8509. Flora May Freeman-3708
In the 1910 Doddridge County, WV, census, Flora May was not listed and her mother had reported she had born 4 children and only 1 was living.
8516. Stephen Goodloe Jackson-431
STEPHEN G. JACKSON. In the midst of a busy career whose substantial achievements promised greater fulfillment Stephen G. Jackson died January 3, 1922. His associates and friends knew and appreciated his keen, logical mind and sound judgment, enthusiasm for the law and a ready capacity for hard work, and recognized in him an able member of the Clarksburg bar, who had built up in thirteen years a professional reputation extending over Harrison County. Thoroughly trained in the highest schools of his calling, he had justified his years of study by success in practice, and he commanded respect as an honorable lawyer of the bar and the public alike.
Stephen G. Jackson bore a name well known in American history both in public and military life. The founder of the family in New England in Colonial days was Robert Jackson, who was born in England, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and took a prominent part in affairs relating to the early settlements. Stephen G. Jackson was born at Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, March 6, 1884, a son of John G. and Martha J. (Bassel) Jackson, the former of whom was born in Lewis County, March 7, 1857, a. son of James William Jackson, of Harrison County, Virginia, and Sallie Ann Goodloe, of Albemarle, West Virginia, and a grandson of Stephen Pomeroy Jackson, also born in Harrison County, Virginia. The next direct ancestor, Stephen Jackson, was born in New Jersey, a son of Edward Jackson, also born in New Jersey, and a son of Joseph Jackson, born on Long Island, a son of James Jackson, also born on Long Island, who was a son of John Jackson, of Long Island, son of Robert Jackson, the original settler. Of these ancestors both Edward and Stephen Jackson, father and son, served in the Revolutionary war, and Stephen Jackson served also in the War of 1812. Both served as Indian scouts and both were wounded at the battle of Yorktown. They were pioneer settlers in what is now West Virginia, and the late Stephen G. Jackson owned the land on which they settled immediately after the Revolutionary war and bought in 1792.
Stephen Jackson, the military hero, married Elizabeth Pomeroy, a member of one of the old New England families that has been notable in its contributions to American citizenship of the highest order, an example of the present day being found in that distinguished statesman, Hon. Elihu Root.
John G. Jackson, who is president of a bank at Jane Lew, West Virginia, has been a merchant and banker for many years and prominent in political affairs in Lewis County. At one time he was the democratic nominee for the State Senate and for other important offices. On account of his temperance principles and pioneer advocacy of prohibition at a time when such opinions were new and startling, he was forced into leadership of the prohibition party in his section, and at one time was the prohibition candidate for governor. He married Miss Martha J. Bassel, who was born in Harrison County, January 19, 1856, and died March 15, 1908, leaving two sons: James Henry and Stephen G. She was a daughter of Henry Bassel, a brother of the late John Bassel, a prominent lawyer in West Virginia.
Stephen G. Jackson, who was in the tenth generation from Robert Jackson, attended the local schools in his native place and prepared for the University of West Virginia at Morgantown Academy. He entered the university in 1903, received his B. S. degree in 1907 and his LL. B. degree in 1908, and the same from Yale College in 1909. He immediately entered into practice at Clarksburg, in association with Edward G. Smith.
In 1907 Mr. Jackson married Miss Jessie Moorhead, who is a daughter of William and Alice (John) Moorhead, of Morgantown, West Virginia. Their one daughter, Alice, is yet in school. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and of the Masonic fraternity, and kept an active interest in Sigma Chi and Phi Alpha Delta college fraternities of Yale and the University of West Virginia. In politics he was active as a democrat, but to the law he gave the fullest efforts and enthusiasm of his all too brief life.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 455
Harrison
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1900 Census Dist 64, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co., West Virginia
Jackson, John head W M Mar 1857 43 married 20yrs WV WV VA
Jackson, Martha J. wife W F Jan 1856 44 married 20yrs 2ch/2lvg WV WV VA
Jackson, James H. son W M Nov 1881 18 single WV WV WV
Jackson, Stephen G. son W M Mar 1884 16 single WV WV WV
Atkins, Susan J. cousin W F Jan 1872 28 single WV VA WV
Lee, Boyer G. servant B M Jan 1882 18 single WV WV WV
From "Upper Monongahela Valley" by Bernard Butcher, pg 755: "Mrs. Jackson is a Colonial Dame and is a member of the DAR, being a descendant of Governor Greenbury and Captain Duncan McVicar, a captain in the American revolution."
