Life History

Notes

• In the 1860 censusof her family, Rhoda is reported as 6 months old.  Census date was 1 July (actually taken at the Jackson home on 21 July).  So she was born about January 1860.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas, 21 July, Gainesville, page 59 (scan 254), Hse #484, Fam #502
  A Jackson 23 M Farmer born Alabama [b abt 1837]
  Talitha Jackson 17  born Georgia [b abt 1843]
  James Jackson 25 M born Alabama [b abt 1835]
  
  In the 1870 census, Rhoda's mother Anna is the head of the household, and no child named Rhoda is reported.  The next child woudl be Mary E here, who would have been born in about 1861.  So Rhoda has died some time since July 1860.  No death information has been found.so it appears that Moses died before that census.  He seems to have passed away about 1867 or later, since their last child, daughter Rhoda, was reported as 3 years old.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Denton County, Mississippi, 17 August, Precinct #4, PO Denton, page 1 (scan #117), Hse/Fam #2
  Jackson, Anna B 30 F W Keeping House $300 Real Estate $300 Personal b Indiana [b abt 1840]
  Jackson, Charlotte 13 F W At Home born Texas [b 1857] Cannot write
  Jackson, James 11 M W At Home born Texas [b 1859] Cannot read or write
  Jackson, Mary E 9 F W At Home born Texas [b 1861]
  Jackson, Frederic 7 M W At Home born Missouri [b 1863]
  Jackson, Rosetta 3 F W At Home born Texas [b 1867]
  
  No Texas death or burial record has been found for Rhoda Jackson.  No Jackson genealogy has documentation for Rhoda's death or burial.  But all say she died in 1861 in Denton County.  Except one says it was between 1861 and 1869, which is all we can say from the censues.  All these genealogies say it was in Denton County.  So maybe this does indicate information from a family source that
  (1) the family moved very soon after the 1860 census in Cooke County, and
  (2) Rhoda died in Denton County soon after they moved there.
  The next child, Mary E, reported in the 1870 census, was born about 1861.

Sources

• 1. Various Jenkins Family Sources
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 21 July, Gainesville, page 58 (scan 253), Hse #484, Fam #501