Early Life
Born William Harrison Clanton, in Hamilton County, Texas, he was the second to last born of five brothers, the other four being John, Phin, Ike Clanton, and Alonzo. He also had two sisters, Mary and Ester. His father, Old Man Clanton, moved his wife Mariah and their six children to California after the end of the Civil War, where they moved several times over the next decade.
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