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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CLAWSON, C. L., farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 16; P. O. Pilot Grove; is a son of Mahlon Clawson, who was born in Guilford Co., N. C., 1802, and, when 10 years of age, taken by his mother (his father having died) to Wayne Co., Ind.; and, Jan. 1, 1829, he married Mary A. Brown, who was born in Tazewell Co., Tenn., May, 1812; they settled in that county, where he became an extensive farmer and stock-grower and was largely engaged in pork-packing; meeting with reverses of fortune in 1854, he came to Lee Co., where they still reside; had ten children, five still living; C. L., the youngest, born in Wayne Co., Ind., May 10, 1852; was 2 years of age when his parents came to Lee Co., where he received an education at the common schools. Aug. 29, 1878, he married Miss Ida B., daughter of John Huff, a resident of Cedar Tp.; and an early settler of Lee Co., from Indiana; she was born in Cedar Tp., this county, in 1860; soon after their marriage, they settled where they now reside, and own 160 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Republican.
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