Laura Frances Jackson

Notes:

Died:
Deceased Name: LAURA JACKSON HOWE

Services Friday

FREDERICKSBURG - A memorial service for Laura Jackson Howe, 60, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville.

Laura passed away Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002, in Fredericksburg after a long illness. She was born Aug. 23, 1942, in Beaumont and was the daughter of the late Katherine Cook Jackson and Guy Cade Jackson Jr. of Kerrville. Laura was the great-great-granddaughter of two of Texas' early pioneers, Humphrey Jackson of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 Texas colonists, and Alcalde of San Jacinto and James Taylor White I, earliest Anglo cattle rancher in East Texas.

She was a graduate of Anahuac High School in 1960 and attended Stephen's College in Columbia, Mo. She was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Hill Country Cattlewomen's Association and James Taylor White I chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Laura was a past member of Anahuac Assembly of Rainbow for Girls, former Mother Advisor of Kerrville Assembly of Rainbow for Girls and 10-year member of Order of Eastern Star. She was a board member of the Kerrville Independent School District in the early 1970s.

Laura, along with her husband, owned and operated Gallops, a popular riverside café on the Guadalupe River in Hunt, as well as a successful catering business. She was an accomplished chef and cooked with Julia Child at the Aspen Food and Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo., and the International Epicurean Society in San Antonio. In addition, she taught several cooking classes for Macy's in San Antonio.

She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Larry Lyle Howe of Kerrville; three daughters, Laura Katherine Howe of Kerrville, Elizabeth Howe Loggie and husband, Charles Bashum Loggie Jr., of San Antonio and Laura Petsch Lewis of Kerrville; three grandchildren, Francis Mark Howe and Katherine Cade Howe of Kerrville and Olivia Briggs Loggie of San Antonio; grandniece, Sarah Cade Jackson of Kerrville; two brothers, Guy Cade Jackson III and wife, Linda, of Anahuac and James Robert Jackson and wife, Erin, of Beach City; in addition to many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, other relatives and friends.

Honorary pallbearers are Guy Robert Jackson, Stephen Jackson, Art Wilson, Ridge Floyd, Brent Waldoch, David Ross and Jim Weeks.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 320 St. Peter St., Kerrville, Texas 78028, and Hill Country Memorial Hospital Women's Pavilion, P.O. Box 835, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Overby Funeral Home.

(from Adam Edwards - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I17798)

Notes:

The Handbook of Texas Online


JACKSON, GUY CADE, JR. (1905-1980). Guy Cade Jackson, Jr., county judge, businessman, and conservationist, was born on June 24, 1905, at Galveston, one of seven children of Guy Cade and Berta Nell (Briggs) Jackson, and a grandson of early cattleman James Jackson. His boyhood on the J-K Ranch at Double Bayou was popularized in his brother Ralph Semmes Jackson's memoirs, Home on the Double Bayou. As a young man, Jackson briefly lived in West Texas and worked as a successful traveling salesman. He was married in 1930 to Mary Katherine Cook; they had three children. Their eldest son, Guy C. III, served as county judge in 1977-78.

Jackson was elected county commissioner in 1928 and two years later won election as one of the youngest county judges in Texas. He held this office from 1931 to 1944. In office he was instrumental in establishing the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District. He resigned in August 1944 to become one of the new district's three commissioners. He served on the CLCND board from 1944 to 1948 and 1952 to 1960. Both as county judge and as CLCND chairman he championed development of the Trinity River watershed. He helped organize the Forward Trinity Valley Association in 1940 and the Fraternity of the White Heron in 1944, two groups that worked actively to promote these same projects. He also served as a director of the Trinity Improvement Association. These activities led Jackson to take an early role in conservation activities. In 1944 he helped to found and served as the first president of the Texas Water Conservation Association. He also helped establish the Trinity Bay Conservation District and in 1952-53 chaired a statewide study commission on water use and conservation for Governor Allan Shivers.

During the Tidelands controversy in the early 1950s, he chaired the statewide Citizens Tidelands Committee, and during the 1952 presidential campaign he was among several prominent Texas Democrats to support Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower. Jackson led an effort in 1949 to establish a Chambers County Historical Society. He and his wife moved to Kerrville in 1960, when he retired from active politics and his law practice. At the time of his death there on April 24, 1980, he was serving as a director of the Upper Guadalupe River. He also operated an antique store and real estate business. He was a Methodist. He and his wife are buried in the Garden of Memories at Kerrville.


BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jewel Horace Harry, A History of Chambers County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940; rpt., Dallas: Taylor, 1981). Margaret S. Henson and Kevin Ladd, Chambers County: A Pictorial History (Norfolk, Virginia: Donning, 1988). Houston Post, February 13, 1955. Ralph Semmes Jackson, Home on the Double Bayou: Memories of an East Texas Ranch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961). Miriam Partlow, Liberty, Liberty County, and the Atascosito District (Austin: Pemberton, 1974). Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Vol. 3.

Kevin Ladd

Guy married Mary Katherine Cook on 22 Mar 1930. Mary was born on 10 Mar 1905 in Texas; died on 26 Apr 1976 in Kerrville, Kerr Co, Texas; was buried in Garden of Memories, Kerrville, Kerr Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although Guy was the youngest boy, he ran the ranch after his father's death, and brought his bride to live at the family ranch home with his mother, three sisters, and one brother. My mother, living and bearing children in a home that was not her own, did not have an easy time during her early married like. She and my father did not have a home of their own until the brothers and sisters moved to San Antonio some years later.

I remember my father as a stern, quiet man who left the routine disciplining of the children to Mother. However, if things got out of hand it required only one word from him to straighten the children out, and I do not recall that he ever whipped one of the children to enforce his discipline. He stood tall and straight until the day of his death, and never did one word of complaint pass his lips. Although he was never openly affectionate with his children, he quietly devoted his life to their welfare. His reputation for honesty and integrity was never questioned, and he was generous to a fault in helping his neighbors who were in trouble. He had no outside diversion or interests other than his ranch and family, and on the ranch he was known as "cap" or "Mr. Guy" by all the ranch hands and neighbors. He was an excellent horseman and roper and took particular pride in his cutting horses. [sic]. In 1932, when mother's health began to fail, after the birth of Ula Jean, Dad built a home for her in San Antonio, where she could enjoy a drier climate and be closer to dr. Ralph. For a number of years Dad drove back and forth between San Antonio and the ranch, but at last had to give up and stay in San Antonio. This sedentary life did not seem to agree with him, because he did not live many years after moving to San Antonio.

- Home on the Double Bayou by Ralph Semmes Jackson.
(from Adam Edwards, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I501)

Guy married Bertha Nell Briggs in 1904 in Chambers Co, Texas. Bertha was born on 10 Oct 1881 in Wisconsin; died on 05 Jan 1960 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Jackson Cem, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Liberty Co, Texas
• Census: 1860, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 1870, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 1959, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll

Notes:

JACKSON, JAMES (1822-1895). James Jackson, pioneer cattleman and founder of the JHK Ranch in Chambers County, the son of Sarah (Merriman) and Humphrey Jackson,qv was born on Vermillion Bayou in Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, on February 15, 1822. In September 1823 the family moved to an area east of the San Jacinto River in what would later be Harris County. The Jacksons appear on the 1826 census of the Atascosito District. James was orphaned by the deaths of his parents; his mother died in 1824 and his father in 1836. He was married on December 23, 1847, to Sarah White, daughter of pioneer Chambers County cattleman James Taylor White.

They settled first in a crude log cabin on the banks of Double Bayou. Jackson built a second cabin a mile from the first and replaced it over the years by two other much larger structures. His final home, a spacious two-story structure, burned in 1917. The couple had eleven children.Jackson held a number of county offices after the organization of Chambers County in 1858: chief justice, 1862-65; county judge, 1876; sheriff, 1868; county commissioner, 1858-62 and 1880-82; and justice of the peace, 1871-76. Like most Texans of his day, he was devoted to the Democratic party. His principal avocation was cattle ranching, which he began as early as 1842 with a herd of 175 cattle. He appears on the tax rolls of Chambers County as one of its wealthiest citizens, both before and after the Civil War. The JHK Ranch had grown to 26,000 acres by the time of Jackson's death. About 1877 Jackson became the first cattleman in Chambers County to fence any appreciable amount of pastureland. His first fence was constructed of planks nailed to cypress posts, but by 1882 he had switched to wire fencing, which he was also the first in the county to use; he enclosed most of his ranch with the new material.

Jackson died on June 5, 1895, and is buried in Jackson Cemetery at Double Bayou, Chambers County.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jewel Horace Harry, A History of Chambers County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940; rpt., Dallas: Taylor, 1981).
Ralph Semmes Jackson, Home on the Double Bayou: Memories of an East Texas Ranch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961).