Birthplace taken from same book and pg.
8520. Esther Irene Jackson-1881
Another name is given: Esther Anne Irene Jackson from a Jane Lew family record.
His death record states that he died from injuries sustained from a tree fall on a log train in Pocahantas County.
11179. Leslie Clifford Brooks Jr.-1891
Info received from Bill White 20 Jan 2009: Leslie Clifford Brooks, son of Esther Irene Jackson died in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia on 17 July, 2007. He was buried in the Broad Run Cemetery, near Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia on 20 July, 2007.
8523. Christine Hall (twin) Jackson-1884
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram
Obituaries for Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005
Christine Hall Jackson White JANE LEW -- Christine Hall Jackson White, 95, of Jane Lew died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, at her home. She was born Oct. 22, 1910, the daughter of the late William A. "Bark" and Sarah Blanche Hall Jackson. She was married to James Carson White June 9, 1935, who died Dec. 10, 1958. She is survived by one son, William Carson White of Jane Lew, three grandchildren, Maria Christine White Gatian, William "Will" Carson White II, and Clifford Scott White, all of Jane Lew; three great-grandchildren, Katelyn Suzanne Gatian, Natalie Christine Gatian, Carson Jackson White, all of Jane Lew. She was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister, James Addison Jackson, Straley Clifford Jackson and Esther Anne Irene Jackson Brooks. Mrs. White was a graduate of Jane Lew High School in the Class of 1927 at the age of 16, and graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1931. She taught at Jane Lew High School, teaching history and math. She was a past worthy matron of Good Hope Chapter 109 The Order of Eastern Star, where she was a member for 68 years, was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a member of the United Methodist Women for 71 years, a member of the board of trustees for over 50 years, had taught in the Sunday School for over 50 years and was the oldest member of the church. She was a farmer and a partner in Jane Lew Storage and on the North Central Regional Library Board representing Lewis County. Friends will be received at the Morris Funeral Home, Jane Lew, Thursday evening from 6-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Friday morning at 11 a.m. with Rev. Curtis Saville officiating. Burial will follow in the Broad Run Cemetery. Good Hope Chapter 109 Order of the Eastern Star will hold services at the funeral home Thursday evening at 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be sent to Peoples Hospice, P.O. Box 1680 Clarksburg, WV 26302. =========================================================Christine graduated from Jane Lew High School at age 16 and from West Virginia Wesleyan College at 20. She returned to Jane Lew High School to teach mathematics and social studies for four years until she married. She was a charter member of Methodist Womens club at the Jane Lew First United Methodist Church where she also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for over 50 years and served as a Sunday School Teacher. She was also a member of the Choir. She was a member and Past Matron of Good Hope Chapter OES and was presented with her sixty-year pin by her son, William. She was a member of the Jane Lew Extension Club for over 40 years and served as a member of the Stonewall Regional Library Board for many years. She was a farmer and a talented investor in the stock market. An interesting sidelight is the fact that she got her hair done at Belva Seitz Beauty Shop in Jane Lew and was Belva's 10:00AM Saturday appointment for over 65 years.
