Children: Jeanette George Moulton * Ernest * Ruth * Julian * Esther George Zierer * Kathryn George Cheesman Clevenger

1860s - ?
Ora Uirkard was born

1880s - ?
C. Benton George married Ora Urikard

1889 - 14 Apr
Jeanette George (Moulton) was born to Bent and Ora

1891 - 20 Feb
Ernest George was born to Bent and Ora

1894 - 8 Mar
Ruth George was born to Bent and Ora

1895 - 2 Jun
Ruth George died of measles when she was 15 months old. Her brother, Ernest was also sick at the time. Ruth was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Centerville (Wayne Co) IN, Plot: Section 4, Lot 431, Grave 2. (4-431-2)

1895 - 20 Jun
Ernest F. George died of whooping cough when he was 4 years old. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Centerville (Wayne Co) IN, Plot: (4-431-1)

1896 - 30 Apr
Julian George was born to Bent and Ora

1898 - 10 Apr
Esther George (Zierer) was born to Bent and Ora

1898 - 6 Jun
Amy A. Brooks (George) was born (to ?) She later married Julian George.

1903 - 10 Nov
Kathryn George (Cheesman, Clevenger) was born to Bent and Ora

1910s - ?
Jeanette George married John Moulton

1915 - 20 Aug
Jeanette George (Moulton) died, aged 26. She was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in in Centerville (Wayne Co) IN (4-431-4)

1964 - ?
Dr. Rueben Orlando Zierer, born 14 Apr 1900 Ripley Co IN and died 1964. Rueben, husband of Esther George Zierer, was buried at St Johns Cemetery, Huntersville, Franklin Co, IN. Rueben was the son of Albert Gustav and Gesina Koester Zierer, also buried at St. Johns.

1967 - 1 Mar
Esther George Zierer died, aged 68. She was buried at St Johns Cemeter, Huntersville, Franklin Co, IN

1977 - 3 Oct
Julian W. George died and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in in Centerville (Wayne Co) IN (14-648-4) aged 81

Other George's buried at Crown Hill Cemetery next to Ernest (4-431-1), Ruth (4-431-2), Jeanette (4-431-4) who is at (4-431-3)? James George, (4-447-8) 1883-1961 Erpha L. George Hamilton, (14-648-2), daughter Amy A. (Brooks) George, (14-648-3) 1898-1973 - wife of Julian Joshua Joel George, (16-767-11) 1987-1987 Hugh M. Cheesman buried at Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne Co IN 1st husband of Kathryn

1809 Nov 21
Belinda PARKHURST Clawson was born 21 Nov 1809 in Trumbull Co OH, and married Joseph Clawson on 14 Apr 1836 as his second wife per A History and Biographical Cycloepedia of Butler Co Ohio pg 437

1840 census
David Trew was listed in the US 1840 census as "David Kus" in Walker Township, Rush County, IN

1841 marriage
David Trew married Catherine J. Odenbaugh on 29 Aug 1841.

Children born to David and Catherine Trew: Alfred (1842) Sarah M. (1843) Theodore (1845) George W. (1850) Phebe Ann (1852)

1849 Mar 17
Malon Clawson was born to Joseph and Belinda PARKHURST Clawson (his second wife) per A History and Biographical Cycloepedia of Butler Co Ohio pg 437

1852
Phebe Ann Trew was born to David and Catherine Jan(e) Odenbaugh Trew on 16 May, 1852.

1870???
Phebe Ann Trew married Mahlon Clawson

1871
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clawson was born to Mahlon and Phebe Clawson on 22 July 1871. (She died 6 Dec 1955 in Richmond, IN.)

1873
Clarence Alfred Clawson was born to Mahlon and Phebe Clawson on 2 August 1873.

1875
Born February 4, 1875, Eva (Evelyn) was the baby of the Enoch "Jack"son George family in Butler County OH near Okeana.

Evelyn's mother was Margaret Ellen DeArmond George Eva's grandfather was Thomas DeArmond (1793-1879). Her great-grandparents were Alexander and Elizabeth Huff DeArmond

Born December 23, 1875 in Indiana, Claude DeArmond (Edith Clawson's future husband) was born to Hannah (Herrington) and Joseph J. DeArmond Jr..

