Clarion A. Youmans

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Clarion Augustine Youmans (October 14, 1847 – July 9, 1906) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Life

Youmans was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios/957.htm|title=Bio: Youmans, Clarion A.|publisher=Clark County, WI Internet Library|accessdate=2011-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407025918/http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios/957.htm|archive-date=2012-04-07|url-status=dead}} He later lived in Arlington, Wisconsin, Poynette, Wisconsin, and Neillsville, Wisconsin. In 1877, he married Nettie French. They had three children. He worked in farming and in the general store. In 1875, he studied law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar. He practiced law with Merritt Clarke Ring in Neillsville, Wisconsin. He also served as Clark County, Wisconsin county judge. Youmans owned a farm in Clark County. He died on July 9, 1906, in Neillsville, Wisconsin.[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/clark/3data/69/69569.htm Clarion Augustine Youmans-Clark County, Wisconsin]{{cite news|title=State News. Clarion A. Youmans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1834209/clarion_a_youmans_18471906/|newspaper=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern|date=July 10, 1906|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 21, 2015 }} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Death of Ex-Senator Youmans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1834213/clarion_a_youmans_18471906/|newspaper=Eau Claire Leader|date=July 11, 1906|page=5|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 21, 2015 }} {{Open access}}

Career

Youmans was a member of the Senate from 1895 to 1897.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yorke-youmans.html#589.32.71|title=Clarion A. Youmans|publisher=Political Graveyard|accessdate=2011-12-11}} He was a Republican.

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