Descendants of Josiah Clawson

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1 Descendants of Josiah Clawson Generation 1 1. JOSIAH 1 CLAWSON was born before 1745 in Scotland. He died before 1781 in Tyrone Township, Cumberland He married??. Notes for Josiah Clawson: Presently, I can only trace the Clawson branch to about the middle of the eighteenth century. The earliest Clawson I can trace is a Josiah Clawson who was on the tax list in 1763 for Tyrone Township, Cumberland From several different sources, there were 5 Clawson brothers. Two of them, Richard and Peter Clawson fought for the colonists in the Revolutionary War as members of the Cumberland County militia. Also in the early 1780's, Peter and Richard can be found in the tax records for Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania as well as a widow Clawson. Tyrone Township is now a part of Perry County, This, I assume. means that Josiah Clawson has died. After this time, some or all of the five brothers moved to Huntingdon About this time according to family lore, these brothers got into some type of argument and the 5 brothers went to four different areas of the state. When this argument occurred, it was also told from family lore that the brothers changed the spellings of the last name as a final statement in this disagreement. This is probably how the different spellings of the last name occurred. The spellings that have existed were Clawson (supposedly the original spelling), Closson (still exists today), Clossin, and a few other variations. Richard and Josiah Clawson moved to Indiana County, Pennsylvania in the Blacklick Township area. These two brothers were in the same area according to the tax and census records, their farms were near to each other. From tax records, they must have moved into Indiana County before Peter remained in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and it is believed he was poor from the legal records that exist for him. The members of this branch largely spelled their last name Closson. There is a Peter who had lived in Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania around 1800 and it is now determined that he is not directly related to the Clawsons mentioned above even though some of his descendants appeared in other parts of my family tree. Daniel may be a brother to Peter, Richard, and Josiah but may also be a nephew to another brother not yet found. There is also a John Clawson married to Elizabeth Wincher who I have a similar problem. Is he a brother or a nephew to Peter, Richard, and Josiah? I have them listed as brothers since this is what most researchers believe. Daniel and John eventually made their way to Indiana County where Daniel went to Blacklick Township and John went to Conemaugh Township. Another interesting item is there was a Josiah Clawson who married Margaret Buckalew in New Jersey and they were both born and grew up in New Jersey. According to the Buckalew Association website, they had at least two children named Peter and Richard. Also from some research done by others on the Clawsons as well as on the LDS website, they also have Josiah marrying Margaret Buckalew. Josiah's parents were Thomas and Anne Clawson. Thomas' parents were William and Mary Clawson. These families can be traced to a Claus Cornelius Van Schouw who came to America in the mid-1600's from the Netherlands. In 2009, I submitted a DNA sample for genealogical purposes. The results were compared to several members from the Van Schouw line and there is no connection between my Clawson line and the Van Schouw line. In comparing my DNA to different databases, my ancestors were Eastern European and/or Scandinavian. My DNA is similar to the populations in Latvia, Russia, Poland, and Norway. This fits into a Haplogroup of R1a1. If my Clawson ancestors were of Scottish heritage and with the DNA results mentioned previously along with some general genealogical data of the Clawson name in Scotland, the Clawson family is of Viking descent. They may have come from the Orkneys (Islands). If one looks at the spelling variation of Closson, this is a further variation of the surname Clouston. The Clouston family is an old family that settled in the Orkneys around 1000 AD from Norway and had ties into the Norwegian monarchy. Around 1400, the Orkneys were given by Norway to Scotland and these people from the Orkneys intermixed with the native Scots. As of now, I haven't found anyone from the Clouston family who has submitted to a DNA test

2 Generation 1 (con't) Something that may pan out is I have been talking a little bit with David Keswick, a member of the Clawson tree. He is a college professor in Michigan. He thinks that the Clawsons are from the Pitlochry and Perthshire region of Scotland. The Donaheys and the Fergusons are from around this area. He thinks that the Clawsons settled in Indiana County with other people from the area in Scotland that they lived. David has some friends in that area of Scotland who are trying to confirm this. The Clawsons in that area are orginally from Scandanavia (possibly Viking or maybe Norwegian) and they moved to Scotland near or before 1000 AD. Also, the Clawsons in Scotland were not affiliated with any of the clans, according to David. Also, I came across a website that would sell you your family history to you for $20 (A 1700 word write-up.). They had two listings for Clawson from the British Isles. The Clawsons from Scotland that they would supply were from Norway and originally landed in the Orkney Islands at the northern tip of Scotland around 1000 AD. I haven't bought it so I don't know what else it has. But maybe there could be something here. The website is: Tyrone Township is now part of Perry His name could be Josiah or John. There is a tax record for Josiah Clawson that is from 1763 for Tyrone Township, Cumberland At this time, I am not sure that Daniel and John are sons of this person. They are probably related to him some way This is from the Quarter Session Docket 4, for Cumberland Page 155 July Sessions 1771 Petition of divers of the inhabitants of Shermans Valley to July Sessions 1770, persons appointed; Daniel Evans and John Byers to view and lay out a road beginning at Groghans Gap the best an nearest way to Hadiah Garwoods Mill or to Thomas Rofes Fording, from thence upwards the nearest and best way to the great road leading upwards in case they conceived the same road necessary and of public utility and have reported to the Court to wit July Sessions 1771 that they viewed the premises as aforesaid, find the road to be necessary and of public utility, have laid out the same, beginning at a chestnut post South 86 degrees west 140 perches Benjamin Brooks, North 76 W. 130 perches to a chestnut oak south _ W 332 perches White oak south _ W 230 Black Oak North _ 2 W 60 gum James Sharons north 25 W 142 white oak south 76 W 44 white oak west 164 perches to a hickory north 20 W 60 Black oak, west 440 perches hickory North 85 west 126 black oak Josiah Classon north 75 W 203 white oak north 53 W 100 black oak and Hance Ferguson north '0 W 35 to white oak N 44 perches white oak north 7 east 46 white oak north 7 west 106 white oak John Johnson north 15 W 220 white oak Daniel Evans north 45 west 505 perches to the great road leading up the valley. Notes for??: There is a widow Clawson on the tax records for 1781, 1782, and 1785, in Tyrone Township,

