Below was sent to me by a family member to be posted:
Hyre Jackson was educated and practiced as a lawyer before coming west with his family in 1854. He took a Donation Land Claim on the north plain near his brothers but was more inclined to public service. In time he was elected County Judge and later County Treasurer. Struck suddenly by a heart attack his last words were "the money is in the safe and keys are in my pocket." Hyer's family was not spared another cruel tragedy when their despondent daughter committed suicide by swallowing ground glass and strychnine. A son Preston served during the Civil War as a volunteer guarding the border against Indians.
Below was sent to me by a family member to be posted:
Hyre Jackson was educated and practiced as a lawyer before coming west with his family in 1854. He took a Donation Land Claim on the north plain near his brothers but was more inclined to public service. In time he was elected County Judge and later County Treasurer. Struck suddenly by a heart attack his last words were "the money is in the safe and keys are in my pocket." Hyer's family was not spared another cruel tragedy when their despondent daughter committed suicide by swallowing ground glass and strychnine. A son Preston served during the Civil War as a volunteer guarding the border against Indians.
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In Memory Of
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A native of Virginia
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Beloved husband sleep thou and rest
Until the day the Lord thy God
calls thee.
Family Members
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Ester Jackson
1801–1835
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Elizabeth Permelia Jackson Pribble
1802–1862
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Henry J. Jackson
1813–1865
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Amanda Melvina Jackson Pribble
1816–1902
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Rachel Cecelia Jackson Miller
1817–1912
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John Henderson Brake Jackson
1820–1869
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Jacob Jackson
1821–1823
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Ulysses Jackson
1824–1882
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Mary Sophia Madelena Rosa Janis Jackson Wyrick
1827–1906
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