Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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C. E. BEAUMONT. � Among the leading lawyers of the Fresno Bar is 
C. E. Beaumont, who was born at Mayfield, Ky., August 27, 1883, a son of 
E. S. and May V. (Wortham) Beaumont, the former a well-known news- 
paper man in his locality. C. E. Beaumont attended private and public 
schools in his native state and also the Kentucky State University, and later 
took the study of law at Cumberland University, in Lebanon, Tenn., from 
which he was graduated in 1910. He then came direct to Fresno and for a 
time was employed in the office of S. L. Carter, and later with the law firm 
of Harris and Harris. Going then to Fort Worth, Texas, he was admitted 
to practice law and spent one year in that city. His previous residence in 
California, however, had given him an opportunity to get in close touch 
with the people, and he liked the country. He felt the call to return so 
strongly that he came back to Fresno and had an office with E. A. Williams 
for two years, when he entered the office of the district attorney on March 
1, 1914, as a deputy. He performed the duties of his office with much satis- 
faction to all concerned, and at the same time was widening his circle of 
friends in various parts of the county. Being familiar with the duties of his 
office, he decided to become a candidate for district attorney of Fresno 
County, made a vigorous canvas of the voters, and at the primary election 
held in August, 1918, received a majority of the votes cast, which eliminated 
his two opponents and elevated him to the office, a signal honor. His suc- 
cess in office is the result of hard work, good business management and 
judgment, and his selection of able assistants. 

C. E. Beaumont was married on December 6, 1915. to Miss Lucy Mad- 
den, of Fresno, who shares with her husband the good-will and esteem of 
all who know them. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church. 
Mr. Beaumont is a member of the Masons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias, 
the University Club and the college fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilom. Politi- 
cally he is a Democrat. He is a supporter of the various movements for the 
advancement of the state and county where he has elected to make his home.