Clayton, Charles Peach;  Hopkins Cty., KY;  now  Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000




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 Clayton, Charles Peach, general superintendent and manager of the 9th district
for the Producers' Oil Co., was born at Earlington, Hopkins county, Ky., July
23, 1872, and is a son of William Clayton, who was born in England.  His
mother bore the maiden name of Woods and died when her son was a mere boy. 
William Clayton came to America very early in life and after a brief residence
in Kentucky removed to Kansas.  He has been interested in various forms of
business, chief among which is that of the lumber industry, operating in
several states.  He has attained to the ripe age of 81 years, and is now
making his home with the subject of this sketch.  Charles P. Clayton obtained
a comon school education, and at the early age of 15 began the battle of life
for himself.  For a while he did range work in western Kansas and in Colorado,
and then was identified with the salt industry at Hutchinson, Kan.  Then began
his career in the oil business, in which industry he began as a common helper
on the rig, from which he has steadily advanced in various positions until
that of his present responsible station.  He has forged to the front in the
oil business by reason of diligently applying himself and by fidelity to his
various employers.  He has been identified with the oil industry in the fields
of Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, coming to the latter state in 1891
and to Shreveport in 1910.  He has been with the Producers' Oil Company since
its organization in 1902, and now holds one of the most responsible positions
with the company.  In 1894 Mr. Clayton and Miss Alice Tuttle were united in
marriage, and unto this union were born 2 children, namely, Roy Earl and May
Opal.  Mr. Clayton is a Knight Templar Mason, and a Noble of the Mystic
Shrine.  He is also a member of the B. P. O. E.  Aside from other interests he
is a director of the Continental Bank & Trust Co.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 103. 
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.