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That same year, Priscilla and Andrew Clarkson's daughter Amelia was the first baby ever <br />baptized there. In a written history of the Church, Amelia Clarkson is credited with <br />starting in 1910 the annual tradition of distributing treats to Louisville's children on <br />Christmas Eve. <br />The following photo shows Andrew Clarkson and Priscilla Hutchinson Clarkson on the <br />left with Priscilla's parents, John and Elizabeth Hutchinson, on the right. It is strongly <br />believed to have been taken outside the Clarkson house at 924 Main in circa 1900. <br />Other related photos show Amelia Clarkson as a girl next to the house shown in the <br />photo. It is possible that Amelia is shown in this photo as the moving child on the left. <br />According to the 1930 census, Priscilla's father, John Hutchinson, moved in with the <br />Clarkson family at 924 Main Street after his wife, Elizabeth, passed away in 1926. John <br />Hutchinson and Andrew Clarkson both died in 1931. Louisville directories show that <br />Priscilla continued to live in the house until her death in 1938. <br />Amelia Clarkson married in 1916, moved away and had a son, and returned with her son <br />John Hancock (but not with her husband) to Louisville in the late 1930s following the <br />death of her mother and moved back into 924 Main. She worked as a clerk at Mary's <br />Market in the 800 block of Main St. John Hancock (1918-1979) served in World War II. <br />In 1947, Amelia Clarkson Hancock sold the original parcel that she had inherited, <br />consisting of both Lots 9 & 10, Block 1, to G.R. and Marguerite Henning and moved with <br />her son to Denver. The Hennings sold it to John Madonna Sr., who sold it to his son-in- <br />law, Joe D'Amato, in 1948. <br />3 <br />