Background
Coe was born on January 23, 1873, in Le Mars, Iowa, to Nathaniel Fenton Coe of Jamestown, New York, and Emma Stinton Coe of England.
Coe was born on January 23, 1873, in Le Mars, Iowa, to Nathaniel Fenton Coe of Jamestown, New York, and Emma Stinton Coe of England.
Clarence completed his education in the Palms public school, then went into farming, mostly lima beans.
They took part in establishing the new community of Palms, California, which was laid out in 1886. At first he lived in a small farm on Sawtelle Boulevard, but by August 1929, he had retired from farming and was living at 3743 Mentone Avenue in Palms, which had been annexed to Los Angeles in 1915. Over the years Coe purchased and developed more property, including the area which is now the city of Beverly Hills.
"In 1918 he became a director of the Citizens State Bank of Sawtelle, which had a branch in Palms and another in Brentwood Heights.
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Appointment and elections.
Later, he was a trustee in the Palms School District, a member of the Republican County Central Committee and vice president of the Colonel Royal Marines Baker Home for Retired Ministers. When this bank was merged with the present Security-First National Bank in 1927, he retired also from active participation in its affairs, but he is still a member of the executive board of the Palms branch.