#1-Published in the Pilot 11 Jan 1928

Mrs. E. C. Jackson Dies

Death Came to Her Without a Warning or Struggle Thursday Morning

Funeral Held Saturday

If there ever was a beautiful death Mrs. E. C. Jackson experienced it last Thursday morning as she was getting up. She had put on most of her clothing and was combing her hair, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Mr. Jackson had stepped to the door and asked her if she was ready for some water in which to wash. She said she was and he prepared it and took it to her within three minutes and she was dead when he arrived. A physician was called and he said the machinery had just played out, she being past 85 years of age.

The funeral service was held at St. Mary’s Episcopal church, of which she was a charter member and faithful attendant, at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, Reverend Chas. D. Hering officiating. Interment was in the Blair cemetery by the side of an infant son who died in 1869 and an only daughter, Ada, who died Nov. 22, 1912.

Lizzie Smith was born in New York City September 16th, 1842, of English descent, grew to womanhood there and was married there to Edward C. Jackson November 28th 1867, at the home of a mutual friend, Peter Brinkerhoff, it being a double wedding with his daughter, Margaret.

Mr. Jackson came to Omaha where his brother, Wm. H. had a photograph gallery, in December of that year and made ready for his bride, who came out the following spring. They made their home in Omaha for about three years, then moved onto a farm in Richland township, where they lived for five years when Mr. Jackson was elected county clerk and they moved to Blair in 1876, making this their home ever since here.

Mrs. Jackson had begun to be somewhat feeble and last fall when she and Mr. Jackson went to Omaha one day for a little holiday she fell and broke some of the bones in her ankle that laid her up for several months. She had just begun to get about by herself when the end came so suddenly, and yet so peacefully. Only last November they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary quietly at home and naturally Mr. Jackson will greatly miss his constant companion of so many years. She will be missed in the community also and the bereaved husband and son have the warmest sympathy of many friends.

#2-Published in The Enterprise January 12, 1928

Friends and neighbors of Mrs. E. C. Jackson of this city were shocked and saddened to learn that she had died very suddenly Thursday morning, Jan. 5.

Mrs. Jackson has been very frail and in poor health for some time but with it all she was cheerful and up and about the house most of the time.

Lizzie Smith was born in New York City, September 16, 1842. She lived in several different places in New York state, where her father’s business took him. She was married to Edward C. Jackson at New York City on November 28, 1867. After their marriage Mr. Jackson took his bride to Troy, New York, but in December of the same year they came west to Nebraska. Mr. Jackson was in business in Omaha for three years, after which they took up farming in Washington County. For five years Mrs. Jackson served as a faithful farm housewife, which in those days meant denials and hardship for one used to life in the eastern cities. In March of 1876 they moved to Blair, where Mr. Jackson had been elected County Clerk.

There were two children, Ada, now deceased, and Mr. Joseph Jackson of Minneapolis, Minn.

Deceased was a woman of refinement and while she took no interest in lodge work or fraternal organizations, she was one of the charter member of the Monday Afternoon Club, a woman’s study organization where literature, history and art were the topics and from the time of its organization in 1876 until her death she was a constant and active member. Only one other organization, the Woman’s Relief Corps, besides the Episcopal Church of which she was a devoted communicant, claimed her as a member.

She was one of the pioneer women of the county and in her life in this county has made many warm and devoted friends who will miss her greatly and her splendid example as a wife and mother will be long remembered in her circle of acquaintances.

The funeral services were held from the Episcopal Church Saturday afternoon, January 7 and interment wa made in the Blair Cemetery.

#3 Printed in the January 12, 1928 Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

MRS. JACKSON BURIED

Mrs. E.C. Jackson Dies of Heart Trouble Thursday Morning

Mrs. E. C. Jackson died suddenly of heart trouble at her home on west Grant street early last Thursday morning. She arose early in the morning apparently in good health and was found dead by her husband, having dropped dead while attending to her household duties.

The deceased was born in New York City and was educated in the public schools at that place. On November 28, 1867 she was married to Edward C. Jackson and shortly thereafter they moved to Omaha where the husband was engaged in business with a brother. In 1870 they moved to Washington county settling on a farm for several years but moving to Blair in 1875 where Mr. Jackson was a public office holder. She was a pioneer of Washington county and resided here for over fifty years.

Several months ago the deceased fell victim to an accident that occurred in a store in Omaha in which she badly injured one of her limbs. For several weeks she was confined to her bed but had fully recovered from her injury before her death. She had gained a wide acquaintance in this city and had been quite active in social affairs of the community.

After a short funeral service from the home on Saturday afternoon, services were held from the St. Mary’s Episcopal church, the Rev. Chas. D. Hering officiating. Burial was made in Blair cemetery. She leaves to mourn her loss besides her bereaved husband, a son, Joseph, of Minneapolis, Minn., a daughter having died in 1912 while another son died in infancy.

Note: Burial in Blair Cemetery, Blk 55 Lot 10 Sp 9.

~~~ Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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