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Author: taddclarkson
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My email address is taddclarkson(a)yahoo.com - I will reply here in case others can make further use of this thread, but I will send additional info as I come across it via email. Most of what I have right now comes out of a single letter from my grandmother; additional family resources are on their way to me.
I am told my gggf was named Joe; the publication "Haddock's Wilmington (NC) Directory" for 1871 lists a Joseph Clarkson, clerk at Brock and Webb, residing on Front Street below Market. My ggf, Thomas Alexander Clarkson, was born 1871 in Wilmington and the family moved to Nashville TN 1871-2.
The Wilson name intrigues me as well. My ggf TAC married Bessie Wilson of Nashville in 1902. Family story is that Bessie's father was born in India to James Wilson, who was an early Presbyterian missionary there. Let me know if that sounds like your Wilsons and I'll pass along that info as well.
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Author: clarksonj37
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I have a strong suspicion that we are related. My middle name is Alexander. My father was Alexander Wilson Clarkson. He had a brother named Thomas who had no children. Their father, my paternal gf was also a Thomas W. Clarkson , born in the Clinton,N.C.( Sampson) area, moved to St. Louis where he married Mary Brynes. In due course they moved to Decatur, Illinois. My paternal ggf was Thomas and I believe he married a Wilson. One of the children born in Clinton was a son who moved to Wilmington and married there. One or more moved to Texas. There is a Civil War story. How do I contact you? My address is Jacl@sbcglobal.net...Jim Clarkson Brighton, Michigan
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Author: taddclarkson
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Hoping this thread hasn't gone totally cold . . .
I am Thomas Alexander Clarkson IV of Asheville North Carolina. My G-Grandfather TAC I was born 7/11/1871 in Wilmington NC to Joe and Fanny Dickson Clarkson (family legend is that TAC I was named for his grandfather - who was born at Gibraltar to a British Navy man). Joe moved his family to Nashville TN in the mid 1870's and died shortly thereafter (family legend says killed in a bar fight - hit in the head with a cuspidor). TAC I worked for the NC&StL railroad for 65 years, died 1956, TAC II (1910-1998) lived and died in Nashville, TAC III (1937-) lives in Nashville.
Any help moving back in time along this line would be greatly appreciated.
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