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BOOK - HISTORY OF WINONA AND OLMSTED COUNTIES, PUBLISHED IN 1883. ABRAM CLASON, farmer, is a descendant of James Clason, a native of Connecticut, who settled on the beautiful prairie bearing his name in Dodge county, Wisconsin, in 1841; here his nine children settled round him. Benjamin, his third son, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Connecticut, January 5, 1806; he married Cornelia M. Acker, a native of New York, in 1821, and was blessed with six sons and three daughters. On September 1, 1831, he united with the Presbyterian church, in which be was an elder from that time till his death. Abram Clason was born in Steuben county, New York, September 16, 1829. At fourteen years of age he went with his parents to Wisconsin. Here he was married November 24, 1850, to Ann Eliza, daughter of Daniel White, of New York; four children, whose names and births are here given, blessed this union: Frank E., November 7, 1851, still resides with his father; Stephen E., January 13, 1854, lives at Huxley, Nebraska; Hattie, April 16, 1856, married William Ruber on the day she was eighteen years old, and resides at Oronoco; Susan E., June 15, 1857, died at six months old. Mrs. Clason passed away March 16, 1864, happy in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which she was a member. In her death, society lost a most excellent member. Mr. Clason became a citizen of New Haven June 8, 1854, and has ever since resided here; he bought the claim to 160 acres of land on section 36, on which he still resides. He subsequently sold forty acres, and has developed the remainder into one of the finest farms in the state, and is now one of our independent, representative men. He is a republican in politics; has served the town as treasurer ever since 1873, his sermee beginning in that year. On November 17, 1864, he married Olive D. Brigham, whose parents, James and Sarah (Horton) Brigham, were born in Pennsylvania and New York. Mrs. Clason is a member of the Oronoco Presbyterian church. Her children are Estella E., born April 15, 1867; Celia Alberta, November 30, 1871; Marcia A., January 2, 1882.

On the U. S. Census of 1900 New Haven Township, Olmsted Co., Minnesota, Roll 778, Book 2, Page 96a, Abram appears with his wife Olive, son Frank and daughter Marcia. Abram and Frank's occupation is listed as farmer. Abram and Olive have been married 35 years. Olive is listed as the mother of 4, 3 of whom are still living.

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Birth	16 Sep 1829	Steuben Co., New York
Marriage	24 Nov 1850	Dodge Co., Wisconsin - Ann Eliza White
Marriage	17 Nov 1864	Burnett, Dodge Co., Wisconsin - Olive D. Bingham
Death	16 Mar 1910	Olmsted Co., Minnesota
Burial		Center Grove Cemetery, Olmsted Co., Minnesota

Spouse	Ann Eliza White (1826 - 1864)
Child	Franklin E. Clason (1851 - 1930)
Child	Stephen E. Clason (1854 - 1924)
Child	Harriet "Hattie" C. Clason (1856 - 1949)
Child	Susan E. Clason (1857 - 1857)

Spouse	Olive D. Bingham (1844 - 1908)
Child	Estella "Stella" E. Clason (1867 - 1931)
Child	Celia Alberta "Bertie" Clason (1871 - 1962)
Child	Marcia Elma Clason (1882 - 1910)
Child	Clarence Elmer Clason (1885 - 1885)

Father	Benjamin Clason (1806 - 1874)
Mother	Cornelia Maria Acker (1811 - 1887)
Sibling	Isaac Clason (1831 - 1915)
Sibling	John Jacob Clason (1834 - 1922)
Sibling	Orpha Ann Clason (1841 - 1919)
Sibling	DeWitt Clason (1844 - 1902)
Sibling	Harriett J. Clason (1847 - 1850)
Sibling	Charles Northshield Clason (1849 - 1930)
Sibling	Janette Harriet Clason (1852 - 1943)
Sibling	Sumner Norman Clason (1856 - 1914)