This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVB.2ACI/1049.1 Message Board Post: Charles Alfred Clawson was born in Sweden in 1841 and moved to Beaufort, NC in 1867, where he married Mary O'Donovan in 1889. Mary was born in Cork, Ireland and moved to Beaufort from Boston after the Civil War. He opened Clawson's Grocery and Bakery in the 1880s. His son, Charles Jr. took over the business and built the building that still stands on Front Street in 1909. It has been the home of the popular Clawson's Restaurant for some years (although it is no longer owned by the Clawson family. Charles Sr. died in 1908. There is a history of the family in the Heritage of Carteret County, Vol. II, #147, pp. 34-36. There is also an article in the Winter 1998 issue of The Researcher (Vol. XIV, No. 2, pp. 4-7) about the Clawson's Grocery and Bakery by the late Frank Clawson, son of Charles Jr. It also gives some family history. The Carteret County Historical Society (historyplace@starfishnet.com) should be able to supply you with copies of these. Also, I believe that one of the Clawsons is a member of the Society and may be able to provide you with information. Cindi Hamilton of CCHS should be able to put you in contact with him. If you have problems, please contact me.