Tulare County Biographies

J. D. CAMERON

Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama

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The biography of a man is of importance and interest to other men just to the 
degree that his life and his work touch and influence the life of his community 
and the interests of his fellow citizens.  The subject of this sketch has been a 
large factor in the prosperity of the community where he lives and he is 
therefore entitled to specific mention among those who have conserved the 
prosperity of this locality.  J. D. Cameron, manager of the Tulare County 
Refinery, at Tulare, was born in Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, in 1882, and 
is the son of William D. and Mamie A. (MacLeman) Cameron.  In 1893, when he was 
eleven years of age, he and his mother came to Los Angeles and he attended the 
public schools, graduating from the Los Angeles high school.  Later he was a 
student in the University of Southern California.  During the following five 
years he was employed in electrical work in the capacity of a telegraph 
engineer.  Subsequently he was engaged in the real estate business in Los 
Angeles for five years, and the ensuing three years were spent in the Hawaiian 
Islands.  Mr. Cameron then organized an oil company and for eight years was 
engaged in the drilling of oil wells in the Sunset field, thus obtaining at 
first hand a practical working knowledge of the oil business.  In 1922, with 
several associates, he bought the Tulare County Refinery and in the operation of 
this plant and the marketing of its products they have achieved a splendid 
success.  Their product, known commercially as Giant gasoline, is a high grade 
product and is sold throughout the San Joaquin valley, where the company 
maintains twelve service stations.  The headquarters of the company is in Tulare 
and the business is enjoying a steady and constant growth.  Mr. Cameron, as 
manager of the business, is devoting himself indefatigably to the enterprise, 
which has risen to front rank among the successful and important concerns of 
Tulare county.
 
Mr. Cameron was married to Miss Florence Maine, of Riverside, California, and 
they are the parents of two children, Donald and Ruth.  Politically Mr. Cameron 
is a republican.  He is fond of golf and other outdoor recreation and because of 
his upright life, his business ability and his genial personality he enjoys the 
good will and esteem of all who know him.
 
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen Edwards Small & 
J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 
418