3 Generation 1 (con't) There is a widow Clawson on the tax records for 1781, 1782, and 1785, in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County (now Perry County), She has 20 acres, 1 horse, and 2 heads of cattle except in 1785 she only has one head of cattle. Josiah Clawson and?? had the following children: 2. i. PETER 2 CLOSSON 1 (son of Josiah Clawson and??) was born between in Scotland 2. He died on April 01, He married ELIZABETH?. She was born between RICHARD CLAWSON 3-4 (son of Josiah Clawson and??) was born in 1760 in Scotland. He died on January 31, 1826 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 4. He married Sarah Mitchell (daughter of John Mitchell) in She was born about 1760 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania 4-5. She died on April 19, 1827 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania i JOSIAH CLAWSON (son of Josiah Clawson and??) was born about 1770 in Pennsylvania 6. He died on March 09, 1854 in Pennsylvania 7. He married Jane Miller in 1788 in Pennsylvania 8. She was born about 1772 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 6. She died on July 25, 1859 in Pennsylvania ELSIE CLAWSON 9 (daughter of Josiah Clawson and??) was born in Pennsylvania 10. She married Archibald Kelly (son of Robert Kelly and Elizabeth?) on May 10, 1793 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 11. He was born in Pennsylvania 10. He died about v. DANIEL CLAWSON 12 (son of Josiah Clawson and??) was born in 1777 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 13. He died in 1854 in Black Lick Township, Indiana He married Margaret Catherine Hollis in 1799 in Blair County, Pennsylvania 14. She was born after 1774 in Blair County, 7. vi. JOHN CLAWSON 3, (son of Josiah Clawson and??) was born in 1781 in Burrell Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 17. He died after He married Elizabeth Wincher in 1803 in Pennsylvania 18. She was born between in Generation 2 2. PETER 2 CLOSSON (Josiah 1 Clawson) 1 was born between in Scotland 2. He died on April 01, He married ELIZABETH?. She was born between Notes for Peter Closson: Peter was a member of the Fifth Company, Fifth Battalion of Cumberland County Militia. For the Tax Records of Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania for 1781, 1782, and 1785, there are records of Peter. He is listed as a Freeman. According to the 1790 Census for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Peter was married and had 1 male over 16 years old and 4 under 16 years old. There are also 2 females listed. According to the 1800 census, Peter was in Huntingdon According to the 1810 census, Peter was in Frankstown, Huntingdon According to the 1820 census, Peter was in Frankstown, Huntingdon Peter was in the Cumberland County Militia in 1782 in Capt. John Buchanan's Company. Peter doesn't appear in the 1830 census, probably died before this. Peter was probably very poor since there are records that there were financial judgements brought against him. The date of death (April 1, 1837) is based on the buying of a coffin by his son (James) at the McFarland Funeral Home.

