Clem Lawson

Clem was born in 1829 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Clem's father was Banks Lawson and his mother was Thersey Parvin.  His paternal grandfather was Lawson. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Palestine, James, Pleasant, Curren, Ambrose, Eliza, Kay, Elizabeth, Amanda and Jane.  He was the second oldest of the eleven children.