Edward A. Clampitt (December 14, 1868 – September 26, 1919) was a pioneer oilman in Los Angeles at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries.
He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Mines and Oils, Los Angeles Athletic Club, the Elks, the Masons and the Knights of Pythias.
[1] Clampitt died on September 26, 1919, in his home at 301 South Alexandria Avenue in Los Angeles, California.
[1] Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Charles Edward Locke, and an escort of police officers, headed by Police Chief George K. Home accompanied the cortege to Inglewood Park Cemetery for burial.
Chief Home was an active pallbearer, and honorary pallbearers included Governor William Stephens, Mayor Meredith P. Snyder, Sheriff John C. Cline, District Attorney Thomas L. Woolwine and newspaper publisher Harry Chandler.