San Joaquin County Biographies
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CECIL B. CLANCY
San Joaquin County may well be proud of the invaluable contribution made to its permanent growth and real progress by such a citizen as Cecil B. Clancy, among the most prominent and successful orchardists of the San Joaquin Valley. He is a native son of California, born at Acampo on December 6, 1889, a son of John H. and Fanny (Towne) Clancy. Grandfather Daniel Clancy came to California in an early day and settled in Contra Costa County, when John H. was a lad of twelve years; and some thirty-four years ago the father settled in Acampo, being engaged as foreman of the Langford ranch, and was instrumental in the development of this great property.
Cecil B. Clancy received his education in the Houston school, and at the age of sixteen began farming on his own account, having received valuable training in farming from his father. Today Mr. Clancy owns 120 acres on the corner of the Victor road and the Lockeford-Acampo road in the heart of the Christian Colony, about 105 acres being planted to peaches and fifteen acres to prunes. He has installed two pumping plants with six-inch pumps and twenty-horsepower electric motor, which enable him to care for his orchard in the most up-to-date manner. During the fall of 1921, Mr. Clancy remodeled his ranch house, and it is now one of the finest in the locality.
At Lodi, Cal., on November 18, 1915, Mr. Clancy was united in marriage with Miss Marion Ryan, a native of California, born in San Diego, a daughter of Richard E. and Hattie (Morse) Ryan. When she was only one year old, Mrs. Clancy removed with her parents to northern California, where her father engaged in farming pursuits. Mrs. Clancy began her education in the Live Oak district school; later entered the Stockton high school; and after her graduation, entered the University of California, from which she graduated, majoring in history.
Mr. Clancy uses the most improved methods in the care of his orchard, all of his cultivating, plowing, and harrowing being done with a tractor; and his property is an example of what can be accomplished by the most up-to-date methods of irrigation and cultivation. He is very prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons, No. 256, of Lodi, Royal Arch Masons and Commandery of Stockton, and a Shriner, a member of Ben Ali Temple of Sacramento; he is also a prominent Native Son, of the Lodi Parlor, and a member of the Stockton Elks. Politically, he is a Republican.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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