- John H Jackson, retired ranchman, single
Father: Hugh Jackson
Mother: Sophia
Informant: Ralph Barrow
Excerpts from John's will made 3 aug 1932, and filed 23 jan 1934
FOURTH. ... Trustee shall pay the following special legacies, to wit; to my four nieces, Mrs. Lollie Barrow Johnson, of Beamont, Texas; Mrs. Edna Barrow Smith, of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Ezmah Barrow Reagan, of Mountain View, California; and Mrs. Alice Barrow Stevens, of Mountain View, California, each Five Thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in cash. To my nephew Ralph J. Barrow, of Chambers County, Texas, for whom I have already made liberal provision by gifts during my lifetime of substantial property, the trustee shall pay One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in cash
FIFTH: The residue of the trust fund, as realized by sales, settlements and collections, after payment of expenses of management, and from time to time as accumulated, shall be paid in equal parts to the following named persons, to-wit: one-fifth (1/5) to Felix Jackson, of Chambers County, Texas; one-fifth (1/5) to Arthur A Jackson, of Chambers County, Texas; one-fifth (1/5), to Ocie R. Jackson, of Chambers County, Texas; one-fifth (1/5) to Mamie L Marshall, of Chicago, Illinois (formerly Mamie Jackson, of Chambers County, Texas); one-fifth (1/5) to Lena V. Whibby, of Chicago, IL (formerly Lena Jackson, of Chambers County, Texas).
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- John H Jackson, retired ranchman, single
Father: Hugh Jackson
Mother: Sophia
Informant: Ralph Barrow
JOHN H JACKSON RITES ARE TODAY
84-Year Old Chambers County Man was Leading Landholder
Funeral rites for John H Jackson, 84, Chambers county resident since early childhood who died yesterday morning in the home of his nephew, Ralph J Barrow, Double Bayou, will be held in the Pipkin and Brulin chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Re. J W Mills, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate, and burial will be in Magnolia cemetery.
Mr. Jackson was born in Liberty in 1848, the grandson of one of the men who came with Stephen F. Austin to Texas from Louisiana.
Starts As Merchant
His parents died while John H Jackson was a small child, and with other relatives he moved to Double Bayou, near Anahuac. He spent the remainder of his life in that vicinity.
As a merchant at Double Bayou, he accumulated a small amount of money and began buying land and in time he became one of the largest landholders and ranchers of southeast Texas. He was the third man in this section of the state to put his land and stock under fence. His brand was the J.N.
The Jackson home, still standing was built from lumber brought to Texas from Louisiana by water.
Attak Indigestion
Mr. Jackson suffered an attack of what appeared to be indigestion Sunday afternoon, lapsed into unconsciousness and never recovered.
Surviving are his wife, Charlotte, and three sons and two daughters, Felix, Arthur and Ocie, and Manie and Lena, and four neices, Mrs. Alice Stevens and Mrs. R L Reagan of California, Mrs. Edna B Smith of Houston and Mrs. G M Johnson of Beaumont.
Pallbearers will be Guy C. Jackson, Claude Jackson, Ray Canada, Guy K Jackson Jr., W L Pondrom and Ashley Weaver.
- copy of the original newspaper clipping provided by Michael Ann Coker by email 5 mar 2010.
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