Lauritz Frederick Clausen, the son of pioneer minister Claus L. Clausen, and his wife Martha Rasmussen, was born in 1856 in Mitchell County, Iowa. In 1880, at the age of 23, he was working as a farmer, and living near Kensett, in Worth County Iowa.

He married a woman named Jennie, and they had a daughter named Laura. Laura was born April 12, 1891, and died __________ ; she was buried with her parents in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.

Lauritz died on August 5, 1921 at Olympia, Pierce County, Washington. He was buried on August 13, 1921 at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Minnesota.

Below is a photo of the family tombstone in Oakwood Cemetery.

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Submitted to MnGenWeb by Kathy Pike, Oct. 2006