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Surnames: Clarkson Forward
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Maria Eliza was born in St Pancras and moved to Axminster Devon with her husband William Forward after marrying him in 1870. he was a solicitor. Can anyone tell me anuything about either of their parents/ background please? I know lots after 1871, but only know that William was born in dorset in 1845.
Any background we can swop?
Ali Rowe Forward
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I look forward to getting info on our family.
It is nice to meet more family.
Dianne
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Hi my name is Kaye Magee,
My Mother and your Mom are sisters.
But we have never met but my Mom knows all about the back ground.
So I do hope you will reply Diane, I talk to Aunt Ollie and Aunt Dorthey over the phone from Ontario and N.J
My Mom has computer and can give you info.
would love to help and hear from you.
yours in thought Kaye Magee
Gladys daughter .
if you want ot get hold of me please e-mail a reply and I will anwser.
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Is any one connected to this family.
Tufve K. Clarkson born in Sweden 1839. His wife Mary Anderson also born 1839 in Sweden. Children were: Frank Albert, William Alfred, Charles Adolphus, Anna Elmyra and John Porter. They have connections in Peoria, Illinois; Belle Plaine and Newton, Iowa.
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Surnames: Clarkson, Stith, Moreman, Talbott
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Source: KYBIOGRAPHIES-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: BIOS #10473 -CLARKSON
10473 MEADE CO - CLARKSON, BENJAMIN S - Clarkson, Stith, Moreman, Talbott,
Adams, McCans, Clarkson, Richardson, Shacklett
BENJAMIN S. CLARKSON was born December 13,
1840, in Meade County. His father, James L. Clarkson, was born August 31, 1816, near Petersburg, Va. When about three years old he came with his parents to Kentucky, and for one year lived on the Ohio River, three miles below Rock Haven. He is a son of James F. Clarkson, who was born April 5, 1784, in Campbell County, Va. He was a farmer and settled and improved Grayson Springs. He was a son of Manoah Clarkson, who was also a Virginian, and of Scotch or Irish descent. James L. Clarkson was married, about 1837,
to Miss Mary S., daughter of Jesse P. and Martha (Stith) Moremen. To them have been born Ophelia (Talbott), Benjamin S., James R., Jesse F., Martha E. (Adams), Mary L. (McCans) and Nancy L. (Clarkson). November 5, 1867, Benjamin S. married Miss Julia Richardson, daughter of Orla C. And Mary
(Shacklett) Richardson. To them have been born Gus R. (deceased), Fannie
J., Ben S., Lydia and Mary O.
Mr. Clarkson is a farmer and stock-farmer, he has by labor and economy become the owner of more than 900 acres of well
improved land in good condition; he is a believer in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics is a Democrat.
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Subject: Manoah P. Clarkson
Taken from "Who Was Who in Hardin County" compiled and
prepared by Hardin County Historical Society. Copyright 1946.
Manoah P. Clarkson
Manoah P. Clarkson was another of the young men who began
life in the office of the veteran Clerk, Samuel Haycraft. Here, like
Jack Thomas and William Fairleigh, he acquired a smooth and
legible handwriting, an art which went with him through life and
which he retained in a remarkable degree even in old age.
He was born in Virginia, December 28, 1810, and when quite
young came with his father and family to Kentucky. He was a
son of James Fielding Clarkson, a native of Virginia, born April
5, 1784, and who joined the westward migration and came to
Louisville at an early date. After a short period he journeyed on
and upon arriving at the Big Spring Valley was so impressed
with its beauty and prospect that he decided to make it his per-
manent home.
In this attractive spot Manoah spent the remainder of his boy-
hood, and having finished his apprenticeship in the Hardin County
Clerk's office, spent some years clerking in the city of Louisville.
Having decided to devote his attention to farming, he settled at
the celebrated Grayson Springs. In 1839 President Jackson's
Postmaster General, Amos Kendall, of Kentucky, appointed him
postmaster, a position he held for half a century. The town of
Clarkson in Grayson county (once a part of Hardin) was named
for him. His first wife was Miss Zerilda, daughter of David and
Mary (Moorman) Herndon. Their children were Fannie Z. (Yates)
and Oscar, who died in childhood.
HIs first wife, having died, Manoah, on October 25, 1856, mar-
ried Miss Sarah F., daughter of Jacob and Martha (Shrewsbury)
Vanmeter, of Bowling Green.
