Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 281.
 
CLAIRE M. INMAN

     For nearly a quarter of a century Claire M. Inman has been actively engaged
in the practice of law in Salem and he has met with very gratifying success. A
native of O'Brien county, Iowa, he was born on the 14th of September, 1874, a
son of Daniel Willard and Franchette E. (Johnson) Inman. He is the scion of old
Revolutionary stock, the American progenitors of the family having settled in
the Massachusetts Bay colony in a very early day. Daniel W. Inman was a typical
frontiersman and Indian fighter, having in early life-made a trip over the old
Santa Fe trail. He and his wife were early settlers in Iowa, having been the
second family to take up a homestead in O'Brien county. He there engaged in
farming and prospered, becoming the owner of over two thousand acres of farm
land in that state. In 1891 he came to Oregon, traveling over much of the state,
looking for a suitable location, and in 1893 he brought his family to the west,
at which time he bought land in Marion county, and later also acquired landed
holdings in Linn county. He engaged In farming for a number of years, but
eventually retired and moved to Salem, where his death occurred in 1909. His
widow survived him a number of years, passing away January 25, 1925. Mr. Inman
was a republican in his political views and took an active interest in public
affairs, having held a number of county offices. He was a veteran of the Civil
war and held membership in the Grand Army of the Republic.
     Claire M. Inman received a good public school education and first took up
the study of law at Sanborn, Iowa. Later he entered the law department of
Willamette University, where he was graduated in 1901. He engaged in the
practice of his profession in Baker county, where he remained two years, and
since 1903 has been located in Salem, where he has commanded a large and
remunerative practice. He served as city attorney of Salem in 1904 and has long
been recognized as a lawyer of more than ordinary capability.
     In 1904 Mr. Inman was united in marriage to Miss Carrie A. Batchelor, who
was born in Indiana, and in childhood came to Salem with her parents, James and
Elizabeth Batchelor, who were early settlers of this city. She comes of a family
which throughout the country's history has been active in military affairs, her
father having fought in the Civil war, while later he belonged to the Grand Army
of the Republic. Her paternal grandfather was a veteran of the Mexican war and
her great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, while her brother
served in the Spanish-American war. Mr. Inman is an ardent republican in his
political views and is a Royal Arch Mason and an Elk. He belongs to the Marion
County Bar Association, the Oregon State Bar Association and the American Bar
Association, and for the past fifteen or more years he has taught law in
Willamette University, being well grounded in the principles of jurisprudence
and a clear and forceful speaker.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2012 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.