Found this, thought someone could use it, Vickie John W. Clarkson, who has served continuously since 1906 as county superintendent of schools of Marion county, has contributed in large measure to the development and progress of the schools of this county, and has gained an enviable standing among the leading educators of his section of the state. Mr. Clarkson was born at Raywick, Marion county, on Friday, the 13th of August, 1875, and is a son of Henry and Mary Jane (Lamkin) Clarkson. The father, who was born in Washington county, this state, September 1, 1841, and died in Lebanon, April 16, 1923, devoted his life to farming, gave his political support to the democratic party and was a faithful member of the Roman Catholic church. During the Civil war he served in General Morgan's Cavalry and was captured on the Ohio side of the river, put in the state prison at Cincinnati, and later transferred to the federal prison at Rock Island, Illinois, where he was kept in chains for ten days as a suspected spy. He was a son of Edward and Nancy (Turner) Clarkson, both of whom were born in Maryland and died in Washington county, Kentucky. Mr. Clarkson followed farming, was a member of the Roman Catholic church and supported the democratic party. Mary Jane Lamkin, the mother of John W. Clarkson, was born in Raywick, Kentucky, February 24, 1855, and is now living in Lebanon. She is a daughter of John and Margaret (Wright) Lamkin, of whom the former was born in Raywick and the latter in Bardstown, this state, their deaths occurring at Raywick. Mr. Lamkin was engaged in the hotel business, was a democrat in politics and a member of the Roman Catholic church. John W. Clarkson attended the public schools of Marion county and the high school at Lebanon, after which he was a student in St. Mary's College and took two years' work at the Western Teachers' College at Bowling Green. He taught in the rural and village schools of Marion and Nelson counties until November, 1905, when he was elected county superintendent of schools of Marion county. He soon demonstrated his qualifications for this position and the public confidence in him has been evidenced in the fact that he has been successively reelected and is still the incumbent of that office, the duties of which he has discharged in a manner that reflects great credit on his ability. On January 3, 1906, in Calvary, Kentucky, Mr. Clarkson was united in marriage to Miss Ann Lenette Cooper, who was born near New Market, Kentucky, August 22, 1874, and is a daughter of Samuel Smith and Susie (Spalding) Cooper. Her father was born in Marion county, February 6, 1845, and died in Lebanon, August 28, 1916. He had devoted his life to farming, was a member of the Roman Catholic church and was a democrat in politics. His wife was born near St. Mary's, Marion county, in 1850, and died near New Market, November 14, 1878. Samuel S. Cooper was a son of Philip and Cordelia (Smith) Cooper, who lived on the Rolling Fork river, near Raywick, Kentucky, where Mr. Cooper operated a farm and a distillery and at one time served as sheriff of Marion county. He was a democrat and a member of the Roman Catholic church. Susie Spalding was a daughter of William and Catherine (McAtee) Spalding, who lived in Marion county, where the father followed farming. He was a Southern sympathizer during the Civil war, supported the democratic party and was a Roman Catholic in his religious faith. Mrs. Clarkson attended the public schools of Marion county and the parochial school in Lebanon, completing her education in St. Catherine's Academy, in Washington county. She is a member of the Roman Catholic church, the Christian Mothers' Society and St. Vincent de Paul Society. Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson are the parents of six children. Susan Elizabeth, born March 17, 1907, died August 9, 1907; Felix L. Clarkson, born August 9, 1908, attended St. Augustine's high school, graduated at St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Kansas, and is now at St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana; Samuel Cooper, born August 27, 1910, is a student in the Lebanon high school; Mary Catherine was born May 22, 1913; Dorothy Louise was born July 14, 1916; Lucy Craycroft was born October 15, 1918, and died February 6, 1920. Mr. Clarkson is a democrat in his political views, is a member of St. Augustine's Catholic church and belongs to Lebanon Council, No. 1264, K. C., of which he is grand knight. During the World war he took an active part in all of the local drives and during all the years of his residence in this locality he has never been found wanting in his support of such measures as have been calculated to advance the public welfare. He is a man of fine personal qualities, while his earnest and consistent life has won for him the sincere respect of his fellowmen.