| Born in 1852, Clara Gunnison Force was one of five children born to
Jonas and Charlotte A. Spafford Gunnison. The Gunnison family
ancestors had emigrated from Sweden in 1631. Her father, educated
as an attorney and admitted to the bar in 1849, practiced law in Erie,
Pennsylvania for a time. He was active in local political
circles, serving on the Mayor’s Select Council and also as a
representative to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. He later held
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