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Jerry Gross remembered mention in Mary Jackson's obit of her cousin; Christine Jackson White, which brought him back to remembering the enclosed article. It tells of the discrimination that Christine suffered as a teacher in WV. Below is a small excerpt from 'Persecution and Acceptance: The Strange History of Discrimination Against Married Women Teachers in West Virginia'
By Robert J. O'Brien Volume 56 (1997), pp. 56-75"The case of Christine Jackson White demonstrates the process and impact of the dismissal of a married woman. Born in Lewis County in 1910, she graduated from Lewis County High School before attending West Virginia Wesleyan College. Her father William Addison Jackson, who never attended high school, had a particular love of learning and had persuaded his parents to board a subscription teacher so that he could ride behind the teacher when the gentleman travelled to a school some distance from the house. White's mother Sarah Blanche Hall Jackson had been a teacher before her marriage. Her father must have been especially proud of his daughter who returned from college to teach mathematics and history, among other subjects, at Lewis County High School in 1931, then operated by a district board. Two years later the county board system went into effect, and near the end of its first year the Lewis County Board of Education adopted the following policy:
. . . (2) That no married woman will be employed by the Board to teach during the school year 1934-35, and if it is discovered that any lady teacher was married at the time of her appointment or gets married at any time during the school term, her position will immediately be declared vacant.21
Christine Jackson White claims she was not informed of this policy. In May 1935 she was selected to teach for the academic year 1935-36. A month later on June 9 she married Carson White, the son of a local grain dealer.22
About the time she returned from her honeymoon the board acted:
The Board of Education received definite information that Miss Christine Jackson, who was employed at the meeting on May 6th, had since that time been married and upon motion duly made the Board ordered that in accordance with the qualification order made at the meeting on May 6th, the position held by Christine Jackson be declared vacant. Upon motion duly made, the Board appointed to fill the vacancy Howard D. Childers.23
Christine White reports that she was not notified that the board planned to consider this issue and was not personally notified of the actions of the board. She learned she did not have a job when she read in the newspaper the list of teachers hired for the upcoming year. The process required by law, including written notice and an opportunity to be heard by the board, had been totally ignored. It is not surprising that her replacement, Howard Childers, was also married; it is perhaps more surprising that when the school needed a substitute for him, White was called upon-and she agreed on those occasions to return to her classroom. Because she loved to teach, she agreed to substitute for her replacement.
The decision of the Lewis County board was a blow to a number of people. It was a profound disappointment to William Jackson. He had worked to send his daughter to the high school that had not been available to him. He had worked to send her through college, an achievement he never had an opportunity to dream of for himself. He had seen her return to her home county as a high school teacher and had the additional satisfaction of seeing her married to the son of a man with whom he had frequent dealings. Then the Lewis County Board of Education took away the blossoming product of his efforts. It was also a blow to the young couple, who had planned on two incomes. Carson White had gone to business school, but with the dismissal of his wife he had to devote all of his energy to supporting his family and give up any hope of further education.
Subsequently, Christine Jackson White learned that another woman teaching in the Lewis County schools was rumored to have been secretly married, but since the Whites were well known in the county, attempting to hide their marriage would have been useless, even if they had known of the policy. As a matter of fact, the 1934-35 policy adopted by the Lewis County Board of Education is not recorded in the minutes for the 1935-36 school year. Even if it had been adopted it was clearly in violation of statute law and the Jameson I ruling. Nevertheless, when asked whether she ever considered seeking a lawyer and suing the Lewis board, she answered, "No. I didn't know that I could. That was policy."
Even when such policies were not directly challenged, it is not surprising that some women sought to evade their enforcement. Stories abound of couples who kept their marriages secret, even maintaining separate residences, and school boards countered these tactics. Doddridge, Monongalia, and Wirt counties adopted policies similar to that of Braxton, invalidating contracts with women who were married but signed their contracts with their maiden names:
The superintendent further stated that cases had occurred wherein married application using their maiden name. He made reference to a letter to teachers when application blanks were mailed, in which letter they were supposed to use their correct name. . . . The following recommendations were made; 1. That teachers who are married at the time they apply for a position and make application in their maiden name, be replaced by the Board before the opening of school. . . .24
The minutes of the boards of education of Braxton and Wirt counties do not reveal any other suggestion that married women were not accepted as teachers; the implication of these maiden name policies is an unwritten policy against hiring married women as teachers."
From Bill White, descendant: James Carson White was born in Lost Creek, [Harrison County, West Virginia] moved to Jane Lew when he was 6 with his parents when his father moved White's Feed Store to Jane Lew. Graduated from Jane Lew High School in 1929. Attended Clarksburg Business College. Worked for his Father in White's Feed starting when he was 10 driving truck and delivering feed. Active in Democratic politics. Purchased 1/2 interest in Feed store from his father and later bought the other half interest. Appointed to Lewis County Board of Education in 1950. Ran for re-election in 1952 and 1958. Won both times by overwhelming majorities. Responsible for the building of new Jane Lew Elementary in 1954. Responsible for addition of Band Room and new Chemistry Lab and Typing room at Jane Lew High School. Died in Clarksburg in Blands Pharmacy.
James and Christine's first child died the day he was born 25 Jan, 1941.