http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 26 October 2019 COOGAN story appearing in "A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut" (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1922) [PAGE ?]: CLARENCE A COOGAN is the youngest child of six children of Edward C. and Lucy E. (Crumb) Coogan, of Mystic, Connecticut. Edward C. Coogan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, came to Putnam, Connecticut, when a boy and there attended public schools. Later, he located in Mystic, obtaining employment in the Standard Machine Company and there continues, having been receiving and shipping clerk for the past twenty-one years, 1899-1920. Clarence A. Coogan was born in Mystic, Connecticut, August 1, 1898. He obtained a good grammar school education in the Mystic public schools. He completed his studies in Stonington High School in 1917, and at once began farming as a business in the town of Stonington, near Mystic. He rented the Walter Morgan famr of one hundred and twenty acres near Mystic, and there has since conducted profitable farming and poultry raising operations. He is a member of Mystic Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and in politics a Republican. Mr. Coogan married, March 5, 1919, Clara Avery Morgan, daughter of Walter C. and Martha (Wheeler) Morgan of Mystic. They are both members of the Congregational Church. They are the parents of two children: Clarissa Avery, born in the town of Stonington, October 10, 1920; Edward Carle, born January 27, 1921.