4 Generation 2 (con't) Peter came from Scotland and settled in the Scotch Valley, east of the Allegheny Mountains in the 1700's. Peter Closson and Elizabeth? had the following children: 8. i. ALEXANDER 3 CLOSSON (son of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born on April 19, 1780 in Pennsylvania 21. He died on May 23, 1835 in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania He married Elizabeth Sleppy (daughter of Daniel Sleppy and Margaret Elizabeth Dewalt) about She was born in JAMES S. CLOSSON SR. 12 (son of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born about 1782 in Huntingdon He died on May 21, 1840 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 1. He married (1) ELIZABETH MARY LINDSEY (daughter of David Lindsay and Mary Shawgessey) in She was born about She died about 1834 in He married (2) LYDIA ELIZABETH?. She was born about She died in October i WILLIAM CLOSSON 1 (son of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born in 1783 in He died about He married MARY?. She was born between PETER CLOSSON JR. 1, 22 (son of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born in 1784 in He died on December 18, 1873 in Portage, Cambria County, He married MARY?. She was born about 1787 in Pennsylvania v. DAVID CLOSSON 1, 24 (son of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born in 1785 in Pennsylvania vi. JOSIAH CLOSSON 1 (son of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born in He married Margaret Scott on February 04, 1813 in Presbyterian Church, Huntington, Blair County, Pennsylvania 25. She was born in 1793 in Pennsylvania 8. She died in v RACHEL CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born in 1792 in She died on October 15, She married JAMES LINDSAY (son of David Lindsay and Mary Shawgessey). 14. vi ELIZABETH CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born on October 13, 1798 in Huntingdon She died on May 15, 1866 in Cromwell Township, Huntingdon She married DANIEL YOUNG HILEMAN (son of John Michael Hileman and Anna Maria Young). He was born on September 24, He died on December 03, ix. JANE CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson and Elizabeth?) was born in 1801 in She married (1)? ROSE. She married (2) JOE JONES. 3. RICHARD 2 CLAWSON (Josiah 1 ) 3-4 was born in 1760 in Scotland. He died on January 31, 1826 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 4. He married Sarah Mitchell (daughter of John Mitchell) in She was born about 1760 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania 4-5. She died on April 19, 1827 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 4-5. Notes for Richard Clawson: Richard was a member of the Fifth Company, Fifth Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, returned July 31, According to the tax records of Tyrone Township, Cumberland County (now Perry County), Pennsylvania, Richard paid taxes in 1781, 1782, and He is listed as a Freeman in 1781, and is listed in 1782 as having one horse. In 1788, Richard was on the tax records for Huntingdon According to the 1790 census for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, there was one male over 16 years old, 4 males under 16 years old, and 3 females. In 1798, Richard was on the tax records for Huntingdon

5 Generation 2 (con't) For the 1807 tax record for Blacklick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Richard is listed as a farmer. According to the 1810 and 1820 censuses, Richard was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana According to Clawson folklore, 5 brothers came to the U.S. and it was believed they came from England. In the last 10 to 15 years, it is now believed that they came from Scotland. Anyway, after they came here, there was a big argument and the 4 of the brothers went different ways and moved to different parts of the When they did, each one changed the spelling of their last name. Supposedly, Richard kept the original spelling. It appears that Richard and Josiah stayed together and moved to Indiana County. It appears that Peter, James, and Alexander appeared to stay in the Blair and Huntingdon Counties of Similar stories are told in other distant portions of the Clawson tree. The name Clawson was probably not the name of the ancestors who lived in Scotland. The name might have been changed since there was a war going on in England at the time they migrated and they wanted to protect themselves in case someone would try to track them. There was a program on the History Channel about Scottish clans. At the time that Richard Clawson would have come to America, the English were doing an ethnic cleansing of the Highland Scottish Clans since they were loyal to the Stuarts (Stewarts) who were trying to take back the throne of England from King George I. The Clawson ancestors maybe were part of these clans who were being eradicated by the English. Many thousands of Scots fled to U.S., Canada, and Australia during this time. The clans who were being eradicated were in allegiance to the McDonalds. The Clawson brothers originally were living in the Tyrone Township, Cumberland County (now Perry County) area of Pennsylvania at the time of the Revolutionary War. Later they moved to the Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania where the supposed argument occurred. Records are available that Richard and Peter fought for the colonists in the Revolutionary War. Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell had the following children: 15. i. BENJAMIN RICHARD 3 CLAWSON 3-4, 16 (son of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born on August 27, 1781 in Huntingdon He died on March 28, 1865 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 4, 27. He married (1) MARY DONAHEY (daughter of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) on February 21, 1811 in Indiana She was born on August 18, 1786 in Westmoreland She died on July 02, 1838 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 27. He married (2) MARY HUFFMAN on December 01, 1838 in She was born about She died on August 24, REBECCA CLAWSON 6 (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1783 in Pennsylvania 6. She died in She married Joseph B. Repine in He was born in 1783 in Pennsylvania 6. He died about September 1864 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania i RICHARD MILTON CLAWSON JR. 15 (son of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1788 in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon He died in July 1858 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 12. He married (1) NANCY DONAHEY (daughter of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) in She was born about 1795 in She died in October 1859 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1. He married (2) THANKFUL GEER. 18. RACHEL CLAWSON 28 (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1790 in Huntingdon She died on August 13, 1871 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 29. She married (1) DANIEL REPINE about He was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania 12. He died after She married (2) DANIEL REPINE. He was born about 1775 in Pennsylvania 28. He died before 1860 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania v. RUTH ANN CLAWSON (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in

