Clawson, Lewis J.

Born: 1806-03-31 Virginia

Died: 1891-12-16

Clawson moved to Alton, Illinois, in 1831. He was instrumental in constructing the town's Wesleyan Church. In 1850, he was working as a stone mason with his wife Minerva and four children, and owned $30,000 in real estate.

Gravestone, Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Madison County, IL, 395; W. T. Norton, ed., Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois and Its People 1812 to 1912 (Chicago: Lewis, 1912), 1:338, 787.