Person:Emily Lorentz (1)

Obituary contributed by Jack Tetrick: MRS. JACKSON LAID TO REST Mother of Mr. W. Scott Jackson, of this city, buried on Monday. Mrs. M. V. (sic) Jackson, widow of the late Blackwell Jackson, and mother of Mr. W. Scott Jackson and Mrs. James A. Grant, of Grafton, who died at her home in Jane Lew Saturday at noon at the age of 80 years, after a long illness of a complication of maladies incident to the infirmities of advanced age was laid to rest Monday afternoon. The services were conducted at the residence in Jane Lew, and the interment was made in the family burial ground at Broad Run. Besides Mrs. Grant and Mr. Jackson of this city, she is survived by five other children in the persons of the following: Lloyd L., of Baltimore; Charles, in Oregon and George of Jane Lew, and Miss Mollie, at home. In this sad bereavement Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Grant, as well as the other relatives have the sympathy of a large number of friends in Grafton.

Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name: George Lorentz
Bride Name: Elizabeth Cookman
Marriage Date: 25 Apr 1822
County: Lewis
State: Virginia

1880 Hackers Creek Dist., Lewis County, WV Census:
Emily 53
George 26
Marcellus 24
Scot 16
Joseph B 8
Georgia Norris 9 granddaughter est birth year 1871
Mary E. Jackson 27

BURIAL: Broad Run Cemetery, Row 5.

From Tetrick Family Research: After marriage the couple moved to a house in Jane Lew which was built with wood nails and was occupied by armies during the Civil War.

1. ↑ Email from Paula Mellor researcher4907-tree add the at, yahoo add the dot com.

   Cemeteries of Lewis County, WV, HCPD, pg 126

2.   Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
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3.   Email from descendant, S. N. Cesshine.
4.   Compiled by Mitchell C. Harrison, Prominent and Progressive Americans: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biog
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