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James Otis Clarkson Sr.

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James Otis Clarkson Sr.

Birth
Shelby County, Missouri, USA
Death
25 Nov 1979 (aged 79)
Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Hunnewell, Shelby County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.6703027, Longitude: -91.8794874
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Otis "as he was preferred to be called", was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth Carothers Clarkson.

He was married to Bessie Marie Simmons August 28, 1950. There is a marriage certificate in Arkansas dated October 28, 1950 with the same birth date of James and Bess. (maybe they remarried)?

1930 & 1940 Census shows them as being married living in Hunnewell, MO. Their stillborn twins were born in 1925. States he was married at the age of 26 which would have been 1926.
Uncle Otis worked for the Highway Department and also was a linesmen for the phone company.

He and aunt Bess were very much soul mates, they loved to fish, play pinochle and pitch.
Otis "as he was preferred to be called", was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth Carothers Clarkson.

He was married to Bessie Marie Simmons August 28, 1950. There is a marriage certificate in Arkansas dated October 28, 1950 with the same birth date of James and Bess. (maybe they remarried)?

1930 & 1940 Census shows them as being married living in Hunnewell, MO. Their stillborn twins were born in 1925. States he was married at the age of 26 which would have been 1926.
Uncle Otis worked for the Highway Department and also was a linesmen for the phone company.

He and aunt Bess were very much soul mates, they loved to fish, play pinochle and pitch.


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