Person:Benjamin Jackson (47)

m. 5 Jul 1884
  1. Glen Earl Jackson1885 - 1957
  2. Merlyn Floyd Jackson, Sr.1887 - 1988
  3. Louisa Katherine Jackson1891 - 1988
  4. Prudence Jackson1894 - 1991
  5. Benjamin Richard Jackson1896 - 1973
  6. Robert Jackson1899 - 1973
  7. Jesse Onstot Jackson1902 - 1977
  8. Theodore Marcus Jackson1904 - 1934
m. Jan 1915
  1. Eileen Mildred Jackson1916 - 2007
m. Abt 1940
  1. Frances Kay Jackson1940 - 2000
m. Abt 1956
Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Richard Jackson
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 20 Jun 1896 Forest City, Mason Co., Illinois, United States
Marriage Jan 1915 to Nora 'Marie' Mahr
Marriage Abt 1940 to Olive Audrey Bissell
Marriage Abt 1956 to Hildreth Mary Montooth
Residence[3] 1957 Bath, Mason Co., Illinois, United States
Death[2] 15 Mar 1973 Dunedin, Pinellas Co., Florida, United States
Burial[2] Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin, Tazewell Co., Illinois, United States

1900 Census Dist 57, Forest City, Mason Co., Illinois Jackson, Fuller Head W M Aug 1860 39 M14yrs IL OH OH painter Jackson, Lula wife W F Oct 1865 34 M14yrs 7ch/6 lvg IL IL OH housewife Jackson, Glen son W M Aug 1885 14 S IL IL IL Jackson, Merlyn son W M June 1887 12 S IL IL IL Jackson, Louisa dau W F Sep 1891 8 S IL IL IL Jackson, Prudence dau W F Jun 1894 6 S IL IL IL Jackson, Benjamine son W M Jun 1896 3 S IL IL IL Jackson, Robert son W M May 1899 1 S IL IL IL A few households up, same census page, are Benjamin's parents, Josiah and Mary Ann.

1910 Census Dist 0063, Forest City, Mason, Illinois Jackson, Benjamin F. Head M W 49 M1 25yrs IL OH OH Jackson, Lulu C. wife F W 44 M1 25yrs 9ch/8 lvg IL IL OH Jackson, Merlyn son M W 22 S IL IL IL Jackson, Louisa dau F W 18 S IL IL IL (indexed as Cuis) Jackson, Prudence dau F W 16 S IL IL IL Jackson, Benjamin son M W 13 S IL IL IL Jackson, Robert son M W 10 S IL IL IL Jackson, Jesse son M W 7 S IL IL IL Jackson, Theodore son M W 3 S IL IL IL (ancestry has 8; viewer has 6) This record at ancestry.com was VERY faint. Some ages have been recorded on the index as different than what I can make out from the image. Other viewers have sent ancestry.com suggested althernative dates, but this transcription will have the ages as I read them from the image.

Obituary copied from his Find-a-Grave memorial page: Published in the Pekin Times, Thursday March 15, 1973 B.R. Jackson Dies In Fla.; Rites Monday

Funeral services for Benjamin Richard Jackson, 76, formerly of Pekin, a resident of Clearwater, Fla. for the past 16 years, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Kuecks Funeral Home. Rev. William Pruett, pastor of First United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Lake View cemetery. Friends may call at Kuecks from 2 until 4 and from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Jackson died at 5 a.m. today Mar. 15, 1973 in Mease hospital at Dunedin, Fla. Born at Forest City June 20, 1896, he was a son of Fuller and Lulu Onstott Jackson.

Mr. Jackson was the owner and operator of the Jackson Motor Co. which was located in Pekin at the corner of First and Elizabeth streets in the 1930's. He was a member of the Clearwater United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife Hildreth; two daughters, Mrs. Roy Eileen Bozarth of Pekin, and Mrs. Frances Rech of Clearwater, Fla.; three brothers, Robert of Canton, Merlyn of Forest City, and Jesse of Bath; two sisters, Mrs. Louisa K. Palmer of Manito, and Mrs. Prudence Folkman of Canton; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A son preceded him in death.

References
  1. United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
    Dist 57, Forest City, Mason Co., Illinois.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave
    Memorial# 92783768.
  3. Obituary.

    'Ben' is a surviving brother in the 1957 obituary of his brother Glen Earl Jackson.

  4.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
    Dist 0063, Forest City, Mason, Illinois.
  5.   Obituary
    1973 obituary of Benjamin Jackson posted in his Notes.