Person:Givin Jackson (1)

OBR: owned the North Branch Stock Farm, Earlham, Iowa.

G. D. Jackson, residing on section 18, Madison township, is a progressive young agriculturist and worthy native son of this county and the proprietor of the Maple Lawn Farm. His birth occurred in Penn township on the 9th of December, 1887, his parents being Charles C. and Julia (Courtney) Jackson, the former a native of Warren county, Iowa, and the latter of Indiana. Charles C. Jackson was reared in the county of his nativity and remained with his parents on the home farm until about 1879, when he drove across the country to Madison county, arriving here with practically nothing save a team of horses. He cultivated rented land in Penn township for several years and eventually purchased an eighty-acre tract on section 18, Madison township, beginning its improvement. As the years passed and his financial resources increased, owing to his untiring industry and capable management, he augmented his holdings by additional purchase from time to time until he now owns four hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land, constituting one of the finest farms in the county. In connection with the production of cereals he devotes considerable attention to live stock, feeding about one hundred head of cattle annually. In connection with his brothers he is the owner of one of the most remarkable barns of Madison county, it being eighty by thirty-seven feet in dimensions and built entirely of brick. It is used exclusively for feeding cattle. Charles C. Jackson's property is known as the North Branch Stock Farm and in its operation he has gained a measure of prosperity that has won him recognition among the substantial and representative agriculturists of the community. The period of his residence in this county covers more than a third of a century and he enjoys an extensive and favorable acquaintance within its borders. G. D. Jackson acquired his early education in the district schools of this county and continued his studies in Earlham Academy. On attaining his majority he started out as an agriculturist on his own account, beginning the operation of a tract of twenty-five acres adjoining his father's farm. In fact, he and his father conduct their interests in partnership. Mr. Jackson has improved his property to a considerable extent, having recently expended four thousand dollars in remodeling his barn. His undertakings have been attended with a gratifying and well merited measure of success and he is widely recognized as one of the progressive and enterprising young agriculturists of his native county. On the 7th of May, 1913, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Peterson, a daughter of Hans and Rena (Peterson) Peterson, both of whom were born in Denmark. Her father carried on farming in his native country until twenty-eight years of age and then emigrated to the United States, making his way direct to Iowa and locating at Kellogg, Jasper county, where he remained until 1890. In that year he came to Madison county and was here employed in the quarry of the Earlham Land Company during the next twelve years. On the expiration of that period he again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and has since been identified therewith, now operating the Thomas Cochran place in Madison township. In politics Mr. Jackson is independent, supporting men and measures rather than party, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Both he and his wife are highly esteemed and they are popular in the younger social set. Taken from the book, “The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915”

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Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa March 4, 1959 DeVERE JACKSON Of Earlham Dies DeVere Jackson, a promnent, life-long resident of the Earlham community, died Feb. 17, 1959, at his home there. He was 71 years of age. Mr. Jackson was born near Earlham, Dec. 9, 1887, a son of Charles and Julia Jackson. He attended school in Penn township and in Earlham, and graduated from the Earlham academy with the class of 1907. He had been a member of the First Presbyterian church in Earlham since young manhood. He was married May 7, 1913 to Gertrude Peterson. They moved to the North Branch stock farm south of Earlham, which haas remained their family home. Mr. Jackson was widely known as a livestock feeder, and was active in the Earlham Lions club. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Charlene Walters of Hillsdale, Mich., and Opal M. Jackson of Washington, D.C.; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Earlham Presbyterian church with burial in the Earlham cemetery. __________________________________________________________ Earlham Echo – February 1959 Earlham, Iowa OBITUARY Givin DeVere Jackson, only child of Charles and Julia Jackson, was born December 9, 1887, near Earlham, on the farm where the Willard Parkison family now reside. He departed this life February 17, 1959, at the age of 71 years, two months, eight days. While a small child, the family including an uncle by the name of Harve Jackson, moved to the place where the Dale Mills family now live. He attended school at Penn township No. 6, later the grade school in Earlham, and graduated from the Earlham Academy in the Commercial Class of 1907. When a young man he joined the First Presbyterian Church in Earlham. He was united in marriage to Gertrude Christine Peterson on May 7, 1913. They moved to the North Branch Stock Farm one mile south of Earlham, which has remained the family home. DeVere and his father were pioneers in feeding calves for market, and had exhibited their livestock at the International Livestock Expositions in Chicago. He maintained this interest in livestock throughout his life. He was a faithful and active member of his church. For many years he assumed the responsibility of the office of a trustee and later as a ruling elder. He was also an active member of the Earlham Lion’s Club, and was interested in the development of community youth projects, contributing in many ways. When he became less active in farming, and because he was a lover of nature, he spent much of his time raising flowers for his own and his friends enjoyment. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude; two daughters, Mrs. Charlene Walters of Hillsdale, Michigan, and Opal Marie Jackson of Washington, De. C.; four grandchildren; two aunts, Mrs. Margaret Anderson, age 98 years, and Mrs. Nan Hughes age 96 years of Kechi, Kansas; and countless friends. (Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery)

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1.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
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