Individual Details
DeWitt Clason
(May 1844 - 20 Feb 1902)
Veteran of the Civil War, Company H First Wisconsin Cavalry per Fay Medhaug's book "Abigail Ferris and James Clason Their Ancestry and Descendants, April 1987. Also shown as cruiser in the lumber business. In 1895 Becker Co., Minnesota, Osage Township census, occupation shown as explorer.
On-line list of Veterans of the Civil War for Minnesota lists Dewitt Clason, with a Carson address and cause for pension as injured head.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, May 19, 1865, Front Page, Col. 1: MISSING. Co. K---Sergt. DeWitt Clason, April 3rd, near Plantersville, Ala., captured. [The Civil War ended May 9, 1865].
1880 United States Census shows them living at 3rd Ward, Osage, Mitchell Co. Iowa. Dewitt appears with his wife Alice and children Lourina and Benjamin.
1900 United States Census shows them living at Hubbard Co., Minnesota, Park Avenue, line 40, household 137/152. DeWitt's occupation is timber cruiser. He and his wife Alice have been married 35 years and have 3 living children of 3 born. It shows he was born in New York and his wife in Massachusetts.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, November 10, 2017.
On-line list of Veterans of the Civil War for Minnesota lists Dewitt Clason, with a Carson address and cause for pension as injured head.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, May 19, 1865, Front Page, Col. 1: MISSING. Co. K---Sergt. DeWitt Clason, April 3rd, near Plantersville, Ala., captured. [The Civil War ended May 9, 1865].
1880 United States Census shows them living at 3rd Ward, Osage, Mitchell Co. Iowa. Dewitt appears with his wife Alice and children Lourina and Benjamin.
1900 United States Census shows them living at Hubbard Co., Minnesota, Park Avenue, line 40, household 137/152. DeWitt's occupation is timber cruiser. He and his wife Alice have been married 35 years and have 3 living children of 3 born. It shows he was born in New York and his wife in Massachusetts.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, November 10, 2017.
Events
| Birth | May 1844 | Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wisconsin |  | ||
| Marriage | 1865 | Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wisconsin - Alice R. Cook | | ||
| Death | 20 Feb 1902 | Park Rapids, Hubbard Co., Minnesota | | ||
| Burial | Greenwood Cemetery, Park Rapids, Hubbard Co., Minnesota | |
Families
| Spouse | Alice R. Cook (1845 - 1927) |
| Child | Lorena "Rena" Clason (1866 - 1938) |
| Child | Benjamin Clason (1873 - 1955) |
| Child | Zulu M Clason (1882 - 1901) |
| Father | Benjamin Clason (1806 - 1874) |
| Mother | Cornelia Maria Acker (1811 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Abram Clason (1829 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Isaac Clason (1831 - 1915) |
| Sibling | John Jacob Clason (1834 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Orpha Ann Clason (1841 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Harriett J. Clason (1847 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Charles Northshield Clason (1849 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Janette Harriet Clason (1852 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Sumner Norman Clason (1856 - 1914) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
2. 1900 Census Hubbard Co., Minnesota, Page 39.
3. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
4. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
5. Hubbard Co. Minnesota Genealogical Society.