Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . erceptionsof right and wrong were always had also a faculty of being on theright side, and of being a fearless andconsistent defender of what he believedto be just. He was homely in his man-ner, good-natured and generous; and inhis death the Church and the communi-ty at large sustained an unmistakableloss. BIOGRAPHICAL, ENCYCLOPEDIA. 629 CLAWSON, Hiram B., fourth Bishopof the Twelfth Ward. Salt Lake City,was born Nov. 7, 18
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . erceptionsof right and wrong were always had also a faculty of being on theright side, and of being a fearless andconsistent defender of what he believedto be just. He was homely in his man-ner, good-natured and generous; and inhis death the Church and the communi-ty at large sustained an unmistakableloss. BIOGRAPHICAL, ENCYCLOPEDIA. 629 CLAWSON, Hiram B., fourth Bishopof the Twelfth Ward. Salt Lake City,was born Nov. 7, 1826, in Utica, Oneidacounty, New York. He was educatedat the L^tica Academy. Through theloss of his father he was very earlythrown upon his own inherent re-sources; and, thus left to battle withlife, he became master of three or fourtrades, and in youth laid the founda-tion of a self-made man. After thedeath of his father, his mother joinedthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the year 1838, and in 1841the family, consisting- of Mrs. Clawsonand her two sons, Hiram and John, andtwo daughters, removed from Utica toNauvoo, 111. There a circumstance. worthy of note in his life occurred,which indirectly led to his connectionwith the dramatic profession, in whichboth he and several members of hisfamily have made quite a distinguishedmark in the social and artistic cultureof Utah. Hiram, in Nauvoo, wantedto join the Debating Society, which washeld in a room over Josephs store; butsome of the principal members opposedhis admission on account of his Prophet, who was always a warmadmirer of lofty aspirations in theyoung men of his people, stood as Hi-rams advocpt • and would have pro-moted his admission; but, with a be-coming sense of self-respect, youngClawson withdrew his application. Thisevent led to his connection with thestage; for at that time Thomas then in the prime of his dramatic power, was at Nauvoo giving perform-ances. In the year 1848. when t
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