A biography of Clarence Linden Heald as told by his son, Allen Heald, followed by biographical notes about Clarence’s father, Dr. Allen Heald (1829-1907), and his great-great-grandfather, William Heald (1756-1868).
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“This is the story of my own father; and I feel I would like to tell it here because it is part of the fabric of this American heartland in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s — because it may help you to know me better — and because, frankly, I think it is quite a story, and I want to write it down before it too fades away in those tides that wash Ireland and America and all the rest of our planet.”