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Eunice was the first child of Moses Clawson and Cornelia Brown. She was born 14 May 1822 in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York.

The family moved west to Steuben County, New York where her brother Ebenezer was born in October 1823. Four more brothers and a sister were born while living in Steuben County. In March 1835 (Eunice was 13) her parents joined the 'Mormons"". Her grandmother and stepgrandfather Lola and Josiah Richardson were also members as was her uncle, David Foote.

CORNELIA BROWN CLAWSON 1803-1853

Born 22 Oct. 1803 in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., New York to William Brown and Hannah Sweet, the 4th daughter and 6th child in a growing family of 9 children. William Brown was Scottish and came to America as a drummer boy with at least one brother in 1778 with the British. He was captured by the Americans and stayed after the war. Hannah Sweet was born in Rhode Island and descends from John Sweet of England. The Brown family moved to Dryden, New York by 1808. William Brown died in 1819, when Cornelia was 16 years old. The oldest 3 children were married by that time.

Fort Laramie, August 7,1853.

President Brigham Young:

Dear Brother: I now have the pleasure of forwarding you herein e enclosed a statement of the persons and teams composing the St. Louis Company, over which I was appointed Captain at Keokuk, by Brother Eldridge and Brother Haight. The company Left Keokuk for Kanesville in small companies, as they got ready and I started in company with 20 wagons on the 16th of May, and arrived at Kanesville on the 11th of June.

This speech was first delivered at the Charles Moses Clawson Jr. family reunion in Sierra Vista, Arizona on July 5, 1997. It was given by proxy by Rodney E. Clawson, a great great grandson, and repeated at the Moses Clawson reunion in Shelley, Idaho on August 2, 1997. The speech is a summary of some major events of Moses Clawson's life.

Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict

Edited by Clark V. JohnsonVolume Sixteen in the Religious Studies Center Monograph SeriesCopyright 1992 by Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University.Chapter 6 INDIVIDUAL AFFIDAVITS FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES A-L

Moses Clawson's speech delivered on the deck of the ship "Ellen Maria" on Sunday morning the 27th of February 1853.

My dear brethren and sisters, we have met together this morning to offer up unto the God of Israel our songs of praise, and to speak of things which pertain to eternal life, and which are of value unto us. It is with very peculiar feelings and under very peculiar circumstances that I stand before you this morning. I have not had a well day, and scarcely a well hour during the whole time I have been on this ship, and I want you to come close together so that all may hear, as my voice is no very strong; but I will do my best under our present circumstances. I want to repeat a few words, which the Savior said, says He: "I came not to do my own will but the will of Him that sent me."

Note: Moses Clawson's original 1853 autobiography is preserved in the BYU library, where copies are available for study. His original diary covers a short period from Sept. 1855 through Dec. 1856 in the Ogden area, tithing records from his mission in England, a speech he gave on the ship Ellen Maria, Salt Lake Second Ward school building trustee accounts, and a few southern Utah accounts. It is in the possession of Eldon R. Clawson. No other original writings of Moses Clawson are known, but much information on him and his relationships have been gleaned from the writings of Warren Foote, his cousin.

Born 8 Oct. 1801 in Dryden, New York to Ebenezer and Lowly Foote Clawson, shortly after their move there with her brother David Foote, her mother, Rebecca Barker, and step-father, Ezekial Sanford. Ebenezer Clawson died 12 Aug. 1806 and Lowly remarried a few years later to Josiah Richardson.

1801

Born 8 October 1801 in Dryden, Cayuga county (Tompkins county after 1817), New York to Ebenezer Clawson and Lowly Foote shortly after their move there with her brother, David Foote's family.  Moses had an older brother Charles Webb Clawson and two older sisters Lucy and Betsy Clawson.  Lowly and David's  mother Rebbecca Barker Foote Sanford with her husband Ezekial Sanford and their son Eliseph also lived in Dryden.

1806

Ebenezer Clawson died 12 August 1806 in Dryden when Moses was only 5 years old.