𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬

 

submitted by Rene Torres

Mrs. Clearwater

Clearwater, Theresa Clark

Theresa Clark Clearwater, first teacher in Cameron County, daughter of William H. Clark, was born on December 9, 1853, at Clarksville in Cameron County.

In 1872 she received a state teaching certificate and a salary of fifty five dollars a month to teach in the first Cameron County School. Theresa was one of the first certified teachers in the area.

In 1875 Theresa Clark married Joseph H. Clearwater, they had two children. After her husband died in 1879 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, she returned to Point Isabel, than moved to Brownsville where she taught school from 1882 to 1936. She died on September 28, 1938.

Clearwater Elementary School was named in her honor.