Person:John Jackson (432)

Obit found at the Genealogy Room of the Records and Archives Dept, Lebanon, OH.

JOHN ELBUR JACKSON

On May 13, 1914, 5 months after the death of his father, John Elbur Jackson was born in Lebanon, Ohio. No wonder Ethel is such a good mother, she had to be both father and mother to her two boys.

When I was tired and sleepy, she'd wash me clean and sweet, And hug me tight, an' tuck my gown around my little feet. An' rock an' rock, while with her voice the old house used to ring, Till sleep, like balm descended, as I heard my mother sing.

But the mother's heart found room for four more boys and their father. Then Burdette and Elbur knew a father's care.

The names of Craig Beckett and Elbur Jackson were added to the Cradle Roll of the Olive Branch church, at the same time. Elbur has known a happy life of a farm boy with lots of brothers. On his birthday this year, he took the eighth grade examination, sucessfully, and was looking forward to his high school work this fall. For a few days he took animated interest in the Washington Township Livestock club and its ball team. He was helping with the spirit and work of the organization. But soon he was stricken sorely by sickness. Death came on June 14. Elbur was 14 years and one month old. He has gone to a Higher School than ours. His is the Great Teacher who said "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such in the Kingdom of Heaven."

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