Life History

Notes

• Linda Hanks reports the birth of James Toliver Jackson as being in Oklahoma, but no location specified.  Butch Mixon reports the birth place as Hill County, Texas.  The latter matches the birth place of his cousin Toliver Jorile Green.  It makes sense that the Jacksons would have been in Hill County with their relatives.  Hill County is not far from Parker County, where James T and his family are well-documented.  The death certificate reports his birth place as Hill County, Texas.
  
  There is some indication, though not firm evidence, that James Toliver's parents Abe and Talitha (Delitha) Green Jackson were in eastern Oklahoma in the early 1870s.  It had seemed from the place of birth in Hill County that they returned to Texas, though details have been difficult to document.  Further details are needed to resolve their whereabouts.
  
  James Toliver Jackson
  b 5 Mar 1872 [no birth place reported]
  d 25 Apr 1941 Weatherford, Parker, TX
  m Eliza Jane Tate, b 4 Oct 1873, d Nov 1908, Weatherford, Parker, TX
  married 1899, Parker County, TX
  --  Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/EditMarriage.aspx?pid=49912667&sid=149501221 [compilation from several trees]
  
  1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 6 June, Justice Precinct 1, District 64, page 3A, Hse/Fam #46
  Jackson, James T  Head W M  Mar 1872  28 Married 1 year TX TX GA Farm Laborer Can't read or write Rents Farm
  Jackson, Eliza J  Wife W F  Mar 1874  24 Married 1 year TX GA GA Can read and or write
  Jackson, Effie  Dau W F  Jan 1894  6 TX TX TX
  Jackson, Bessie  Dau W F  Jun 1896  3 TX TX TX
  Glanton, Martha A Boarder [Sister-in-law] W F May 1867  33 Widow married 7 years  6 children (no report of any dead children) TX GA GA Visitor Can't read or write
  Glanton, Carley (Charley) Boarder [nephew-in-law] W M May 1899  1  TX TX TX
  
  The genealogy referenced above, and other Jackson family sources I have, report the two children born in 1894 and 1896.  The census in 1900 reports two children, Effie born Jan 1894 and Bessie born Jun 1896.
  
  Family sources indicate these girls are the daughters of Jackson's brother William D Jackson, the first husband of Elizabeth Jane Tate.  The family sources report he died and she married James Toliver Jackson both about 1899.  Thus it seems the census should have reported these girls as step-daughters of Jackson.  Perhaps he had already adopted them by the time of the 1900 census.
  
  The two other people listed in the household as Boarders are also family members.  Martha A Glanton is Eliza's sister Martha Ann Tate, who married Frank Glanton.  Frank was her second husband, as she was widowed earlier by her first husband Nathan Bullard, Jr.  She is again a widow in 1900.  Carley Glanton, reported her as born in May 1899, is reported by one genealogy as Charlie.  Martha Ann's son 7-year-old Henry Bullard is living a few houses away with her father and step-mother, James Henry and Martha L Tate.
  
  Lizzie Tate died in 1908.  James Toliver married again in December 1909:
  Parker County Marriages 1905 through 1910
  Jackson J T    Griffille [Griffith] Lizzie, Miss     12-31-1909 Rev J M Walker, M.
  
  We find Jackson and his children in the 1910 census with Jackson's new wife Lizzie Griffith.  The census indicates they have been married less than a year.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 22 June, Weatherford Ward 1, District 66, page 8A, 912 N Rusk St, Hse #160, Fam #161
  Jackson, J T  Head M W [no age] 2nd marriage Married 0 years no birth place info Rents Home
  Jackson Lizzie (Griffith) Wife F W 23 1st marriage Married 0 years 0 children TX TX TX [b abt 1887]
  Jackson, Effie  Dau F W 16 US US US [b abt 1894]
  Jackson, Bessie  Dau F W 14 US US US [b abt 1896]
  Jackson, Bettie  Dau F W 10 US US US [b abt 1900]
  Jackson, George  Son M W 7 US US US [b abt 1903]
  Jackson, Marie  Dau F W 5 US US US [b abt 1905]
  
  1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 5 February, Precinct 6, District 77, page 8B, Grandbury [Granbury] Weatherford Rd, Hse #162, Fam #173
  Jackson J T  Head  Rents Home  M W 47 TX GA GA [b abt 1873]
  Jackson Lizzie (Griffith) Wife F W 34 TX TX TX [b abt 1886]
  Jackson, Bettie  Dau F W 18 TX TX TX [b abt 1902]
  Jackson, George  Son M W 15 TX TX TX [b abt 1905]
  Jackson, Marie  Dau F W 14 TX TX TX [b abt 1906]
  Jackson, Pauline Dau F W 8 US US US [b abt 1912]
  Jackson, Jimmie  Son M W 5 US US US [b abt 1915]
  Jackson, Pearl Dau F W 2mos US US US [b abt Oct 1919]
  
