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From The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 15, 1848: Death of A Pioneer. Mr. James Clason, the pioneer settler on Clason Prairie, Dodge County, has been "gathered to his fathers." He died on the 29th ult., at the advanced age of 73 years. Mr. C. settled on the prairie to which his name has been given, early in the spring of 1811. At that time his nearest neighbors were Amasa Hyland and Wm. Stanton, on Hyland Prairie, four miles distant, and his next nearest at Beaver Dam, then a hamlet of two or three shantees, five miles distant. Between Watertown (at that time rejoicing in some half a dozen buildings) and the spot which Mr. C. had selected for his future home, there were but two buildings) and the spot which Mr. C. had selected for his future home, there were but two buildings--J. G. DeKoy's in Emmet, and Major Pratt's at Oak Grove. Since 1841 the hand of improvement has been busy in Dodge county, a large portion of it has been reclaimed by the husbandman, ___villages thickly dot its surface, and its population of 50 or 75 has increased to over 16,000. About one-half of Clason Prairie has been brought under the highest state of cultivation. This is one of the most delightful little prairies in the state, and possesses a soil unusually fertile. It is mostly settled by descendants and relatives of the subject of this notice. They number in all about one hundred, and constitute of themselves an industrious and highly respectable little community. The first Presbyterian meeting ever held in Dodge county, was at the house of Mr. C., and he was mainly instrumental in organizing the first society of the same order in the county. He was an active and consistent member of that church for the last 50 years of his life. As a neighbor and a citizen, Mr. C. was highly esteemed, and his memory will be long cherished by all intimately acquainted with him. Watertown Chronicle.

Birth	27 Mar 1777	Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Marriage	14 Dec 1799	Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut - Abigail Ferris
Death	28 Aug 1848	Clason Prairie, Dodge Co., Wisconsin
Burial		East Beaver Dam Cemetery, Clason Prairie, Dodge Co., Wisconsin

Spouse	Abigail Ferris (1779 - 1852)
Child	Joseph Clason (1802 - 1880)
Child	James Ferris Clason (1804 - 1851)
Child	Benjamin Clason (1806 - 1874)
Child	Alexander P. Clason (1808 - 1872)
Child	Isaac Lewis Clason (1811 - 1878)
Child	Henry Prebble Clason (1813 - 1845)
Child	Mary Elizabeth Clason (1815 - 1891)
Child	George Wickham Clason (1817 - 1900)
Child	Michael Boomhour Clason (1818 - 1893)

Father	Samuel Clason (1740 - 1782)
Mother	Hannah Briggs (1744 - 1826)