Claude DeArmond died 24 Mar 1949 in Wayne Co IN

1876
Clara "Edith" Clawson was born to Mahlon and Phebe Clawson on 23 March 1876 in Butler Co OH.

She married Claude DeArmond ca 1890s

Claude DeArmond's parents were Joseph J. DeArmond Jr. (1847-1879). Claude's grandfather was Joseph J. DeArmond Sr. (1811-1899) Claude's great-grandparents were Alexander and Elizabeth Huff DeArmond.

1882
Leslie Morris Clawson was born to Mahlon and Phebe Clawson on 15 September 1882 in Ohio. (He died on 2 Nov 1962 - aged 80.)

1887
Joseph Ernest Clawson was born to Mahlon and Phebe Clawson on 24 September 1887 in Ohio. (He died on 27 June 1976 - aged 88.)

1888
Eva George's mother Margaret Ellen DeArmond George died June 25, 1888 when Eva was 13. Eva's older sisters, 31 year old Ida and 28(?) year old Opha, raised their youngest siblings, 17 year old Charles Fred and Eva.

Evelyn George Clawson and Mildred DeArmond Thomas had the common ancesters, Alexander and Elizabeth (HUFF) DeArmond of Butler County, Ohio. They were Eva's great-grandparents, and Mildred's great-great-grandparents.

1910
In 1910, thirty-five year old Evelyn married thirty-seven year old Clarence Alfred Clawson. He was born 2 August 1873 in Ohio.

Early in their marriage, Clarence worked on the King Ranch in Dalhart, Texas.

Note: Clinton (b ca 1846) and Elizabeth Clawson (b ca 1848) of Liberty township, Butler Co OH appeared in the 1900 census with a son, 27 year old Clarence Clawson, a bank teller. That Clarence turns out to be James "Clarence" Clawson, born in 1873, (so 37 not 27 in 1910) the same year as Clarence Alfred Clawson.

1925
According to a post card written in 1925, the Clawsons were living in Cheboygen, MI. Clarence was on a trip, traveling from St. Jo, MO to Indianapolis.

Clarence attended his mother's 73rd birthday party on May 17, 1925 at the family farm near Okeana, OH with both parents, and 4 siblings.

The following photo of the event was provided by Fred Thomas, whose mother's mother was Clara "Edith" Clawson DeArmond.

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Mahlon Clawson

Phebe Clawson

Clawson siblings: 17 May 1925 Clarence, Joseph "Ernest", Leslie, Elizabeth "Lizzie", Clara "Edith" Lucille (1878-1971) and B. Lucy (1879-?) were not in the picture.

1930
The 1930 census shows Clarence, Evelyn, and their 7 year old daughter, Doris M. living in Indianapolis, IN (Maron County, Washington township). Actually the Clawsons were still in the process of legally adopting Doris as their daughter.

1934
Clarence died in 1934 by drowning (Indianapolis, IN). Eva, then single, could not complete the adoption of 11 year old Doris, but (I believe) she remained with Evelyn.

Evelyn lived 40 more years, moving back to Butler County, Ohio in 1946 (aged 71) to live at 7 E. Collins Street, Oxford, OH.

* Her older brother Wellar George died 16 Jan 1942 in Richmond IN
* Her eldest surviving sister, Ida George died 10 Feb 1942 near Okeana.
* Her sister-in-law, Maybelle Duncan George, Fred's wife, died on 12 December, 1942
* Her next older sister, Opha George died in September 1943
* Her next older brother, Fred George, retired from the Okeana farm about 1946, moving to Spring Street, Oxford, OH
* Eva moved from Indianapolis IN to 7 E. Collins Street, Oxford, OH in 1946.
* Doris M. married.

1961 summer
Photo by Frances George Ertel of Alice George Davis, their aunt Evelyn George Clawson, and Miriam George VanMason at William Bebb State Park in Okeana, OH.

1974 June (obituary)
Toward the end of her long life, Eva moved to the Golden Years Nursing Home on Old Oxford Road, Hamilton, OH.

Evelyn outlived her husband, all of her siblings, and some of her neices and nephews.