  The children in the 1920 census include the children of James' first wife Eliza Jane Tate:
  Bettie, George and Marie
  and Lizzie Griffith's children with James since their marriage:
  Pauline, Jimmie and Pearl
  
  In 1930 we know from family sources that Jackson and Lizzie were living in Annetta, still in Parker County.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 17 April, Justice Precinct 8, District 184, page 7A, Hse/Fam #137
  Jackson, Jim  Head M W  65 OK USA USA Farmer (change of birth from Tex to Okla)
  Jackson, Lizzie  Wife F W  45  AR TX AR
  Jackson, Jimmie  Son M W  16 TX OK AR Farm Laborer
  Jackson, Pearl  Dau F W  12 TX OK AR Farm Laborer
  Jackson, J C  Son M W  8 TX OK AR Farm Laborer
  
  At some time after the 1930 census James Toliver moved elsewhere.  James' obituary states that he had lived in other parts of the state until 6 months before his death, when he moved back to Weatherford.  That would have been about October 1940.  He and LIzzie are buried in a double grave in Curtis Cemtery, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
  
  Gravestone of Jim and Lizzie Jackson, Curtis Cemtery, Weatherford, Parker, Texas
  Jackson
  Lizzie  May 18, 1886  Apr 21, 1957
  Jim  Mar 54, 1872  Apr 25, 1941
  
  According to his obituary in the Weatherford, Texas, Democrat newspaper, J T died in his home about 5 miles south of Weatherford, Texas, on Friday, 25 April 1941.  His funeral was held on Sunday 27 April 1941, and he was buried in Curtis Cemetery in Weatherford.  The service was conducted by Rev N L Roberts, pastor of the North Side Baptist Church, in the Cotten-Bratton Funeral Chapel.
  
  Jackson James Toliver Obituary
  
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  James T Jackson Dies Suddenly Friday Morning
  
  James Tolbert [should be Toliver], age 69 years, one months and 20 days, died suddenly Friday Morning [25 April 1941] about 11 o'clock at his home some five miles southwest of the city.
  
  Mr Jackson was born in Hill county, Texas, March 5, 1872.  He had lived in other parts of the state before coming to Parker county six months ago.
  
  Surviving are his wife and seven children as follows:  Mrs Bettie Hess, Donna, Texas;  George Jackson, Donna; Mrs Marie Cohron and Mrs Pauline Cohron, both of Throckmorton;  Jimmie Jackson and Mrs Pearl Askins at home; and J C Jackson, Donna.
  
  There are also surviving one brother, Sam Jackson of California; and one sister, Mrs Fannie Brankley [sic] of Garner, this county.
  
  Funeral arrangements are pending. [sic, but see next paragraph]
  
  The funeral services were held from the Cotten-Bratten Funeral Chapel Sunday afternoon [27 April 1941] at 1:30 o'clock, with Rev N L Roberts, pastor of the North Side Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial took place in the Curtis Cemetery one mile south of town.
  
  --  The Weatherford Democrat, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, [no date or page info included in the copy provided, seems to be Monday, 28 April 1941]
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  Some helpful family information is provdied here.  At the time of his death, three of his children were living in Donna, Texas, on the Mexican border.  Perhaps this is where J T was living before lhe moved back to Weatherford.  Living in Donna were Betty Jackson Hess, George Jackson, and J C Jackson.  His daughters Marie Jackson Cohron and Pauline Jackson Cohron were iving at Throckmorton, Texas, at that time.
  
  The obituary refers to Jimmie Jackson and Pearl (Jackson) Askins as "at home," which I take to mean in Weatherford.  This phrase may mean that they and their parents were living together.  James' wife (oddly unnamed in the obituary) is also reported as a survivor.  His home was five miles south of the city, according to the obituary.  We also note that he had moved to Weatherford only 6 months before his death.
  
  Cindy Beam had obtained a copy of Jackson's obituary from family sources.  But the clipping did not have the name of the paper of the date of the issue.  It appears this obituary was published in the Monday newspaper in Weatherford.  I realized Butch had earlier sent me the Ancestry transcription summary of JT's death information.
  
  Correlating the info we had, here is the way I worked out the information related to the death and burial of JT.  The only dating given in the Obit was that Jackson had "died suddenly Friday morning about 11 o'clock."  Listings of marriage licenses on that page (the part that shows in the scan) are dated through 26 April.  This would be Saturday, which makes sense.  Government offices operated on Saturdays back then.  The date of death we have from family info is 25 April 1941.  I consulted a 1941 calendar, and determined that in that series of dates 25 April 1941 was a Friday.
  
  Thus I would have expected the obit to be published the next publishing day, Sunday.  However, I notice there is an announcement that the funeral was conducted on Sunday afternoon.  This paper must have been the Monday edition.  That Sunday would have been 27 April 1941, which gives us the burial date!  I notice the place of burial is Curtis Cemetery, which matches a reference by Bettie Jackson, Jackson's daughter, that her mother and her mother's sister were buried in Curtis Cemetery in Weatherford.
  