Kevin Ladd

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I486

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findagrave:
When living in current day eastern Harris County, he recalls having heard the canon on April 21, 1836 at San Jacinto.Refer to "Home of the Double Bayou" for J. Frank Dobie endorsement of the book written on this man's family.
James was a son of Humphrey Jackson, one of Austin's 300 families who settled in Texas in the 1820's. James was married to Sarah Cade White.
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from adam edwards
James Jackson bought much of the John Dick property at Lone Oak Bayou, near Smith point, following the death of Dick's son, Benjamin. See Benjamin Dick, 1855-1884





Census:
James 28 LA
Sarah 18 TX
Sarah A, 9/12 TX

(Living next door to brother John)
Jackson, John, 30
Sarah, 29
Joney, 5
Letitia, 3
Stearns, Washington, 15, laborer
Jackson, Rufus, 2
Wallis, Solomon, 22, TX, stockman
Wallis, Daniel, 15, TX, stockman
Jeanburn, Leopold, 45, France, blacksmith
Allen, Thomas, 41, Scotland, ship carpenter


Census:
Jackson, James, 38, LA
Sarah, 28, TX
Humphrey T, 8
Mary P, 6
Alice L, 4
Robert, 1
A.B. 16, male*

adam edwards
* who is this A B Jackson? (from
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(note: ss --
AB Jackson is probably nephew, son of Hugh Jackson. Hugh Jackson is probably brother to James.
1850, Sep 25 - Liberty Co, Texas
Hugh Jackson 33 (1817) surveyor 300 LA
Elizabeth S. 27 (1823) MD
Alexander B. 6 (1844) TX
James S. 4 (1846) TX
John H. 2 (1848) TX



Census:
1870; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Chambers, Texas; Roll M593_1578; Page: 149; Image: 301.

Jackson, Jas, 48, LA, stockraiser
Sarah, 38
Sarah, 19
Mary, 16
Alice, 13
Robert, 11
Humphrey, 6
John, 3
Ralph, 4/12
Edward, 8

Census:
Year: 1880; Census Place: Double Bayou, Chambers, Texas; Roll T9_1295; Family History Film: 1255295; Page: 261.4000; Enumeration District: 20; .

Jackson, James, 58, LA, stock raisin & farmer, F born Ireland, M born LA
Sarah, 48, F born VA, M born SC
Mary, 26
Robert, 21, musician
James E, 18
Humphrey H, 16
John C, 13
Raphael S, 10
Guy, 8
Eula Y, 4
Mayes, Alice J, 24 widow
Sherman, Derwood, 6, grandson
Hurd, John B, 42, MI, boarder, school teacher

James married Sarah Cade White on 23 Dec 1847 in Chambers Co, Texas. Sarah (daughter of James Taylor White and Sarah Cade) was born on 13 Jul 1832 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 30 Apr 1917 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried in Jackson Cem, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Chambers Co (Precinct 3), Texas
• Census: 1910, Chambers Co (Precinct 3), Texas

Notes:

Married at age 15, she was a small but determined woman. She weathered the troublous days of the Civil War and the reconstruction period that followed, and weathered the disatrous storms of 1875 and 1900. She was mentally alert, and physically active until the day she died at the age of 85.

Born at "Turtle Bayou" (Chambers Cnty). Youngest Daughter of: James Taylor White (Texas Pioneer and Cattleman.) & Sarah Cade.

On December 23, 1847, married: James Jackson who was the son of: Humphrey Jackson. Humphrey Jackson was a member of Austin's "Old 300 Colonists". His son, James was 10 years Sarah's senior. He was the founder of the JHK RANCH in Chambers Cnty.

James and Sarah first lived in a small log cabin. Their final home was a large two story home that accomodated their 11 children. The house burned in 1917.

Sarah and James were one of the wealthiest families living in Chambers County prior to and after the Civil War.

-Findagrave.com


Census:
1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Chambers, Texas; Roll T623_1619; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 8

Jackson, Sarah, 68, wid
Mary, 46
Mays, Alice, 43
Jackson, Robert, 41
Guy, 26
Ralph, 30, TX, m. 0 yrs
Pearl, 21, TX, parents born KY, m. 0 yrs


James Edward and his family are living next door.

Census:
Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Chambers, Texas; Roll T624_1537; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 407.

Jackson, Sarah, 78, wid
Mary, 54
Alice, 32
Guy C, 38, m. 6 years
Bertha, 36
James, 6
Grey Cade, 4
Zonell, 2
Ralph, 6/12
Robert, 50
Lewis, Henry, 40, servant
Tannie, 25, servant

Died:
D.C.
Name: Sarah Jackson
Death date: 30 Apr 1917
Death place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): white
Age at death: 84 years 9 months 16 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 13 Jul 1832
Birth place: Tx
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: Taylor White
Father birth place: La
Mother name: Sarah Cade
Mother birth place: Sc
Occupation:
Residence: San Antonio
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Double Bayou, Tx
Burial date:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2051856
Digital GS number: 4166226
Image number: 1841
Reference number: 9602
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976