Submitted by Lester LeMay
We briefly noted the death of Joel Jackson last week as having occurred at Phoenix, Alabama, on the 15th of this month. We have received the following more detailed facts relative to his life which we are glad to publish because of the splendid standing acquired in this valley by Mr. Jackson during his long years of residence here. He was widely known and held in utmost respect by all who knew him. Mr. Jackson visited in the valley just summer and many old friends who then met him again did not realize that he was in a serious state of health. Liver trouble was the cause of his final illness which did not become critical until the last few months before he was finally claimed by death.
Joel Jackson was born at Freedom, Indiana, on Jan. 8, 1853, and departed this life on March 15, 1934, thus being aged 81 years, 2 months, 7 days. He removed with his parents in early youth to Kansas. In 1875 he married Ella Lillibridge, who passed away four years later. To this union were born two children, a boy and a girl, the latter passing away in childhood. In 1883 he went to Golden, Colo., where he was employed for several years until he came to this section of Western Nebraska in 1888. He filed and proved up on a preemption claim near the present site of Morrill, after which he removed to the south side of the river, homesteading south of Henry, where the family lived for about twenty-five years. On Dec. 23, 1896, he married Miss Rosa E. Russel, daughter of Calvin W. Russell, and to this union four children were born, a daughter passing away in infancy, and Sam, the youngest son, about one year ago.
In 1918, the family removed to Arizona, spending ten years in the Little Chino valley, then removing again to a small tract adjacent to the city of Phoenix, which was the family home at the time of his death. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Christian church at Prescott, Arizona.
His death is _____ by his widow, one son, Elwin R. Jackson, Phoenix; and one daughter, Mrs. J. A. Lemay, William, Ariz.
Note: Samuel line. Joel is the grandfather of Lester LeMay