Louisa was born 4/5/1844 in Union County, Indiana. She was the daughter of David and Isabella (Long) Honeyman. Louisa was about 10 years old when her mother passed away on 9/11/1855, in Union County, Indiana. Isabella is buried in Silver Creek Cemetery. On 9/24/1857 David married Isabella Long's widowed sister, Jane (Long) Malaby Noble.
In the fall of 1864 David and Jane Honeyman decided to leave Union County, Indiana and move to Mercer County, Illinois to join Jane's married daughter. They, along with several other relatives made up a large wagon train and set out for Illinois. At the time Louisa was 19 years old. Also on the train were her siblings; Albert B. Noble, age 13, Lewis A. Noble, age 11, Charles W. Noble, age 8, Isabelle Honeyman, age 4. It took the train about three months to travel from Indiana to Illinois, arriving in Jan 1865. The families who came to Mercer County with the Honeyman wagon train settled in New Boston Township.
Three years after arriving in Mercer County, Louisa married widower, Thomas J. Jackson as his second wife, on 8/12/1868.
Thomas and Louisa had two children:
Gideon Jackson, b. 4/23/1875, d. 1955
Myrtle P. Jackson, b. 1881, d. 1881
Louisa was born 4/5/1844 in Union County, Indiana. She was the daughter of David and Isabella (Long) Honeyman. Louisa was about 10 years old when her mother passed away on 9/11/1855, in Union County, Indiana. Isabella is buried in Silver Creek Cemetery. On 9/24/1857 David married Isabella Long's widowed sister, Jane (Long) Malaby Noble.
In the fall of 1864 David and Jane Honeyman decided to leave Union County, Indiana and move to Mercer County, Illinois to join Jane's married daughter. They, along with several other relatives made up a large wagon train and set out for Illinois. At the time Louisa was 19 years old. Also on the train were her siblings; Albert B. Noble, age 13, Lewis A. Noble, age 11, Charles W. Noble, age 8, Isabelle Honeyman, age 4. It took the train about three months to travel from Indiana to Illinois, arriving in Jan 1865. The families who came to Mercer County with the Honeyman wagon train settled in New Boston Township.
Three years after arriving in Mercer County, Louisa married widower, Thomas J. Jackson as his second wife, on 8/12/1868.
Thomas and Louisa had two children:
Gideon Jackson, b. 4/23/1875, d. 1955
Myrtle P. Jackson, b. 1881, d. 1881
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