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Show H. B. CUWSON PIONEER; BEAD Salt Lake, March 29 Hiram B Clawson, Sr.. widely known as one of the most active of early-dav pioneers and universally respected In this community com-munity by virtue of the part he took in social, commercial and militar affairs af-fairs and the growth and development of the state, died at his home, "2 South Fifth East street, this morning morn-ing at 1:24 o'clock. Death resulted from tho effects of uraemic poisoning, which developed last Friday. At the. ago of S5 years, after an aventful life of robust ficalth and unusual energy, the well known pioneer made a brave but hopeless fight for recovery. His vitality .slowly .slow-ly waned and those cIofc to him realized re-alized that one of the sturdiest of the figures that helped to lay the foundation founda-tion upon which the present commonwealth com-monwealth has been built was soon to join those that have gone before. Dr. T. B. Beatty brought every resource re-source known to modern medical science sci-ence to bearNon the case, but age formed a barrier that could not be overcome. The end came peacefully In the presence of those nearest and dearest to the pioneer. Twenty of hie eldest eld-est children surrounded" the bedside, Including his wife, Emily Young Claw-son, Claw-son, a daughter of Brigham Youpg Hiram Bradley Clawson was born at L'tlca, Oneida county. New York. No ember 7, 1S2C. What education he received, outside of the hard but effectual ef-fectual school of practical life, was at tho Utica academy. While a child he was left fatherless and was a mere youth when his widowed mother and her four children joined the Mormon church Mrs Clawson, the mother, and her children, migrated to Nau-voo, Nau-voo, then the headquarters of the church, in 1S41. Mr. Clawson s residence In , Salt Lake valley dated from his arrival with Brigham Young and the general immigration of 1848, He was one of the few remaining pioneers who marched across the plains In earl days, braving hardships, tribulations and frontier life, to roach the goal of their efforts. Few men have been better Jmown in the Mormon community, or ' have been more active in the social, commercial, com-mercial, professional and military llfo of Utah In earlier day6. In common with most of tho early settlers Mr. Clawson was obligod to turu his' hand to almost any kind of labor. Ills acquired ac-quired knowledge of sevoral trades stood him in excellent service as one of the pioneer active builders of this great inland omplre. Hiram 13. Clawson wag a born actor aud displayed great ability In nil the varied roles he essayed. He began his dramatic career In Nauvoo, whore he was a pupil of Thomas A. Lyno, then a leading tragedian of the ago. In Salt Lake he resumed tho career, playing as early as 1S50 in the prlm-itiye prlm-itiye theater known as the "Old -Uow-ery," on Temple block. When the Social hall on State btreet In lSoS superseded tho Bowery as the nrlnrl-pal nrlnrl-pal Thespian tomplo of. those days, Mr. Clawson took a prominent part in the productions. |
