Person:Horace Jackson (8)

Earlham Echo - March 1939 Earlham, Iowa Horace Judson Jackson, son of Mahlon and Catherine Jackson was born in Indiana August 9th, 1855, and departed this life March 9th, 1939, having lived to the age of eighty-three years and seven months. In the year 1856 he and his parents came to Iowa and located near Indianola. He received his education and grew to young manhood in this vicinity. In 1880, he and his brother Charles came to Earlham and located on the farm now known as the O. L. Taylor home. In 1883 his brother Charles married, but the two brothers continued their partnership farming. In 1900 they moved to the new home which they had built where he has since resided. He leaves to mourn his departure, three sisters, Mrs. Grant Hughes, Eldo, Iowa; Mrs. J. M. Anderson, Kechi, Kansas; and Mrs. Tom Meyers, Valley Center, Kansas, and a number of nieces and nephews. Two borthers, Fred and Charles and two sisters Bertha and Chloe preceded him in death.

H. J. JACKSON DIES OF HEART ATTACK Resident of Near Earlham Since 1880 Died March 9 Earlham--(Special)--H. J. Jackson, a farmer in this community since 1880, died at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines March 9 of a heart ailment. He was 83 years of age. Mr. Jackson was a native of Indiana, but came to Iowa with his parents in 1856. They settled near Indianola, where he was reared and educated. In 1880 he came to Earlham, and had farmed in this community since that time. Nearest surviving relatives are his three sisters: Mrs. Grant Hughes of Eldon, Mrs. J. M. Anderson of Kechi, Kan., and Mrs. Tom Meyers of Valley Center, Kan. Funeral services were held March 12 from the Presbyterian church, in charge of the Revs. S. R. Overholser and Peter Bock. Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery.

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