6 Generation 2 (con't) 19. v. R A C (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1792 in Indiana She died after She married John Repine about He was born about 1795 in White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 12. He died about February 19, 1846 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 30. vi. ANDREW CLAWSON 6 (son of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1795 in Pennsylvania 6. He died on April 01, 1869 in Indiana Notes for Andrew Clawson: Andrew was never married. According to the 1850 census, Andrew was living with his brother Richard in Blacklick Township, Indiana According to the 1860 Census, Andrew was living on the Nancy McIntosh farm in Blacklick Township, Indiana 20. v SAMUEL C. CLAWSON (son of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1797 in Indiana He died in October 1851 in Black Lick Township, Indiana He married (1) SARAH BENNETT about She was born in 1789 in Pennsylvania 6. He married (2) SARAH ANN DONAHEY (daughter of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) about 1823 in Black Lick Township, Indiana She was born about 1800 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 12. She died in October 1846 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1. He married (3) SARAH MOOREHEAD about She was born on March 15, She died on December 04, 1871 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania vi ROSS CLAWSON (son of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in 1798 in Black Lick Township, Indiana He died on December 29, 1828 in Black Lick Township, Indiana He married Laura Davis (daughter of Silas Davis and Eunice Geer) about 1820 in Black Lick Township, Indiana She was born on January 17, 1806 in Warrensburg, Warren, New York. 22. ix. JANE CLAWSON (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born in She died before She married JOHN MCNEIL. He was born about 1796 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania x. SARAH CLAWSON 15 (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born on April 15, 1800 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 27. She died on May 17, She married William B. Donahey (son of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) about 1821 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 12. He was born on July 20, 1797 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 27. He died on July 30, 1878 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania xi. HANNAH CLAWSON 15 (daughter of Richard Clawson and Sarah Mitchell) was born about 1805 in Black Lick Township, Indiana She died about 1831 in Blairsville, Indiana She married James D. Donahey (son of William Donahey and biological son of Mary Caldwell) in 1822 in Pennsylvania 18. He was born on September 20, 1802 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 27. He died on December 27, 1881 in Burrell Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania JOSIAH 2 CLAWSON (Josiah 1 ) was born about 1770 in Pennsylvania 6. He died on March 09, 1854 in Pennsylvania 7. He married Jane Miller in 1788 in Pennsylvania 8. She was born about 1772 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 6. She died on July 25, 1859 in Pennsylvania 1. Notes for Josiah Clawson: According to the 1790 census for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Josiah was by himself. In 1798, Josiah was in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania according to the 'Direct Tax List'. According to the 1800 census, Josiah was living in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County,

7 Generation 2 (con't) According to the 1800 census, Josiah was living in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, For the 1807 tax record for Blacklick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Josiah is listed as a farmer. According to the 1820 census, Josiah was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1830 census, Josiah was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1850 census, Josiah and Jane were living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, In the 1850 census, he as living in among the other Clawson families in Blacklick Township. Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller had the following children: 25. i. JONATHAN 3 CLAWSON 7 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born between in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. He died between in Indiana He married Sarah Moorehead in 1805 in Pennsylvania 18. She was born on March 15, She died on December 04, 1871 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania ROBERT C. CLAWSON 15 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born about 1795 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 33. He died in He married Jane Donahey (daughter of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) in 1816 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 8. She was born about 1798 in Pennsylvania 33. She died after i MARGARET CLAWSON 6 (daughter of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born in 1798 in Huntingdon She married Jerome Harrison after RICHARD C. CLAWSON SR. 12 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born in 1806 in Indiana He died on July 11, 1875 in Indiana County, He married (1) EUNICE DAVIS (daughter of Silas Davis and Eunice Geer) in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 12. She was born on November 14, 1811 in Indiana She died between in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1. He married (2) LETITIA ANN MOON after She was born in 1823 in Pennsylvania 34. She died on July 24, 1892 in Georgeville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania v. ADAM CLAWSON 6 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born about 1810 in Pennsylvania 6. He married (1) SARAH CLAWSON (daughter of Richard Milton Clawson Jr. and Nancy Donahey). She was born about 1811 in Pennsylvania 6. She died between He married (2) ELLEN?. She was born about 1827 in Pennsylvania 36. She died about January 1876 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania vi. THOMAS CLAWSON 38 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born about 1810 in Pennsylvania 39. He married MARY?. She was born about 1821 in Pennsylvania v REBECCA JANE CLAWSON 7 (daughter of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born in 1810 in Black Lick Township, Indiana She died on November 16, 1901 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 40. She married JAMES HUSTON (son of James Houston and Mary Reed). He was born in 1802 in Center Township, Indiana He died in 1852 in Black Lick Township, Indiana 32. vi JOHN CLAWSON 7, 41 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born in 1810 in Indiana He married JANE?. She was born about 1810 in 33. ix. SARAH CLAWSON 6 (daughter of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born about 1813 in Pennsylvania 42. She died in She married? MCCLAREN.

