Lemuel Ralph Jackson

Brief Life History of Lemuel Ralph

When Lemuel Ralph Jackson was born on 23 September 1847, in Georgia, United States, his father, Ralph Jackson, was 28 and his mother, Mary Jane Murphy, was 26. He married Sarah E. Stewart on 24 December 1871, in Independence, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States in 1895 and Coldwell Township, White, Arkansas, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Ralph Jackson
1847–
Ida Sina Dean
1859–1923
Marriage: 16 November 1890
Theodore L Jackson
1892–1973
Edith F Jackson
1892–2000
Albert Lee Underdust Jackson
1895–1980
Charles Bickel Jackson
1901–1984

Sources (9)

  • Lenull R Jackson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • L R Jackson, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Lemiel R Jackson in household of Ralph Jackson, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).

African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.

History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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