At the time of her death on 29 June 1974, her heirs were:

Her brother Frank J. George's heirs * J. Shumard George (1906-1973), Frank's son, heirs:     * Dr. J. Frank George, grand-nephew, Metairie, LA     * Abigail Pizzo, grand-niece, Camarillo, CA Her brother Cary George's heirs * Homer George, nephew, Lebanon, OH * Clayton George, nephew, Madison, WI * Russell George's (1894-1968) heirs:     * Jessie May McKinney, grand-niece, Sheridan, IN     * Janie Lou Riner, grand-niece, Lebanon, IN     * John George, grand-nephew, Lebanon, IN     * Dr. Richard L. George, grand-nephew, Bloomington, IN * Pearl G. Cook, daughter of Cary, niece, Brookville, IN * Howard George, son of Cary, nephew, Sacramento, CA Her brother Benton George's (1861-1936) heirs * Julian George, nephew, Centerville, IN * Kathryn Cheesman, niece, Centerville, IN * Esther Zierer's (1898-1967) heirs     * David G. Zierer, grand-nephew, Anderson, IN     * Sabra Zierer Passwater, grand-niece, Anderson, IN * Jeanette George Moulton's (1889-1915) heirs     * Louise Moulton Sullivan, grand-niece, Laguna Hills, CA     * Elizabeth J. Moulton, grand-niece, Laguna Hills, CA Her brother Fred George's heirs * Marguerite Myers' (1894-1963) heirs     * Herbert L. Myers, Jr., grand-nephew, Dayton, OH     * Fred George Myers, grand-nephew, Oxford, OH     * Mary Alice Myers Smith, grand-niece, Tarentum, PA     * David D. Myers, grand-nephew, Glen Falls, NY * Miriam VanMason, niece, Cleveland, OH * Lois MacDonald, niece (1899-1967) (no children) * Alice Davis, niece, Ft. Lauderdale, FL * Frances Ertel, niece, Dayton, OH

Evelyn's Obituaries - sources unknown

page 10, Journal-News? Mrs. Clawson Mrs. Evelyn G. Clawson, 99, formerly of 7 E. Collins St., Oxford, died Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Golden Years Nursing Home, Old Oxford Road. She was born near Okeana, a daughter of Enoch and Margaret DeArmond George Jackson. [Note: Should be Enoch Jackson George.] She was educaterd in the Shandon public schools. She married Clarence Clawson in 1910, and they made their home in Dalhart, Tex., where Clawson was a veterinarian for the King ranch. They later moved to Indainapolis, Ind., where he preceded her in death in 1934. She had been an Oxford resident since 1946. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Oxford. She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Marshall Smith Funeral Home, 101 W. Church St., Oxford, with burial in the New London Cemetery, Shandon. Visitation is from 10 a.m., Tuesday until time of service.

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Evelyn George Clawson died at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, 1974, at the Golden Years Nursing Home, Old Oxford Road. She was 99 years old. Born near Okeana on February 4, 1875, "Eva" was a daughter of Enoch Jackson and Margaret DeArmond George. She was educated in the Shandon public schools. In 1910, she married Clarence Clawson in 1910, and they made their home in Dalhart, Texas, where Clarence was a veterinarian for the King Ranch. They later moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he preceded her in death in 1934. When she was nearly 70, Eva moved to 7 E. Collins Street in Oxford, Ohio about 1946. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Oxford. Her brother, C. F. George, moved to Spring Street in Oxford from his farm near Okeana about that same time. Eve and Clarence never had children, although they were in the process of adopting a daughter when Dr. Clawson died. At that time, a single parent could not adopt a child. Eva had a number of nieces and nephews. Services were held at the Marshall Smith Funeral Home, 101 W. Church Street, Oxford, with burial in the New London Cemetery, Shandon.

1976 27 Jun - Joseph "Ernest" Clawson died. He was buried at Springdale Cemetery in Reily, Butler Co OH. His wife, Helen G. Clawson 1897-1994, was also buried at Springdale Cemetery. Lyle Ellis Clawson, also buried there, may have been their son, born 9 May 1918 and died 16 June 1940 (22).