8 Generation 2 (con't) x. MILLER CLAWSON 6 (son of Josiah Clawson and Jane Miller) was born in 1820 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 7. He died on May 09, 1877 in Black Lick Township, Indiana Notes for Miller Clawson: According to the 1850 census, Miller was living with his parents. Miller was never married. According to the 1860 census, Miller was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana His niece Margaret McClaren and a Margaret Clawson (relationship unknown, age 50, born in Pennsylvania) were living him. According to the 1870 Census, Miller was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana There was a Elizabeth Clawson (relationship unknown, age 72, born in Pennsylvania) living with him. 5. ELSIE 2 CLAWSON (Josiah 1 ) 9 was born in Pennsylvania 10. She married Archibald Kelly (son of Robert Kelly and Elizabeth?) on May 10, 1793 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 11. He was born in Pennsylvania 10. He died about Notes for Elsie Clawson: At this time, it is conjecture that Elsie is a daughter of Josiah. This is based that they were both in Perry/Cumberland County at the same time and that Elsie eventually moved in the same are as other Clawsons (her brothers if she is truly related) in the Indiana County, Pennsylvania area. Notes for Archibald Kelly: In the 1807 tax list for Blacklick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Archibald is listed as a laborer. Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson had the following children: 34. i. MARY 3 KELLY 15 (daughter of Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson) was born in 1789 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 17. She married John Donahey (son of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) in 1809 in Pennsylvania 17. He was born on February 16, 1788 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 12. He died before SARAH KELLY 9 (daughter of Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson) was born in She died in Notes for Sarah Kelly: Sarah never was married. 35. i JONATHAN KELLY SR. 9 (son of Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson) was born about 1798 in Pennsylvania 6. He died in He married ELIZABETH HOLLIS. She was born in 1808 in Pennsylvania 6. She died after ARCHIBALD KELLY 36, 43 (step son of Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson) was born in July 1809 in Pennsylvania 44. He died on March 06, He married Mary Clawson (daughter of Richard Milton Clawson Jr. and Nancy Donahey) in She was born in 1813 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 12. She died on November 28, 1885 in Indiana v. DAVID KELLY 9 (son of Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson) was born in He died in vi. REBECCA KELLY 9 (daughter of Archibald Kelly and Elsie Clawson) was born about 1817 in Pennsylvania DANIEL 2 CLAWSON (Josiah 1 ) 12 was born in 1777 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 13. He died in 1854 in Black Lick Township, Indiana He married Margaret Catherine Hollis in 1799 in Blair County, Pennsylvania 14. She was born after 1774 in Blair County, Notes for Daniel Clawson:

9 Generation 2 (con't) Notes for Daniel Clawson: According to the 1800 census, Daniel was living in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, He was married at the time with one child under 10 years old. Allegheny Township is now a part of Cambria County. According to the 1810 census, Daniel was living in Greenfield Township, Bedford County, According to the 1820 census, Daniel was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1830 census, Daniel was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1840 census, Daniel was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1850 census, Daniel was living with his son David in Blacklick Township, Indiana Daniel Clawson and Margaret Catherine Hollis had the following children: 37. i. JOHN 3 CLAWSON 14, 45 (son of Daniel Clawson and Margaret Catherine Hollis) was born on December 04, 1800 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania He died on December 22, 1881 in Center Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania He married (1) PERMELIA MOORHEAD (daughter of Fergus Moorhead Sr. and Esther McElhoes) in 1822 in Pennsylvania 8. She was born in 1800 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 13. She died before February 1839 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 49. He married (2) LUCINDA HARROLD (daughter of Christoph Columbus Harrold and Elizabeth Painter) on February 16, She was born on October 04, 1804 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 19. She died on January 31, DAVID CLAWSON SR. 42 (son of Daniel Clawson and Margaret Catherine Hollis) was born in 1805 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 1. He died on March 31, 1881 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania He married REBECCA ROSS (daughter of John Ross). She was born in 1808 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1. She died on January 09, i EPHRIAM CLAWSON 52 (son of Daniel Clawson and Margaret Catherine Hollis) was born in 1810 in Indiana He died in 1887 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania 53. He married MARY ELIZABETH DONOVAN (daughter of? Donovan and Mary Brown). She was born in 1822 in Ohio 1. She died on December 25, 1889 in White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 52. SALLY CLAWSON 52 (daughter of Daniel Clawson and Margaret Catherine Hollis) was born in She married JOHN CLAWSON. Notes for John Clawson: John was from Center Township, Indiana v. WILLIAM CLAWSON (son of Daniel Clawson and Margaret Catherine Hollis) 52. Notes for William Clawson: William died young. 7. JOHN 2 CLAWSON (Josiah 1 ) 3, was born in 1781 in Burrell Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 17. He died after He married Elizabeth Wincher in 1803 in Pennsylvania 18. She was born between in Notes for John Clawson: Accoding to the 1800 census, John and his family were living in Frankstown, Blair County, According to the 1820 census, John was living in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County,

