Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Clark, Cranson 1844 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

CRANSON CLARK. Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, counts among its
agriculturists no one who is more conversant with the farming interests of the
county than he of whom we now write. His residence is on section 19, and his
birthplace in Mundy Township, where he first saw the light, September 6, 1844.
He is a son of William and Julia (Cranson) Clark, the father being a native of
New York as was also the mother. They migrated in 1843 to Mundy Township, and
here became early settlers. Erecting a log house, they undertook the clearing
and cultivation of eighty acres of land, but being without much means they
suffered great privations and hardships. The father died a few years after
coming hither, leaving two children: Lois, wife of William Fletcher, and our
subject. The mother survived until 1873, when she also passed away.

  Cranson Clark was reared to manhood in this county, which has been his home
throughout life. He received his education in the district school and ever
regretted that he did not have better advantages in that line, but has
endeavored to keep himself in touch with the public movements of the times
through reading and observation.

  The marriage of our subject to Miss Hattie Robinson took place October 16,
1865. She was born in New York and is now the mother of three children, all of
whom are still beneath the parental roof. William D. was born September 6, 1866;
Ernest B., September 6, 1869; and Minnie L., May 25, 1873. For several years
after his marriage Mr. Clark resided in Mundy Township, where he began his
farming operations on eighty acres, but he gradually acquired more until he now
owns three hundred and twenty acres of land under good cultivation. In the
spring of 1872 he removed to his present farm in Grand Blanc Township. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Clark are earnest and active members of the Baptist Church, in which
Mr. Clark is serving as Deacon and Trustee and where he has been prominent as
Sunday-school Superintendent. He is identified with the social order of the
Maccabees and is a Republican in politics.

  Of a peculiarly conservative nature Mr. Clark is nevertheless well known for
his good business abilities and his public-spirited interests in all that
concerns the welfare of others. He is the owner of one of the finest improved
farms in Grand Blanc Township, which cannot fail in its exterior to attract the
eye and command the admiration of every passing stranger. He farms not only with
brawn but with brain as well, and follows true scientific principles, hence has
met with flattering success. A view of his residence and the rural surroundings
on his farm is presented elsewhere in this volume.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892

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