OBIT: David Lloyd CLAYCOMB, 1948, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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ATTORNEY DIES

D. LLOYD CLAYCOMB. [photo]

D. L. Claycomb, Veteran Blair Lawyer, Dies
  
  D. Lloyd Claycomb, aged 70, of 2302 Broad avenue, a veteran member of the 
Blair County Bar association and former state legislator and federal 
attorney, died this morning at 11 o'clock at his home after an extended 
illness.
  He was married Aug. 22, 1912, at Buffalo, N.Y. to Miss Frances Willis, of 
Altoona, who survives with one daughter, Miss Marcella Ruth Claycomb of 
Harrisburg, and two brothers, William D. Claycomb of Commodore, Indiana 
county, and S. Statler Claycomb of Johnstown.
  David Lloyd Claycomb was born June 19, 1878, on a farm near Pleasantville, 
Bedford county, the son of Thaddeus and Catherine (Ickes) Claycomb.  He 
attended public schools in his home township and spent four years as a 
teacher in the schools of Bedford county.
  He attended Franklin and Marshall college at Lancaster, Pa., for two years 
to prepare for Dickinson Law school where he graduated in 1903 and was 
admitted to the bar of Cumberland county.  Later in the same year he was 
admitted to the bar of Bedford county and entered the law office of John M. 
Reynolds, who later became lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.
  Attorney Claycomb came to Altoona in 1904 to enter the office of the late 
Thomas H. Greevy for a year.  Later he entered the office of the late 
Attorney H. A. Davis.
  He was admitted to the bar of Blair county in 1907, being the first 
attorney to comply with a new state ruling that only an attorney holding a 
supreme court certificate could practice law in Blair county.
  As a youth Mr. Claycomb displayed great interest in public debate.  Early 
in his career, he made many addresses in behalf of local option.  Always a 
Democrat in party affiliation, he nevertheless was independent in his views.
  In 1912 he was elected representative in the general assembly, being 
nominated by the Prohibition, Keystone and Washington parties to campaign 
successfully in a four-man field of candidates.
  Service in the general assembly at the 1913-1914 session inaugurated what 
was to be an enviable career in politics and public service.  In 1931 
Attorney Claycomb was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for district 
attorney of Blair county, losing a close and spirited contest in the general 
election to Richard H. Gilbert, the Republican candidate.
  Two years later, or in September, 1933, Attorney Claycomb was appointed 
first assistant to the United States district attorney for the Western 
district of Pennsylvania.  He served in that capacity until February, 1937, 
when he was named assistant director of the corporation bureau, secretary of 
the commonwealth at Harrisburg.
  Attorney Claycomb resumed the general practice of law in 1939 in Blair 
county after six years in public service during which he resided in 
Pittsburgh for three years.
  He returned to the political ring in 1941 to wage an unsuccessful campaign 
for election as president judge of the several Blair county courts after 
being selected as Democratic nominee.
  He was a member of the supreme and superior courts of Pennsylvania and of 
the United States federal and circuit courts.
  Attorney Claycomb was a member of the Christ Evangelical and Reformed 
church; of Mountain lodge 281, F. and A.M.; of Mountain commandery 10, 
Knights Templar; of the Williamsport consistory and of the Jaffa Shrine, and 
was a member of the board of directors of the Door of Hope of Altoona.
  Friends will be received at home after 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon.

Altoona Mirror, Wednesday evening, July 21, 1948, pages 1, 5

CLAYCOMB - Funeral services for D. Lloyd Claycomb of 2302 Broad avenue, will 
be held at the home Friday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock by his pastor, the Rev. 
Stuart Snodgrass.  Interment in Rose Hill cemetery at the convenience of the 
family.  Friends will be received at the home after 1 o'clock Thursday 
afternoon.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday evening, July 22, 1948, page 32