10 Generation 2 (con't) According to the 1830 census, John was living in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, In the 1850 census for Blacklick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, there is a John Clawson (age 70) and Catherine Clawson (age 70) living with Daniel Hollis. Could this be the same John Clawson and was Catherine his second wife? Also was Catherine first married to a Hollis? John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher had the following children: 40. i. ELIZABETH 3 CLAWSON 3, 15 (daughter of John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher) was born in 1809 in Burrell Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 15. She married James McCurdy (son of James McCurdy and Sarah Graham) in He was born about 1807 in Wheatfield Township, Indiana He died in 1857 in Indiana 41. JOHN B. CLAWSON 3, 16, 54 (son of John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher) was born in 1811 in Pennsylvania 54. He died on March 23, 1868 in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 55. He married (1) MARY WILLIAMS. She was born in Pennsylvania 56. She died before He married (2) SARAH CLAWSON (daughter of Benjamin Richard Clawson and Mary Donahey) on January 10, 1853 in Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 16. She was born on September 10, 1816 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 54. She died on February 26, i WILLIAM J. CLAWSON 57 (son of John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher) was born in 1815 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 6. He died on May 06, He married Mary Jane Johnson between She was born in 1820 in Pennsylvania 58. She died in JESSE CLAWSON 38 (son of John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher) was born on November 17, 1817 in Westmoreland He died on March 17, 1900 in Promise City, Iowa. He married (1) ELIZABETH COURSON (daughter of William Courson and Mary?) on August 03, 1837 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 38, 59. She was born about 1817 in Laughlintown, Westmoreland She died about 1865 in Lexington, McLean County, Illinois. He married (2) BARBARA GUNDERSTAFF on August 26, She was born on November 01, 1837 in Virginia 60. She died in 1908 in Des Moines, Iowa v. MARY CLAWSON 61 (daughter of John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher) was born about 1818 in Pennsylvania 61. She married JOHN VANATT (son of John Vannatta). He was born about 1809 in Pennsylvania 61. He died about vi. JAMES CLAWSON 38 (son of John Clawson and Elizabeth Wincher) was born about 1827 in Pennsylvania 62. He died in 1890 in Tunnelton, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 63. He married MARY A. KELLY. She was born in September 1827 in Pennsylvania 62. Generation 3 8. ALEXANDER 3 CLOSSON (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) was born on April 19, 1780 in Pennsylvania 21. He died on May 23, 1835 in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania He married Elizabeth Sleppy (daughter of Daniel Sleppy and Margaret Elizabeth Dewalt) about She was born in Notes for Alexander Closson: The information for Alexander came from a will dated May 20, 1835, probated June 4, Alexander was living in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania at the time of his death. Source, Huntingdon County Wills, pages 480 and 481. In 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1818, Alexander was a tax records in Frankstown Township, Blair In 1820 and 1821, Alexander was on the tax records in Woodberry Township, Huntingdon County,

11 Generation 3 (con't) From 1828 to 1833, Alexander was on the tax records in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy had the following children: i. JONATHON 4 CLOSSON 19 (son of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1816 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. i ELIZABETH CLOSSON 19 (daughter of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1818 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. MARGARETTA CLOSSON 19 (daughter of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1820 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ALEXANDER CLOSSIN 19, (son of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born in 1821 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1, He died on April 15, 1901 in Crawfordsville, Indiana 65. He married MARY A.?. She was born about 1820 in Ohio 64. v. MARY JANE CLOSSON 19 (daughter of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1814 in Huntingdon vi. v vi ix. SUSAN CLOSSON 19 (daughter of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1822 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. JOSEPH CLOSSON 19 (son of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1824 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. MALINDA CLOSSON 19 (daughter of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born about 1828 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. CATHARINE CLOSSON 19 (daughter of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born on September 06, 1831 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1. She died on January 02, 1861 in Indiana, United States x. ROBERT MONROE CLOSSIN 19, (son of Alexander Closson and Elizabeth Sleppy) was born on November 05, 1833 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 1, 68. He died on February 05, 1910 in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana 68, 71. He married (1) SARAH REBECCA SIMMS on January 25, 1854 in Indiana 72. She was born about 1834 in Pennsylvania 69. He married (2) ELIZABETH JANE OSBORNE on October 12, 1865 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana 71. She was born on May 26, 1836 in Pisgah, Butler County, Ohio 71. She died on January 15, 1920 in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana JAMES S. 3 CLOSSON SR. (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) 12 was born about 1782 in Huntingdon County, He died on May 21, 1840 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 1. He married (1) ELIZABETH MARY LINDSEY (daughter of David Lindsay and Mary Shawgessey) in She was born about She died about 1834 in He married (2) LYDIA ELIZABETH?. She was born about She died in October James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey had the following children: i. MARIAH 4 CLOSSON 1 (daughter of James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey) was born in 1817 in Huntingdon She died in She married Zachariah Boocks on June 14, MOSES L. CLOSSON 1 (son of James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey) was born in 1819 in Huntingdon i DAVID L. CLOSSON (son of James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey) 1. LOUISA S. CLOSSON 1 (daughter of James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey) was born on August 10, 1818 in Huntingdon She died in She married (1)? JENNINGS on August 23, She married (2) MARTIN BOOCKS on April 27, He was born in He died in She married (3) GEORGE DEAL after v. JAMES SMITH CLOSSIN JR. 52, 73 (son of James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey) was born on April 21, 1821 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania 1.

