Mary Kate Johnson, was born on May 28, 1888 in Corsicana, Texas to Dr. Samuel Wistar Johnson and Mary Kate Beaton Johnson. She lived in Corsicana until she married Wiley G Clarkson and they moved to Fort Worth, where he had taken a job with a Fort Worth architectural firm. In 1917, she gave birth to their only child, Wiley G. Clarkson Jr. She was a house wife and mother her whole life. When her husband of 40 years passed away in 1952, she continued to live in their home at 1417 Hillcrest until her death on Nov. 18, 1974. She is buried next to Wiley Sr. and Wiley Jr. in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX. She was a member of the Fort Worth Woman's Club from its earliest days, and a member of the First Methodist Church of Fort Worth
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Mary Kate at about 2 years old
Mary Kate at 3 years old
A teenage Mary Kate with her favorite horse
A teenage Mary Kate driving the first car in Corsicana, her father's car.
1908 College Class Photo
1911 Bridal Portrait
Wiley Sr. and Mary Kate, sometime in 1912
About 1921, Mary Kate, Wiley Sr and my father, Wiley Jr (about 4 yrs old), taken in front of the 1715 6th Ave house
Mary Kate in the 1960's
Mary Kate Beaton Johnson and Dr. Samuel Wistar Johnson
Mary Kate Beaton was the daughter of Alexander Beaton and Elizabeth J. McKinney. She married Dr. Samuel Wistar Johnson. Dr. Johnson was a prominent physician in Corsicana. He later moved to Dallas.
Mary Kate was very beautiful young woman at 19 years old. The above photo was taken in 1884 while she was attending school by B. M Clinedinst's Art Galleries in Staunton, Va.
Mary Kate Beaton wedding portrait at 20 yrs old
This photo was taken when she was in her mid to late 30's
Dr. Samual Wistar Johnson
Parents of Mary Kate Beaton
Mary Kate Beaton's Father, Alexander Beaton. Alexander Beaton was one of Corsicana's early settlers and business men.
Elizabeth McKinney
Mary Kate wrote on the back of this photo that this was her mother's mother. There is a very strong resemblance between mother and daughter. Elizabeth is probably in her 20's when this photo was made.
