Person:Hugh Jackson (14)

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Hugh Robert Jackson
b.27 Oct 1881 Falls Co., Texas, United States
d.6 Dec 1950 Fresno Co., California, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 Jun 1879
  1. Erle Stuart Jackson1880 - 1950
  2. Hugh Robert Jackson1881 - 1950
  3. Alice Lydia Jackson1883 - 1931
  4. Charles Walter Jackson1885 - 1916
  5. Margaret 'Maggie' May Jackson1887 - 1985
  6. John Jefferson Jackson1889 - 1963
  7. Pearl Lucile Jackson1901 - 1933
Spouse and Children
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m. 25 Jul 1906
  1. Irene Bessie Jackson1907 - 1989
  2. Mary Myrtle Jackson1910 - 1993
  3. Harriet Caroline Jackson1912 - 1978
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Facts and Events
Name Hugh Robert Jackson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Oct 1881 Falls Co., Texas, United States
Marriage 25 Jul 1906 Fresno Co., California, United Statesto Bessie Mae Rose
Death[1] 6 Dec 1950 Fresno Co., California, United States
Burial[1] 1950 Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno Co., California, United States

According to Jody Dillard:

Obituary for Hugh Robert Jackson in the Fresno Bee, Fresno, Cal.,Thursday December 7, 1950

HUGH ROBERT JACKSON

Hugh Robert Jackson, 69, a government vineyard experimental worker, died in his home at 260 Echo Avenue yesterday following an illness of one year. He had been suffering from heart disease. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Christian Church and the Clovis Grange.

He is survived by his widow, Bessie; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Bivings of Fresno, Mrs. Irene Ralls of Sacramento and Mrs. Harriet Reynolds of Begerndorf, Germany: a sister, Mrs. Maggie M. Curtis of Clovis; a brother, J. J. Jackson of Sanger; nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of Yost & Webb Saturday at 10 AM.

Hugh Robert Jackson son of C. W. and Nancy Caroline Cobb Jackson first opened his eyes on October 27,1881, in Falls Co. Texas. His parents moved when he was still a small child to Bell Co. Texas. Here Hugh commenced his education attending Cockle Burr School, when it was in session. At the age of eleven years, Hugh came with his father, mother, sisters and brothers to Calif. Then for many years was in West Park Colony near Fresno. Here he went through grammar school and then attended Healds Business College. Hugh was a gifted with a quick mind and did not especially like to farm, so after one year of working on ar ented farm, he started working for Kunter Goldstiens, a large mercantile house in Fresno. During this time he married Bessie May Rose, a former resident of West Park Colony, on July 25, 1906, but then of Fresno, City. He then moved back to the country, working for Mr. D. M. Barnwell of West Park, until the Spring of 1907. He went to Coalinga, where he lived until 1916, being road master in Coalinga District, for a number of years. He spent 8 years at Lindsey among the orange groves being superintendent of a large grove of them. Mr. Jackson moved his family back to Fresno, working at various jobs until 1919, he commemced working for the Fresno Canal and Irrigation and has continued doing so up until this writing. He is head ditch tender in the district around Kerman where he resides. Mr. Jackson has a large rabbitry. He is very interesting talking and a qucik thinker and great reader. He was a member of the National Guard in Fresno 1903 to Feb. 1906, but saw no actual duty.

Notes from Alice (Jackson) Curtis October 5, 1925

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rootsweb chart of Jody Dillard: James C. Dillard Family wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi op GET db jody44.
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