  I notice an editing error in the obit.  There is a line that says:
  "Funeral arrangements are pending."
  
  This is immediately followed by the news of the funeral service which had ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED.  I suspect there was a first obit in the Saturday or Sunday paper, stating that the arrangements were not finalized (Or possibly in the Saturday paper).  This final obit is not an announcement of the funeral, but the news that it has already been held.
  
  This makes it likely that on Friday (night or afternoon, when the Saturday paper had to be ready for Saturday morning release) the arrangements had not been made.  But arrangements were finalized on Saturday (and possibly in time for the Sunday morning paper, to let people know of the Sunday afternoon service).  Since the obit reports the Sunday funeral as already conducted, it is likely that this article appeared in the Monday paper.
  
  As for the name of the paper, it seemed likely that was the Weatherford Democrat, the current paper.  I have found no information indicating a previous name or another paper.  Marion (Butch) Mixon, a cousin working with me on the Jackson-Green lineages and a nephew of James Toliver, also says the paper would be the Democrat.
  
  This is a good circumstantial documentation of the dates:
  Death  Friday, 25 April 1941
  Initial obit in the Weatherford Democrat:  Saturday, 26 April or Sunday, 27 April 1941 (this accounts for the stray line saying funeral arrangements are pending; they should have deleted this line for the Monday edition reporting the funeral)
  Funeral and burial:  Sunday, 27 April 1941
  Final obit in the Weatherford Democrat:  Monday, 28 April 1941
  
  James' obituary and death certificate report his name as James Tolbert, although members of the family consistently understand his name to have been Toliver, named after his grandfather Toliver Green.  We do not know how the coroner and the paper got the wrong name.
  
  Information on the marriage of James Toliver Jackson to Elizabeth Tate comes from family notes and letters from Bettie Jackson to Linda Hanks.  Elizabeth Tate married James Toliver after the death of her first husband William D Jackson, who was James Tolliver's brother.  Copies of family letters in possession of Linda (Martin) Hanks and Cindy (Mixon) Beam.  Information received through Marion Butch Mixon, Cindy's brother.
  
  A genealogy in the One World Tree on Ancestry.com had information on the marriage and family of James and Elizabeth.  This information seems valid from what else we know about them.
  
  James Toliver Jackson
  b 5 Mar 1872, d 25 Apr 1941 Weatherford, Parker, TX
  m Eliza Jane Tate
  b 4 Oct 1873, d Nov 1908, Weatherford, Parker, TX
  married 1899, Parker County, TX
  --  Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/EditMarriage.aspx?pid=49912667&sid=149501221
  
  The 1900 census reports James Toliver Jackson and Eliza J Jackson with two children born in 1894 and 1896.  The census in 1900 reports two children Effie born Jan 1894 and Bessie born Jun 1896.  These children are the daughters of Wiliam D Jackson, Elizabeth Tate's first husband.  Family sources report the death of William and Elizabeth's marriage to James in 1899.
  
  James "Jim" Jackson
  Birth Mar. 5, 1872 Hill County, Texas
  Death Apr. 25, 1941 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  Spouses:
  Eliza Jane Tate Jackson (1873 - 1908)
  Lizzie Jackson (1886 - 1957)
  Burial Curtis Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  Maintained by Find A Grave, Originally Created by Volunteer, Record added: Oct 26, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #79338950, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79338950

Sources

• 1. Gravestone of Jim and Lizzie Jackson, Curtis Cemtery, Weatherford, Parker, Texas
• 2. Obituary of James T Jackson, Weatherford (Texas) Democrat, 28 April 1941
• 3. Cemeteries of Texas
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Texas Death Certificate
• 6. Personal Letters
  • Letter #8
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 5 February, Precinct 6, District 77, page 8B, Grandbury Weatherford Rd, Hse #162, Fam #173
• 8. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/EditMarriage.aspx?pid=49912667&sid=149501221
• 9. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 10. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 6 June, Justice Precinct 1, District 64, page 3A, Hse/Fam #46
• 11. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 6 June, Justice Precinct 1, out of town of Weatherford, District 64, page 3A, Hse/Fam #46
• 12. 1930 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 17 April, Justice Precinct 8, District 184, page 7A, Hse/Fam #137
• 13. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
  • Certificate 19587
• 14. 1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 22 June, Weatherford Ward 1, District 66, page 8A, 912 N Rusk St, Hse #160, Fam #161
• 15. Email Sources
• 16. Gravestone of Jimmie and Bertha Jackson, Tin Top Cemetery, Parker County, Texas
• 17. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
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  • Certificate #8030
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  • Name: Name: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txparker/marriages/1905_1910parkergrooms.txt;;
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  • 18 April, Precinct 4, District 12, page 6B, Market and Anson Rds, Hse/Fam #107
• 31. Social Security Death Index
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  • 30 April, Justice Precinct 2, District 108-14, Page 5A, Hse #286, Rents $10
• 34. Gravestones of Curtis Cemetery
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