Born 26 February 1877 at Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of Orson Spencer Clawson and Nabbie Howe Young.[2] Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5 October 1886.[3] Lived in the Salt Lake City Eighteenth Ward.[4] Member of the Ensign Wheel Club, May 1895.[5] Appointed to the reception committee of the Pioneer Jubilee, June 1897.[6] Charter member of the Wasatch Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution with Emmeline B. Wells, 1898.[7] Served on the “Old-Time Dressing Committee” for the Brigham Young birthday celebration, 1 June 1899.[8] Married Chauncy Mott Benedict, 29 October 1901, in Salt Lake City.[9] Died unexpectedly after the birth of her son, 28 February 1903, in Salt Lake City.[10]
[1] Clara Clawson entry, Eighteenth Ward, Salt Lake Stake, p. 11, in Eighteenth Ward (Old), part 1, Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (Church History Library hereafter cited as CHL); “In Memoriam,” Woman’s Exponent (Salt Lake City), Mar. 1903, 76.
[2] Clara Clawson entry, Eighteenth Ward, Salt Lake Stake, p. 11, in Eighteenth Ward (Old), part 1, Record of Members Collection, CHL; “Spencer Clawson Falls down Dead,” Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 1916, 16.
[3] Clara Clawson entry, Eighteenth Ward, Salt Lake Stake, p. 11, in Eighteenth Ward (Old), part 1, Record of Members Collection, CHL.
[4] Clara Clawson and Emmeline B. Wells entries, Eighteenth Ward, Salt Lake Stake, pp. 11, 56, in Eighteenth Ward (Old), part 1, Record of Members Collection, CHL.
[5] “In Society,” Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 1895, 4.
[6] “Jubilee Day at Saltair,” Salt Lake Herald, 29 June 1897, 5.
[7] Emmeline B. Wells, Diary, 30 Mar. 1898, Diaries of Emmeline B. Wells, Church Historian’s Press, churchhistorianspress.org/emmeline-b-wells; “In Memoriam,” 76; “Daughters of the Revolution,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 17 Nov. 1898, 7.
[8] “Meet at Mrs. Clawson’s,” Salt Lake Herald, 22 May 1899, 8; “Brigham Young Celebration,” Salt Lake Herald, 1 June 1899, 3.
[9] Salt Lake Co., UT, County Clerk, Marriage Records, 1887–1965, DGS 4624218, Marriage licenses, bk. L, 29 Oct. 1901, p. 153, license no. 10904, familysearch.org; Wells, Diary, 30 Oct. 1901; “Wedding and Reception,” Woman’s Exponent, Dec. 1901, 52.
[10] Utah, Salt Lake Co., Birth Records, 1890–1915, DGS 4121046, vol. 2, 1890–1903, p. 362, no. 13820, familysearch.org; “Infant Benedict,” 10 Feb. 1903, p. 104, and “Clara C. Benedict,” 2 Mar. 1903, p. 106, in Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966, Salt Lake City, UT, City Recorder Death and Burial Register, 1848–1933, series 21866, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, ancestry.com; Wells, Diary, 28 Feb. 1903; 1–2 Mar. 1903; 3 July 1903; “In Memoriam,” 76.