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Hiram Zaphaniah Clawson

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Birth	:	20 Nov 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death	:	25 Jul 1944 Kings County, California, USA
Burial	:	Grangeville Cemetery, Armona, Kings County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.3216518, -119.7090690
Description	:	H. Clawson, 86, who came with his parents to the Lemoore section in a covered wagon in 1874 and made that district his home for seventy years, passed away at home 'home place' just northwest of Lemoore, early Tuesday morning. He had been ill for some time and his passing was not unexpected. 'Hi' Clawson was born in Salt Lake City in 1858, the son of the late Isaac and Lucinda Rhoads Clawson, who migrated to Califomia in 1874. He was a lad of 14 [sic] years of age when he located on the ranch of his maternal grandfather, the... Read More	H. Clawson, 86, who came with his parents to the Lemoore section in a covered wagon in 1874 and made that district his home for seventy years, passed away at home 'home place' just northwest of Lemoore, early Tuesday morning. He had been ill for some time and his passing was not unexpected. 'Hi' Clawson was born in Salt Lake City in 1858, the son of the late Isaac and Lucinda Rhoads Clawson, who migrated to Califomia in 1874. He was a lad of 14 [sic] years of age when he located on the ranch of his maternal grandfather, the late Daniel Rhoads on the latter's ranch northwest of Lemoore. Daniel Rhoads was a member of the party that rescued the Donner party snowbound in the Sierras en route to California from Utah. His first home was the place known as El Adobe de los Robles, one of the County's showplaces, now the home of the C. V. Buckner's. In 1880 Clawson engaged in farming for himself. He was prominent in the pioneering period of grain farming in the Tulare Lake Basin and later became interested in oil in the Coalinga field. He purchased land in the Coalinga area with faith in its future as an oil-producing region and realized substantial financial gains when 'black gold' was eventually discovered in that section. His farming also extended to the Traver section, northeast of Hanford. Among other fraternal attachments, Clawson was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Lemoore. About thirty years ago he purchased an eighty-acre farm near the city of Lemoore and made that place his home until his death. Mr. Clawson had been twice married; his first wife's name was Olive Blakeley, who passed away many years ago, leaving one son, Leo B. Clawson, who lives in the Stratford district. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Alice Clawson, who before her marriage was Miss Alice Caldwell; four children, Leo B. Clawson, of Stratford; Jack Clawson of Pasadena; Dr Albert Clawson of San Luis Obispo, and Miss Alice Clawson, a member of the Lemoore High School faculty. Several grandchildren and one great-grandchild survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Phipps Undertaking Parlors of Lemoore. HANFORD (Calif.) SENTINEL, 25 July 1944, p. 8. Friends from throughout the San Joaquin Valley joined with relatives this morning at 10:00 o'clock in the Phipps Chapel to pay final tribute to Hi Clawson, pioneer rancher of Lemoore. Clawson, 86, a native of Salt Lake City passed away Monday morning at the family home north of Lemoore following an illness of several weeks. In 1872, at the age of 14, Clawson traveled from his home in Salt Lake with an uncle and aunt, the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rhoads, who came across the plains and the mountains in a covered wagon (a 38-day trip then) to join the other Rhoads brothers, Henry and Dan near the settlement of Lemoore. Their destination and the dwelling in which Clawson spent his first months in this region was the adobe home of 'Uncle Dan' Rhoads located on what is now the CV. Buckner ranch. After working for other farmers in this section until 1880, he went into farming for himself, and has operated extensively ever since. He was a pioneer in the Tulare Lake region, where he has bought and sold several thousand acres. He did a lot of levee building in that area, and operated the first combined harvester ever used in Traver (the now extinct town). He farmed on the John Heinlen holdings west of Lemoore in 1881. As the lake waters receded on the Heinlen acreage, young Clawson proceeded, and each year he farmed a more extensive area. He was well on his way to backing the lake down into its basin when the flood waters of 1884 drowned out a good crop at the Italian Swiss colony southwest of Lemoore, and he lost three sections. Clawson maintained an active interest in ranching throughout his years, and until his recent illness, took part in the operation of two Stratford ranches, as well as participating in the operation of the home place. In 1886 Clawson was an active member of the first baseball team to be officially organized in the County. He participated in the building of the first flour mill in this city. The mill, then a local major industry was built by Sam Biddle and I. H. Ham of Tulare. It stood just east of the Lemoore Avenue intersection of the railroad tracks. He was an active member of the Kiwanis Club in this city and was the guest of honor at a birthday fete given by the service clubmen last November when he observed his 86th natal day. Surviving relatives includes his wife, Mrs. Alice G. Clawson of this city, three sons, Leo B. Clawson of Stratford, Jack Clawson of Pasadena, Dr. Albert Clawson of San Luis Obispo; a daughter, Miss Alice Clawson, member of the faculty of Lemoore High School, several grandchildren and great grand-children. Reverend L.V. Fletcher, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the final rites. Pallbearers were Lyman D. Farmer, R.J. Esrey, G.B. Chinn, Dr. W.B. Cobb, Andrew Kurtz and J.C. Poindexter. Interment was made in the Grangeville Cemetery under the direction of the Phipps Mortuary. LEMOORE (Calif.) ADVANCE, 27 July 1944, pp. 1, 8

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Hiram Zaphaniah Clawson death on 25 Jul 1944 in Kings County, California, USA
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Latitude: 36.3216518
Longitude: -119.7090690

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Olive May Blakeley Clawson

(1864 - 1889)

Alice Gertrude Cadwell Clawson

(1879 - 1964)

Siblings

Children

Leo Blakeley Clawson

(1889 - 1976)

Lawrence Clawson

(1897 - 1904)

Alice C. Clawson

(1905 - 2001)

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Coordinate: 36.3216518, -119.7090690

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