Clarkson, Francis O.

Francis Osborne Clarkson (1895-1984), lawyer, jurst, and civic and religious leader, of Charlotte, N.C.

From the description of Francis O. Clarkson papers, 1903-1982 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 46547910

Francis Osborne Clarkson (1895-1984), of Charlotte, N.C., was a University of North Carolina alumnus, lawyer, North Carolina Senator, and North Carolina Superior Court judge. He was married to Cama Burgess Clarkson. His father, North Carolina Supreme Court Judge Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942), and his mother, Mary Osborne Clarkson, also lived in Charlotte, N.C. The Clarkson family spent significant time in Little Switzerland, a vacation community in Western North Carolina that was founded circa 1909 by Heriot Clarkson.

Edwin Augustus Osborne was the father of Mary Osborne Clarkson. He was a lawyer, Confederate colonel, Episcopal priest, and superintendent of Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte, N.C., from its founding in 1892 until 1898. He also served as a chaplain in the Spanish-American War. His other daughter, Josephine A. Osborne (1880-1966), never married. In the years after her parents' deaths she conducted extensive research into her family's genealogy.

From the guide to the Francis O. Clarkson Papers, ., 1903-1982, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)