James Fielding Clarkson, father of Manoah, developed Grayson
Springs, and in 1868 the Vanmeters, of Bowling Green, began
extensive improvements, which made it a noted and fashionable
watering place. William B. Allen, in his History of Kentucky, pub-
lished in 1872, said: "It is a watering place of considerable note.
With the hotel and cottages, some five or six hundred persons,
perhaps a greater number, can be comfortably accommodated.
Within a little valley, less than half an acre in extent, are an
immense number of springs, some of them more strongly impreg-
nated with sulphur, it is said, than any other springs in the United
States. Some of them are very cold, and others very warm. It is
said that many remarkable cures have been effected by the use of
the waters." William S. Vanmeter died there in 1884, and soon af-
terwards the property sold for $100,000.
Manoah Clarkson died some fifty years ago at the home of his
nephew, J. R. Clarkson, at Gaither's, in Hardin county. His children
by the second wife were James VanMeter Clarkson, born April
14, 1858, and Clinton K., who died young.
James L. Clarkson, a brother of Manoah, also came with the family
from Virginia. He was born at Charlottesville in Albemarle county,
August 31, 1816. He spent his life from early boyhood in the Big
Spring Valley, where he was a large farmer and highly respected
citizen. This valley is of outstanding natural attraction, and is con-
nected with many interesting incidents in the early settlement and
development of the county. The spring itself is of large volume, the
stream flowing but a very short distance and disappearing under-
ground after passing under a bridge or causeway of natural forma-
tion. The village that grew up around it became an important center
in the early days. James L. Clarkson married Miss Mary S., dau-
ghter of Jesse P. and Martha (Stith) Moorman. Their children were
Ophelia, Ben S., James Richard, Jesse F., Martha E., Mary L. and
Nancy L., and two died in infancy.
Of these children Ophelia became the wife of Jesse L. Talbott, a
well known citizen of near Elizabethtown. James Richard was a
prominent farmer and substantial citizen and operated a farm at
Gaithers, on the L & N Railroad in Hardin county, for some forty
years. His wife was Miss Molly S. Simmons, daughter of W. P.
and Sophronia Mary Simmons. He died in 1922. Mary L. married
Alex D. McCans, a native of Meade county, who entered the hotel
business at Elizabethtown in 1888 at the old Stith House. In 1894
he moved to the old Hill House, now the Brown-Pusey (Commun-
ity) House, where he did a thriving business. After the death of
his first wife he married Mrs. Ada Meador. Martha E. married Wil-
liam Adams, of Bowling Green. Nancy L. married James VanMeter Clarkson, son of Manoah Clarkson.
Source: KYHARDIN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Manoah P. Clarkson
Taken from "Who Was Who in Hardin County" compiled and
prepared by Hardin County Historical Society. Copyright 1946.
Manoah P. Clarkson
Manoah P. Clarkson was another of the young men who began
life in the office of the veteran Clerk, Samuel Haycraft. Here, like
Jack Thomas and William Fairleigh, he acquired a smooth and
legible handwriting, an art which went with him through life and
which he retained in a remarkable degree even in old age.
He was born in Virginia, December 28, 1810, and when quite
young came with his father and family to Kentucky. He was a
son of James Fielding Clarkson, a native of Virginia, born April
5, 1784, and who joined the westward migration and came to
Louisville at an early date. After a short period he journeyed on
and upon arriving at the Big Spring Valley was so impressed
with its beauty and prospect that he decided to make it his per-
manent home.
In this attractive spot Manoah spent the remainder of his boy-
hood, and having finished his apprenticeship in the Hardin County
Clerk's office, spent some years clerking in the city of Louisville.
Having decided to devote his attention to farming, he settled at
the celebrated Grayson Springs. In 1839 President Jackson's
Postmaster General, Amos Kendall, of Kentucky, appointed him
postmaster, a position he held for half a century. The town of
Clarkson in Grayson county (once a part of Hardin) was named
for him. His first wife was Miss Zerilda, daughter of David and
Mary (Moorman) Herndon. Their children were Fannie Z. (Yates)
and Oscar, who died in childhood.
HIs first wife, having died, Manoah, on October 25, 1856, mar-
ried Miss Sarah F., daughter of Jacob and Martha (Shrewsbury)
Vanmeter, of Bowling Green.
