HOME
SURNAME LIST
NAME INDEX
SOURCES
GEDCOM FILE
EMAIL US

FIFTH GENERATION

75. *Don Dean Clawson was born on Mar 22 1885 in Columbus, KA. Joe Jr.'s birth certificate states Don Dean's place of birth as Illinois, USA He died at an unknown date.

He was married to Rose Elva Yates (daughter of Joe McAfee Yates and Arie Adna Liza Sarah Jane Tingle). Rose Elva Yates Photo was born on Sep 10 1889 in Shreveport, LA. She died on Oct 21 1981 in Bellview, LA. She is described in an obituary as follows: on Oct 24 1981 in Bellview, LA. ROSE E. QUIN - Shreveport

Services for Mrs. Rose R. Quin, 92, of Shreveport will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 24, at Wellman Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Fred Schwendimann, Associates Pastor at Noel Memorial United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial - Forest Park.

Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday October 23 until service time, Saturday at Wellman's.

She died Wed. Oct 21, 1981 at Midway Manor Nursing Home after a long illness.

Mrs. Quin, born in Bellview, La., and a life long resident of Shreveport, had worked in the Classified Dept. at the Shreveport Times. She was a member at Noel Memorial United Methodist Church, where she had been a soloist for the church, and sang for the Four Square Bible Class for the 9:30 Broadcast over Station KRMD. Mrs. Quin's father, Joseph McAfee Yates, was a cousin of Jefferson Davis, and Mrs. Quin was descended from the man known as Cimarron.

She is survived by two sons, James L. Quin of Waukesha, Wisconsin and Joseph L. Clawson of Orlando, Florida; two daughters, Mrs. Olive (Smidge) Lewis of Bossier City, La., and Mrs. Joy L. Hiers of Shreveport, La.; one sister, Minnie Hanks of Holdenville, Oklahoma; 15 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.

Pollbearers will be grandsons, Don Coleman, Jr., John O. Coleman, Kirk W. Coleman, T.M. Brooks, Kenneth L. Brooks, and Robert S. Scott. Honorary Pallbearers: Thomas Forte.
According to Debbie Quin, the daughter of James Leroy Quin, Rosie had bad bronchitis one time and the doctor told her she was dying of TB. She was not marred to Clawson anymore and didn't want to leave Joe without a father, so she married Ed Worley who had idolized her for years. She gave birth to Joy Louise. Rosie really didn't love Ed Worley and left him. She then married O.B. Quin. Ed Worley committed suicide by shooting himself. *Don Dean Clawson and Rose Elva Yates had the following children:

child+94 i. Joseph Louis Clawson Sr..

*Don Dean Clawson and Unknown Clawson had the following children:

child95 i. Martha Elizabeth Clawson Photo.