Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Clawson, John 1844 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   John Clawson, farmer, Newtown, son of Moses and Joanna (Bake) Clawson, was
born in this township February 1, 1844. His grandfather Clawson came to Fountain
county in 1826, and kept hotel in Attica a short time. Moses was but thirteen
when they arrived. When he married he settled in Richland township, where he and
his wife died, the latter in 1861, aged forty-four, and the former July 19,
1872, at the age of fifty-nine. Mr. Clawson's grandfather Bake, who fought in
the battles of the revolution, emigrated to this country in 1829; he died here,
and was buried in the Shawnee graveyard beside a comrade of the same struggle.
Mr. Clawson and Miss Frances Ann Stephens were married August 2, 1866. She was
the daughter of John and Mary (Wilkinson) Stephens, and was born June 21, 1847.
Her parents emigrated from Ohio in 1827, and settled in the northeast corner of
Shawnee township. Her father married March 25, 1832, and then settled in
Richland, where he died October 10, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Clawson have one child,
Mary Joanna, born March 17, 1868. Mr. Clawson is a member of the Richland
Regulators, a horse company organized for the protection of its members against
thieves, for the recovery of stolen property, and for the bringing of offenders
to justice. He owns a good farm of 143 acres, valued at $7,000. In politics he
is a democrat.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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