12 vi. Generation 3 (con't) Lindsey) was born on April 21, 1821 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He died on June 22, 1916 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1. He married Charlotte Amelia Slick (daughter of Jacob Slick and Esther Vickroy) on December 03, 1847 in Wilmore, Croyle Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1. She was born on September 05, 1827 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania 1. She died on August 29, ALEXANDER N. CLOSSON (son of James S. Closson Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Lindsey) was born in 1825 in James S. Closson Sr. and Lydia Elizabeth? had the following children: v SARAH MCKEE CLOSSON 1 (daughter of James S. Closson Sr. and Lydia Elizabeth?) was born in 1837 in She married ROBERT MESSIMER. vi CHURCH COFFEE CLOSSON 1 (son of James S. Closson Sr. and Lydia Elizabeth?) was born in 1839 in 10. WILLIAM 3 CLOSSON (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) 1 was born in 1783 in He died about He married MARY?. She was born between Notes for William Closson: In 1820, William was on the tax records and in the censys of Frankstown Township, Huntingdon From 1824 to 1833, William was on the tax records in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, In 1846, William was on the tax records of Allegheny Township, Huntingdon William Closson and Mary? had the following children: i.? 4 CLOSSON 1 (son of William Closson and Mary?) was born between in Huntingdon i? CLOSSON 1 (daughter of William Closson and Mary?) was born between in Huntingdon? CLOSSON 1 (son of William Closson and Mary?) was born between in Huntingdon? CLOSSON 1 (daughter of William Closson and Mary?) was born between in Huntingdon v. MARY ANN CLOSSON 1 (daughter of William Closson and Mary?) was born between in Huntingdon She died about She married Jesse Hulhollen in December vi. JOHN CLOSSON 1, (son of William Closson and Mary?) was born in 1812 in Bennington, Blair County, Pennsylvania 76. He married (1) RACHEL BRUBAKER (daughter of Jacob Brubaker and Catherine Duncan). She was born in 1810 in Blair She died in August 1850 in Blair He married (2) SUSAN PENROSE (daughter of Solomon Penrose and Catherine?) after She was born on March 11, 1817 in She died on February 27, 1910 in Beryl, Blair v vi ELLEN CLOSSON 1 (daughter of William Closson and Mary?) was born in 1815 in Huntingdon She married Henry Gibboney on December 28, JANE CLOSSON 1 (daughter of William Closson and Mary?) was born between She married James Crowell on February 13, ix. ELIZABETH CLOSSON 77 (daughter of William Closson and Mary?) was born about 1827 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania 77. She died on October 21, 1897 in Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania 77. She married David Dunkel about 1847 in Blair County, Pennsylvania 77. He was born on November 02, 1824 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 77. He died on January 25, 1891 in Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania PETER 3 CLOSSON JR. (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) 1, 22 was born in 1784 in He died on

13 Generation 3 (con't) 11. P C J (Peter, Josiah Clawson) was born in 1784 in He died on December 18, 1873 in Portage, Cambria He married MARY?. She was born about 1787 in Pennsylvania Notes for Peter Closson Jr.: According to 1820 census, Peter was living in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County, According to 1830 and the censuses, Peter was on the tax records of Allegheny Township, Huntingdon In 1832 and 1833, Peter was living in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon According to 1850 census, Peter was living in Summerhill Township, Cambria County, According to 1860 census, Peter and his family were living in Wilmore, Croyle Township, Cambria Peter Closson Jr. and Mary? had the following children: 51. i. ELIZABETH 4 CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in 1812 in Huntingdon She died on September 27, 1879 in Hollidaysburg, Blair She married FRANCIS SLICK. He was born in He died on May 02, MARGARET CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in 1818 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania 78. She married PATRICK CULLEN. He was born in 1809 in Ireland 1. He died on September 26, i MARY CLOSSON 1, 79 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in 1819 in Huntingdon She married CAROLO DAVIS. He died about CATHERINE CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in 1821 in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon She died on February 13, 1910 in Hollidaysburg, Blair She married Thomas O'Brien in He was born in 1814 in Ireland. He died on December 01, 1860 in Hollidaysburg, Blair 55. v. PETER CLOSSON 23, 79 (son of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born about 1823 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 22. He died on December 12, He married ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (daughter of James Pringle and Mary?). She was born in She died about February 18, vi. ISABELLA CLOSSON 22 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in 1826 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 22. v WILLIAM W. CLOSSON 23 (son of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born about 1829 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 22. vi JANE CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in She married J. H. BENSON. 56. ix. JAMES CLOSSON 23 (son of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born on March 31, 1840 in Pennsylvania He died before He married CELIA A KIEL (daughter of Henry G. Kiel and Sarah Kern). She was born on April 06, 1844 in Pennsylvania 80. x.? CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Peter Closson Jr. and Mary?) was born in She married? MITCHELL. 12. DAVID 3 CLOSSON (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) 1, 24 was born in 1785 in Pennsylvania 24. Notes for David Closson: According to the 1850 Census, David was living in Allegheny Township, Blair County, His son David and his family were living with him. David Closson had the following children:

