Background
Willett, Oscar Louis was born on March 11, 1881 in near Effingham, Illinois, United States. Son of Volney and Louisa (Wilborn) Willett.
Willett, Oscar Louis was born on March 11, 1881 in near Effingham, Illinois, United States. Son of Volney and Louisa (Wilborn) Willett.
Bachelor of Science, National Normal U., Lebanon, O., 1902, Bachelor of Laws, 1902, Bachelor of Philosophy, 1903. Graduate student of University of Chicago, 1902.
Admitted to bars of Illinois, 1902, Washington, 1903, California, 1924. Practiced in Seattle, Washington, 1903-1923, in California since 1923. In charge development of 16,000 acre residential community, Atascadero, California, 1925-1931.
Chairman Central Coast Highway Committee, California State Chamber of Commerce, 1926-1933. Appointed by Federal Court to protect creditors in Palos Verdes Project, 1931. Trustor and general manager Palos Verdes Trust since 1937.
President Willett & Crane, Inc. Manager Palos Verdes Realty Company. President South Bay Beach and Highway Association.
Served with 9th Illinois Volunteers during Spanish-American War. Member California State Bar Association, United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Member highway committee Harbor District Chambers of Commerce and California State Chamber of Commerce.
Married Georgetta Pemberton, 1905 (died 1928).; married second, Ethelga Beatty, September 1929. Children: Madeline (Mistress Burns, deceased), Oscar Louis (deceased), Beulah (Mistress Harold C. Connal), Georgette (Mistress Carl Schiff), Virginia Lou.