Teresa Clawson

6 October 1855–8 July 1897

Born 6 Oct. 1855 in Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of Hiram Bradley Clawson and Margaret Gay Judd.[2] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 Sept. 1864.[3] Attended the University of Deseret, 1870–1871.[4] Member of the Wasatch Literary Association, 1874–1878.[5] Married first James Tyler Little, 11 Apr. 1876.[6] Married second Laron A. Cummings, 26 Feb. 1879; two children; divorced 1888.[7] Member of the Home Dramatic Club, 1880–1895.[8] Married third Heber Manning Wells, 14 Oct. 1892; two children.[9] Died 8 July 1897 in Salt Lake City; EBW attended her funeral, 11 July 1897.[10]

 

[1] “Endowments of the Living, 1872–1878,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. H, 10 Nov. 1872–27 Sept. 1878, p. 321, line 7, Birdie Clawson, 27 Mar. 1876, microfilm 183407, DGS 5270330 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 19 Sept. 2020), Teresa Birdie Clawson (KWVG-9KT).  

[2] “Endowments of the Living, 1872–1878,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. H, 10 Nov. 1872–27 Sept. 1878, p. 321, line 7, Birdie Clawson, 27 Mar. 1876, microfilm 183407, DGS 5270330 (restricted access), FHL. 1880 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 51, p. 6, Birdie Cummings.

[3] “Endowments of the Living, 1872–1878,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. H, 10 Nov. 1872–27 Sept. 1878, p. 321, line 7, Birdie Clawson, 27 Mar. 1876, microfilm 183407, DGS 5270330 (restricted access), FHL. 

[4] Holiness to the Lord: Third Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the University of Deseret for the Academical Year 1870–1871 (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Office, 1871), Birdie Clawson.

[5] “The Girls of ’76, Ladies of the Wasatch Literary Society,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 16 Dec. 1911, x. Wasatch Literary Association, Wasatch Literary Association Minute Book, p. 154, MS 2689, CHL.

[6] Family Group Sheets Compiled by Jane Clawson, 25 Jan. 1917, in possession of Stephen Walker, as found in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 19 Sept. 2020), Teresa Birdie Clawson (KWVG-9KT), Sources.  

[7] Family Group Sheets Compiled by Jane Clawson, 25 Jan. 1917, in possession of Stephen Walker, as found in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 19 Sept. 2020), Teresa Birdie Clawson (KWVG-9KT), Sources. “Before Judge Zane,” Salt Lake Herald, 20 May 1888, 2. Salt Lake Co., UT, Probate Court, Third District Court Probate Wills, 1869–1919, Teresa Clawson Wells.

[8] “The Home Dramatic Club,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 23 Dec. 1899, 32. “Biography of Heber M. Wells,” Utah Biographies (http://www.onlinebiographies.info, accessed 19 Sept. 2020).

[9] Sanpete Co., UT, County Clerk, Marriage License Records, 1888–1966, p. 93, microfilm 481123, DGS 462419, image 112/292, FHL. Family Group Sheets Compiled by Jane Clawson, 25 Jan. 1917, in possession of Stephen Walker, as found in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 19 Sept. 2020), Teresa Birdie Clawson (KWVG-9KT), Sources.

[10] Salt Lake Co., UT, Management and Archives, Death Records, 1849–1966, no. 2052, DGS 4139834, images 112–113/490, FHL. “Death of Mrs. Wells,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 9 July 1897. EBW, Diary, 11 July 1897.