James Fielding Clarkson, father of Manoah, developed Grayson
Springs, and in 1868 the Vanmeters, of Bowling Green, began
extensive improvements, which made it a noted and fashionable
watering place. William B. Allen, in his History of Kentucky, pub-
lished in 1872, said: "It is a watering place of considerable note.
With the hotel and cottages, some five or six hundred persons,
perhaps a greater number, can be comfortably accommodated.
Within a little valley, less than half an acre in extent, are an
immense number of springs, some of them more strongly impreg-
nated with sulphur, it is said, than any other springs in the United
States. Some of them are very cold, and others very warm. It is
said that many remarkable cures have been effected by the use of
the waters." William S. Vanmeter died there in 1884, and soon af-
terwards the property sold for $100,000.
Manoah Clarkson died some fifty years ago at the home of his
nephew, J. R. Clarkson, at Gaither's, in Hardin county. His children
by the second wife were James VanMeter Clarkson, born April
14, 1858, and Clinton K., who died young.
James L. Clarkson, a brother of Manoah, also came with the family
from Virginia. He was born at Charlottesville in Albemarle county,
August 31, 1816. He spent his life from early boyhood in the Big
Spring Valley, where he was a large farmer and highly respected
citizen. This valley is of outstanding natural attraction, and is con-
nected with many interesting incidents in the early settlement and
development of the county. The spring itself is of large volume, the
stream flowing but a very short distance and disappearing under-
ground after passing under a bridge or causeway of natural forma-
tion. The village that grew up around it became an important center
in the early days. James L. Clarkson married Miss Mary S., dau-
ghter of Jesse P. and Martha (Stith) Moorman. Their children were
Ophelia, Ben S., James Richard, Jesse F., Martha E., Mary L. and
Nancy L., and two died in infancy.
Of these children Ophelia became the wife of Jesse L. Talbott, a
well known citizen of near Elizabethtown. James Richard was a
prominent farmer and substantial citizen and operated a farm at
Gaithers, on the L & N Railroad in Hardin county, for some forty
years. His wife was Miss Molly S. Simmons, daughter of W. P.
and Sophronia Mary Simmons. He died in 1922. Mary L. married
Alex D. McCans, a native of Meade county, who entered the hotel
business at Elizabethtown in 1888 at the old Stith House. In 1894
he moved to the old Hill House, now the Brown-Pusey (Commun-
ity) House, where he did a thriving business. After the death of
his first wife he married Mrs. Ada Meador. Martha E. married Wil-
liam Adams, of Bowling Green. Nancy L. married James VanMeter
Clarkson, son of Manoah Clarkson.
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Looking for Michael, Colin, Pauline, Gillian, Their mother was Gwen/Gwendaline (Nee Wardle). They were in Perth Australia in 1966.
10447 MEADE CO - CLARKSON, BENJAMIN S - Clarkson, Stith, Moreman, Talbott,
Adams, McCans, Richardson, Shacklett
#10447: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 1, Kentucky: A History of
the State by Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886. Meade County.
BENJAMIN S. CLARKSON was born December 13, 1840, in Meade County. His
father, James L. Clarkson, was born August 31, 1816, near Petersburg, Va.
When about three years old he came with his parents to Kentucky, and for
one year lived on the Ohio River, three miles below Rock Haven. He is a son
of James F. Clarkson, who was born April 5, 1784, in Campbell County, Va.
He was a farmer and settled and improved Grayson Springs. He was a son of
Manoah Clarkson, who was also a Virginian and of Scotch or Irish descent.
James L. Clarkson was married, about 1837, to Miss Mary S., daughter of
Jesse P. and Martha (Stith) Moremen. To them have been born Ophelia,
(Talbott), Benjamin S., James R., Jesse F., Martha E. (Adams), Mary L.
(McCans) and Nancy L. (Clarkson). November 5, 1867, Benjamin S. married
Miss Julia Richardson, daughter of Orla C. And Mary (Shacklett) Richardson.
To them have been born Gus R. (deceased), Fannie J., Ben S., Lydia and Mary
O. Mr. Clarkson is a farmer and stock-farmer; having started with some
little assistance, he has by labor and economy become the owner of more
than 900 acres of well improved land in good condition; he is a believer in
the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics is a
Democrat.