14 Generation 3 (con't) i.? 4 CLOSSON 1 (son of David Closson) was born between in 57. ELIZA J. CLOSSON 1 (daughter of David Closson) was born in 1818 in She married SAMUEL BRUBAKER (son of Jacob Brubaker and Catherine Duncan). He was born about 1817 in Pennsylvania i DAVID CLOSSON 24, (son of David Closson) was born on August 08, 1824 in He died on April 18, He married Elizabeth Olinger about She was born on September 06, 1829 in Pennsylvania 83, 86. She died in 1886 in Carson Valley, Blair County, Pennsylvania JOSIAH 3 CLOSSON (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) 1 was born in He married Margaret Scott on February 04, 1813 in Presbyterian Church, Huntington, Blair County, Pennsylvania 25. She was born in 1793 in Pennsylvania 8. She died in Notes for Josiah Closson: In 1821, Josiah was on the census records for Tyrone Township, Huntingdon County, He was listed as a farmer. Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott had the following children: i. CHARLOTTE 4 CLOSSON (daughter of Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott) 1. She married JOSHUA STEVENS. Notes for Charlotte Closson: Charlotte died young. MILLER CLOSSON 1 (son of Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott) was born on November 17, He died on April 17, 1848 in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. He married RACHAEL MCCAMANT. 59. i THOMAS SCOTT CLOSSON 1, 81, 87 (son of Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott) was born on May 02, 1818 in Huntingdon He died on September 11, He married TEMPERANCE MEADVILLE (daughter of? Meadville and??). She was born about 1820 in Virginia MARGARET CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott) was born in She married (1) MICHAEL D. REIDY. She married (2) JEROME HARRISON. He was born in 1812 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 89. v. ELIZABETH CLOSSON 1 (daughter of Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott) was born in She married JAMES HAZLETT. He was born in Pennsylvania 90. vi. MARTIN CLOSSON 1, 24, 91 (son of Josiah Closson and Margaret Scott) was born in 1827 in Pennsylvania 24. He died on September 02, 1865 in Victoria, Texas 91. He married ELIZABETH?. She was born about 1825 in Pennsylvania 24. Notes for Martin Closson: According to the 1850 Census, Martin and Elizabeth were living in Snyder Township, Blair 14. ELIZABETH 3 CLOSSON (Peter 2, Josiah 1 Clawson) 1 was born on October 13, 1798 in Huntingdon She died on May 15, 1866 in Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County, She married DANIEL YOUNG HILEMAN (son of John Michael Hileman and Anna Maria Young). He was born on September 24, He died on December 03, Daniel Young Hileman and Elizabeth Closson had the following children: i. MARY A. 4 HILEMAN 1 (daughter of Daniel Young Hileman and Elizabeth Closson) was born in 1824 in i JOHN C. HILEMAN 1 (son of Daniel Young Hileman and Elizabeth Closson) was born in 1827 in ELIZABETH HILEMAN 1 (daughter of Daniel Young Hileman and Elizabeth Closson) was born on October 05, 1829 in JAMES HILEMAN 1 (son of Daniel Young Hileman and Elizabeth Closson) was born on February 04, 1832 in Frankstown Township, Blair He died on

15 Generation 3 (con't) February 04, 1832 in Frankstown Township, Blair He died on August 04, 1895 in Huntingdon He married (1) CAROLINE MCCLURE (daughter of Andrew McClure). She was born in Alexandria, Huntingdon She died in He married (2) MARTHA JANE MCCOY in v. LUTHER HILEMAN 1 (son of Daniel Young Hileman and Elizabeth Closson) was born on January 29, 1834 in 15. BENJAMIN RICHARD 3 CLAWSON (Richard 2, Josiah 1 ) 3-4, 16 was born on August 27, 1781 in Huntingdon He died on March 28, 1865 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 4, 27. He married (1) MARY DONAHEY (daughter of William Donahey and Mary Caldwell) on February 21, 1811 in Indiana She was born on August 18, 1786 in Westmoreland She died on July 02, 1838 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 27. He married (2) MARY HUFFMAN on December 01, 1838 in She was born about She died on August 24, Notes for Benjamin Richard Clawson: For the 1807 tax record for Blacklick Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Banjamin is listed as a constable. According to the 1820 census, Benjamin was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1830 census, Benjamin was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1840 census, Benjamin was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, According to the 1850 census, Benjamin was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, It appears that his wife has already died. According to the 1860 Census, Benjamin was living in Blacklick Township, Indiana County, Benjamin and Mary Huffman had no children. Benjamin was a constable for Blacklick Township. He was appointed in 1806 and won the election for that position on March 20, This excerpt is from the book, "Indiana County, Her People, Past and Present" CLAWSON. The Clawson Family of Indiana county has been settled here for over a century, and its members in every generation have been respected and useful citizens, a credit to the community and to the honored name they bear. Benjamin Clawson, the first of the family in this part of the State, was born Aug. 27, 1781, in Huntingdon county, Pa., son Richard and Sarah (Mitchell) Clawson. He grew to manhood there, and came to western Pennsylvania when a young man, about the close of the eighteenth century, crossing the Alleghenies and making a settlement in what is now Blacklick township, Indiana county, then, however, a part of Westmoreland county. He became the owner of a large tract of land in what was a that time a wilderness, and experienced the various phases of pioneer life. He engaged in general farming and made what improvements he could upon his land, residing there until his death, which occurred when he was past eighty years of age. He is buried in Hopewell Church cemetery in Blacklick township. Mr. Clawson was twice married, the first time Feb. 21, 1811, to Mrs. Mary (Donahey) Lowers, widow of Robert Lowers, by which union there were six children, born as follows: Richard B., Dec. 15, 1811; Mary, Nov. 16, 1814 (married Samuel Bennett); Sarah, Sept. 10, 1816 (married John Clawson); William, Sept. 1, 1818 (died in infancy); William (2), Oct. 6, 1819 (also died young); Benjamin, Oct. 10, After the death of his first wife Mr. Clawson married, Dec. 1, 1838, Mary Huffman. There were no children by this marriage.