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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
David 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, California, 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.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1103. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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