Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Todd, Clarence E. 1879 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  Clarence E. Todd, manager of the Edgerton creamery, is one of the. progressive
and successful business man of Johnson county. Mr. Todd is a native of the
Sunflower State. He was born at Gardner, February 26, 1879, and is a son of John
B. and Sarah (Cramer) Todd, natives of New York and Ohio, respectively. John B.
Todd came to Johnson county, Kansas, in the early seventies and engaged in the
mercantile business at Gardner. He is now the proprietor of the Gardner
creamery, engaged in the manufacture of ice cream and ice. John B. and Sarah
(Cramer) Todd, are the parents of five children, as follows: Helen resides at
Gardner; Clarence E., the subject of this sketch; Anna, married Harry Pierce and
resides in California; Andrew C. was killed in a mine accident, in Colorado,
when twenty-four years old and Charles caster. Nelson resides in Gardner, with
his parents. Clarence E. Todd was educated in the public schools of Gardner and
the Central Business College, Leavenworth, Kan., and when nineteen years of age
went west and engaged in mining in Colorado, and for fifteen years remained in
that business. He was associated with the Smuggler Union Mining Company at
Telluride, Colo., for a number of years. Mr. Todd engaged in the creamery
business at Edgerton, in 1913, and has built up an extensive business in dairy
products and ice. His business extends to and includes the towns of Paola,
Wellsville, Spring Hill, Hillsdale, Gardner, Baldwin, Eudora, Prairie Center,
Clearfield and De Soto. In addition to his vast creamery business, Mr. Todd has
other important interests, and owns 320 acres of land in Colorado. Mr. Todd was
united in marriage in Denver, Colo., in 1913 to Miss Eva Waggoner, and they have
one child, John Sherman. Mr. Todd takes a commendable interest in public affairs
and is a member of the city council of Edgerton, and is" an enthusiastic booster
for the business interests and betterment of his town and county. His fraternal
affiliations are with the time-honored Masonic lodge and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. Both he and his wife are members of the Eastern Star
and attend the Presbyterian church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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