Imperial County, CA Biographies

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, January, 2007.

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GEORGE CLINTON HEIL
 
                   In recording the names of the representative ranchers of 
Imperial County, prominent mention should be made of the man whose name heads 
this review. He is a native son and was born in Santa Ana, California. His 
father, Joseph P., was a native of New York, and his mother was a native of 
Kansas. In his father's family there were eight children. In 1888 Mr. Heil's 
parents came from Topeka, Kansas, to California, where they remained one year. 
Returning to Kansas, the family remained there until 1902, when they sold out 
and returned to the Golden State and located at Santa Ana. Here they remained 
until 1907, and in 1908 came to Imperial County and located in El Centro. Mr. 
Heil's father purchased the Valley Steam Laundry and operated it successfully 
for about four years. His death occurred in El Centro in 1916 and the remains 
were placed in the cemetery at Santa Ana. Mr. Heil's mother still resides in El 
Centro. George Clinton, the subject of this sketch, was born October 27, 1888. 
He acquired his education in the public schools of Santa Ana and El Centro, 
California. He graduated from the El Centro high school with the class of 1910, 
and for a period of seven months attended Stanford University at Palo Alto, 
California. Completing his studies, he returned to El Centro and was identified 
with his father for a time. Mr. Heil's mother has a ranch of 120 acres, which 
has been brought up to a high state of cultivation. George C. has the management 
of eighty acres, while his brother has charge of forty acres. George C. was 
united in marriage with Miss Irma McClure, a native of Illinois, November 1, 
1910. To this union have been born Lewis Clinton and Irma Katheryne. Mr. and 
Mrs. Heil have a host of friends in El Centro and surrounding country and they 
have the esteem of all who know them. 
 
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California," Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 
1918, pp. 463-464.