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Richard Bell Jackson
b.25 Mar 1837 Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States
d.18 Oct 1921 Hedrick, Keokuk, Iowa, United States
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m. 29 Jun 1876
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The following has been re-typed exactly by myself, Richard Hollenbeck, from an old photocopy with some HTML codes inserted for formatting. The only exception is that, where a typed mistake had been corrected by hand, I re-typed correctly it as if the mistake never occured.) (Copy of material written by Lizzie Cruikshank, August 1947) Raymond Richard Jackson, second child of Richard Bell Jackson and Bell Esther Thompson Jackson, was born in Sigourney, Keokuck County, Iowa, August 22, 1880. His older sister, Elva Lily Jackson Sharp (she was named for her mother's sister and Mother) was born May 12, 1877 in Sigourney, Iowa. His younger sister, Sarah1 Adeline Jackson Hollenbeck (she was named for her father's youngest and oldest sisters, Sarah and Adeline) was born June 5, 1883 in Sigourney, Keokuck County, Iowa. Raymond's mother, Belle Esther Thompson Jackson was born in Ohio, February 23, 1850. She moved to Brighton, Iowa in her teens with her parents on an acreage west of Brighton. The Rock Island Railroad commandeered several acres for a right of way. It so depressed her father, Robert Thompson, that he returned to Pennsylvania and drowned imself in the James river in the eighties. Her mother and sister Elva moved to Pasadena, Calif. with the brother Alexander Thompson who was a Congregational minister. Elva taught in the public schools and died out there of tuberculosis. Her mother lived to be over 903 years old and died in Calif. Richard Bell Jackson helped to support them in their old age. (I have given you the history of Belle Esther's education)4. Alexander Thompson has a daughter who is still living in California and teaching in the public schools. She is married and has a child. She is Raymont's cousin, Sadie Hollenbeck can tell you about her. Belle Esther Thompson Jackson died of pneumonia at Sarah Adeline Jackson Hollenbeck's home in Carson, Wash, while on a visit there after her husband's death. She was buried in the west cemetery at Sigourney, Iowa, beside her husband and his first wife. Raymond's father was the oldest son of William Bell Jackson and Mary Adeline Sawyer. The father, Richard Bell Jackson was born March 25, 1837 at Piqua, Ohio. His father was born in Londonerry Scotland near Glasgow--the son of Richard and Mary Bell. Mary Bell's last name was carried on in the son's and grandson's name. As a young man William Bell Jackson was a scientific gardener, having taken a college course in the subject. Later he came to America, south Carolina. His brother James had gone to America previously and was working a cotton ranch on an island off the coast of S. Carolina on an island with the help of many slaves5. William had a dream he could do the same thing. He hired out as a supervisor of a large ranch for one year. He became so disheartened and discouraged at the condition and brutal treatment of the slaves all around him that he decided to abandon his dream and go north to a free country. He bought one slave and took her with him north and freed her. He and is brother James bought a team, drove north and bought farms in the neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. James was married. William sent to Scotland for his mother and sister Mary. Later his mother died of small pox. His sister never regained her full mentality after having the disease. She lived with William and his family untel her death late in life. She was a wonderful artist and taught art to William daughters. Richard Bell Jackson's mother died when he was ten years old. He had two sisters younger than himself6--Sarah and Adeline. When his mother died he was sent to the country to live with David Kite on a farm. Mrs. Kite was his mother's sister. The two girls lived in Piqua with aunts. Later Richard was brought to town to live with his aunt Sarah Muchmore whose husband was a furniture merchant and he helped her in the store. Later Richard and his father and family went to Rockford, Ill. where his brother James had gone previously. They stayed there a year when they moved to Sigourney, Iowa, where they engaged in the hardware busines.. The father later bought a farm on the eastern limits of Sigourney where he built a house similar to the ranch homes of the south of S. Carolina. He farmed, raised fruit and vegetables extensively and various types of stock. Richard Bell Jackson then went into the hardware business with Benjamin James Jackson, a son of William's brother James. When they sold out their business some years later Benjamin and family went back to Rockford, and Richard Bell Jackson was elected clerk of the court of Keokuk County, and served for four years there. He then engaged in selling Plows and other machinery for the Morrison plow company of Fort Madison. He with his family moved to Fort Madison and after a few years bought a farm in Missouri near La Plata7 by paying the back taxes. He lived there with his family several years and then traded the farm for a general store in Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. His oldest son William who had lived with them a few years went in the business with him. He lived there until his death on Oct. 18 1921. He was buried in the west cemetery in Sigourney by his first wife. Footnotes added by Richard Hollenbeck |
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