W. H. Clawson  

W. H. CLAWSON, butcher, Sandy Lake, was born January 1, 1836, in Trumbull County, Ohio, to William and Melinda (Huminison) Clawson, natives, the former of Virginia and the latter of Connecticut. The parents settled in Trumbull County in 1834, and at Jackson Centre in 1843, where the father followed the tannery and harness-making business, a part of the old Infield Hotel constituting a portion of the tannery. Six years later he moved his tannery a short distance eastward in the same township. His tannery having burned down about 1863 he removed the next year to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he farmed. Here his wife died in 1876. She was the mother of W. H.; Elizabeth, married John J. Giebner; Cylvia, married T. P. Mackey; A. M.; Charles; Luca A., married Austin Silliman; Lewis; Calvin; Melinda, married Lester Clark; Almira, married Charles Trowbridge, and Emerson. The father was married again, to a lady named Gates, by whom they had one child, Mina. The father was a stanch Republican. At an early date he, Benjamia Bide and Messrs. Harrison and Savage formed a Wesleyan Methodist organization at Jackson Centre, and held services in a school-house, near where Mr. Vernam’s store stands. He naturally drifted into the current of opposition to slavery, and because of this those in authority on the other side refused them the use of the school-house to worship God, and Mr. Clawson tendered the use of his dwelling for some time. W. H. Clawson was educated in the common schools, and early learned the tanning and harness-making trades, which he followed until the age of twenty-six. He was a partial owner of the tannery when it was destroyed by fire. He was for four years engaged in farming and stock raising with A. G. Egbert, and afterward removed to Sandy Lake, where he engaged in the manufacture of harness with the same gentleman for two years. In 1869 he purchased the old Egbert homestead in Sandy Lake Township, and farmed the same until 1885, when he purchased the meat shop where he now prosecutes the butcher’s business. He owns the old farm of 175 acres. He was married to Patience Egbert, a daughter of Lewis Egbert, by whom he has two children: A. M. and Lucy, the former married Ida, a sister of Dr. J. B. McElrath. Mr. Clawson has been school director three terms. He is a member of the E. M. B. A., of which he was one of the charter members. He also belongs to the A. 0. U. W. and P. H. C., and he and wife are members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He is a Republican, and sent a substitute, Harvey Squires, who was killed in the defense of his country at Fort Steadman by the side of Charles Clawson. The gallant fighting of these two at this battle formed one of the most romantic episodes of the war.

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