born in
Denver, Colorado, May 18, 1884, his parents being Morgan C. and Emma J. (Wood)
Hodge, the former a native of Ohio.
Morgan C. Hodge was a traveling salesman until he came west to
California and took up his permanent abode in Rialto, San Bernardino County,
where he taught in the public schools for ten years and has since lived
retired. He is a consistent member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. His
wife, who was born in New York but reared in Kansas, passed away in the year
1908. To them were born three children,
as follows: Raymond Earle, of this
review; Harry, assistant manager of the Colton Globe Mill at Colton,
California; and Victor, who is athletic instructor in San Bernardino, this
state.
Raymond E. Hodge was graduated from
the grammar and high schools of Rialto and subsequently attended Leland
Stanford Junior University, which institution conferred upon him the Bachelor
of Arts degree in 1908. He pursued the
pre-legal course, studied law under the preceptorship of Judge Curtis and
following his admission to the bar in July, 1908, spent nearly a year in the
law offices of W. J. and J. W. Curtis.
Thereafter he was appointed deputy district attorney under Rex Goodcell, thus serving until January, 1915, when he formed
a law partnership with S. W. McNabb, with whom he was associated in general
practice until 1926, when Mr. McNabb became United States District Attorney at
Los Angeles. The zeal with which he
devotes his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the
interests of his clients, and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the
details of his cases, have brought him a large business and made him very
successful in its conduct. He served as
deputy district attorney from 1909 until 1915 and made a most creditable record
in the office. An earlier biographer
wrote: “Raymond E. Hodge has established
himself as second to none in legal acquirements and as a master of the
law. He has created confidence in
himself by his handling of cases given to him, and his increasing patronage
shows that the public recognizes his skill.
His recreation seems to be hard work and research.”
In June, 1910, Mr. Hodge was united
in marriage to Miss Bernice Anna Knoll, a daughter of Edward J. and Clara
Knoll, of Riverside. Mrs. Hodge was born
in Illinois and as a child accompanied her parents on their removal westward to
Riverside, California, where she attended the grade and high schools. She is a member of the Women’s Club of
Rialto. By her marriage she has become
the mother of two children: Robert E., a
resident of Rialto; and Geraldine E., sixteen years of age, who is a high
school student.
Mr. Hodge gives his political
support to the Republican Party and is an enthusiastic member of the Kiwanis
Club. His religious faith is that of the
Methodist Church. He is a member of the
Delta Chi college fraternity; San Bernardino Lodge, No. 348, F. & A. M.; of
the Royal Arch Masons; and San Bernardino Lodge, No. 836, B. P. O. E. Along strictly professional lines he has
membership in the San Bernardino County, California State and American Bar
Associations.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 381-382, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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