Duval County FlArchives Biographies.....CLARKSON, THEODORE H. April 9, 1887 - 
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923,  Vol. III pg.168

	CLARKSON, THEODORE H., still a young man, during the fifteen years 
that he has been engaged in business here he has displayed mature judgment and 
clear foresight, and while earning his own livelihood he has contributed 
partly to the development of Jacksonville and its environs in the settlement 
and sale of subdivision property in the northerly suburbs and outskirts.
	Mr. CLARKSON is but another example of the fact that native sons are 
present to carry on the work of their fathers and pioneer grandfathers.  He 
was born at Jacksonville, April 9, 1887, and is a son of WALTER B. CLARKSON, a 
native of the State of Virginia.  The father, a man of excellent education and 
highly developed intellectual gifts, came to Florida in 1881 and engaged in 
the profession of teaching, which he followed at both St. Augustine and 
Jacksonville.  For a time he, WALTER B. CLARKSON, took up the study of law, 
and in 1898 was admitted to the bar.  He then took up the practice of his 
calling, which he followed with some success for a period of eleven years, 
attaining a recognized place at the bar and an eminent reputation.  WALTER B. 
CLARKSON’s death occurred in 1910, at which time Jacksonville lost a citizen 
who had been upright, honorable and public-spirited and who had contributed 
through his influence to the welfare of the city.  During the career of WALTER 
B. CLARKSON his fellow-citizens expressed their faith in him by choosing him 
as the incumbent of a number of offices, among them member of the City 
Council, member of the Board of Trustees of the Free Public Library and member 
of the Duval County School Board, and in all of these capacities he discharged 
his duties in an entirely capable and conscientious manner.  He was a church 
man and lived his faith.  WALTER B. CLARKSON was twice married, his first wife 
being Miss LEAH HARTRIDGE, who died in 1888, leaving two children.  THEODORE 
H. and ANNIE.  By a later marriage Mr. CLARKSON became the father of one child.
	THEODORE H. CLARKSON received much of his early educational training 
under the preceptorship of his accomplished father; and for two years was 
under the tutelage of private teachers, and also attended the public schools 
for a period of about 4 ½ years.  As a lad, in order to have pocket money and 
also to work off excess energy, he sold and delivered newspapers on the 
streets of Jacksonville.  He began to take part in small real estate deals 
when still a youth, and in 1908 embarked in this business as his regular line 
of endeavor.  Mr. CLARKSON devotes himself to his business.  He is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is unmarried.


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