Life History

Notes

• Sam and Stella were married in Parker County, Texas.
  
  In 1910, Sam and his wife Stella are farming in Nash Township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.  They have two sons Alvin and William, according to the census.  Betty Jackson Hess comments on a picture of Sam and the two sons that they moved from Weatherford, Texas, to Oklahoma in about 1908.  This matches the age of the last son William.
  
  But Alvin, who was born in about 1904, is also reported as born in Oklahoma?  Perhaps the report of birth state for Alvin was wrong.  If correct, they moved back and forth between Parker County, Texas, and Muskogee County, Oklahoma, quite a distance.  Two of their children died as infants in Weatherford, Texas, in 1907 and 1908.  See further details in Notes for Stella Brewer.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Nash Township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, 2 May, District 107, Page 14A,  Hse/Fam #107
  Jackson, Sam Head  M W 36 OK TX GA  Farmer
  Jackson, Stella Wife  F W 26 TN TN AL
  Jackson, Alvin  Son  M W  6 OK OK TN
  Jackson, William   Son M W  11mos  OK OK TN
  
  This census enumeration for Sam and Stella's household occurred on 2 May, 1910.  The census date was 15 April.  If William was 11 months old in April, he would have been born between 15 April and 15 May 1909.
  
  Note that his father is reported as born in Texas, whereas the 1860 census reported Abraham was born in Alabama and other indications of family connections lead us to Georgia, where Jacksons and Greens lived in proximity.  But no definite connections have been identified.
  
  Several lines of Jacksons live in the same areas of north Texas and Oklahoma, and the Birmingham area Jacksons came from Georgia and South Carolina.  Some of those same Jackson families went straight west into Arkansas, where they continued to relate to and marry Greens who had also migrated there.  Some from there went farther west.
  
  There are at least two distinct lines of Jacksons in the Birmingham area, however, which do not have a connection to our Abraham.  Researchers have been stymied to make the connection to Abraham's father and lineage.  Some have surmised and placed him into one or another Jackson lineage.  I have not been able to confirm any of these connections.  The Georgia birth and family lineage of Sam's mother Talitha is firm, but the origins of his father Abraham are uncertain.
  
  Sam and Stella had two other children who died as infants in Weatherford, Texas.  Another family researcher, in an email to Linda Hanks, states:
  "Samuel and Stella had two infants, one female and one male, died and are buried in Curtis Cem. in Weatherford, Texas (1907,1908)."
  --  Mary Jo Bledsoe, email to Linda Martin Hanks, 7 August 2010  (shared with me and other Jackson researchers)
  
  These two infants are listed in the Curtis Cemetery register, but no information is given on the graves about their parents.  It is still ambiguous which child was male and which female.  From a later reference by Betty Jackson Hess, it seems the boy was the one who died in 1908.  She mentions in one of her letters that they lost a boy in 1908 before moving back to Oklahoma.
  
  "Jackson inf 1907"
  "Jackson inf 1908"
  --  http://www.graveinfo.net/Curtis_FJ_pctx.htm
  
  Sometime after the death of these two children, they moved to the new state of Oklahoma, formed in November 1907 by the combining of the Indian Nations with Oklahoma Territory and part of Texas.  Their move from near Weatherford, Texas, to Muskogee County, Oklahoma, occurred sometime in 1908 or 1909, before William was born in about April 1909.
  
  A 1918 WWI draft registration in Riverside, California, matches Sam, except that the birth year is 1876 instead of 1874.  This kind of discrepancy occurs quite often.  But the birth day is the same.  If this is the right Samuel Jackson, then it appears that Stella Brewer was still living, and moved to Riverside, California, with her husband.
  
  The wife's name on the draft registration is given as Estella, which is a form of the name Stella.  Perhaps this is just an enormous coincidence.  But the exact birth day, despite the difference of two year in the year, makes it highly likely that this is the same couple.  So then what about Betty Hess' report that Stella died about 1912?  Betty may have just got the time frame slightly off in her memory.
  
  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
  Samuel Jackson
  Residence 178 E Fifth St, Riverside, Riverside County, California
  Birth Date: 8 Jan 1876
  Farmer
  Wife Estella Jackson
  6' 1", Slender Brown Hair and Eyes
  Registered 12 September 1918 Riverside, California
  
  As we searched for death information for Stella in late April 2012, cousin Kati Jackson found a death record for Estella Jackson that matched these details.  Based on that information, cousin Marion Mixon found a listing for Sam and Stella in Riverside in 1918.  Here her name is Stella.
  
  U.S. City Directories 1918
  Riverside City Directory, p 111
  Jackson Saml (Stella)   Rancher  Home 178 E 5th
  
  The 1920 census, found earlier, told us that Stella died before 1920.  In January 1920, Sam is a widower, in Riverside City, Riverside County (Township) of southern California.  This enables us to narrow down the period of death for Stella between 12 September 1918 and 1 January 1920 (census date).  Netty's memory was just in error on the time frame of Stella's death.
  
  Stella's death record was later found by a cousin researcher Kati Jackson, who found Stella's death recorded in the California Death Index.  For some reason this record does not come up in the searches on California deaths at Ancestry.com.  Kati found the listing in FamilySearch.org.  Stella died in Riverside, Riverside County, on 27 June 1919.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Riverside County, California, 5 January, Riverside City Ward 2, District 118, Page 3A,  Hse #47, Fam #55
  Jackson, Sam W  Head  M W 45 Widowed  OK GA GA  Farm Caretaker
  Jackson, Alvin Th. Son  M W 15 OK OK GA
  Jackson, Wm Andrew  Son M W 10 OK OK GA
  
  In the 1920 census, there is a slight discrepancy.  Notice that in 1910, Stella was reported as born in Tennessee, but in 1920 the boys' mother is said to have been born in Georgia.  This is corrected in 1930, when William's mother is reported as born in Tennessee.
  
  In 1930, Sam is working for the City of Riverside as a Road Grader, and youngest son William Andrew is still at home at age 19, working as a mechanic.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Riverside County, California, 14 April, District 30, p 3B, Riverside, 3360 6th St, Hse #67, Fam #83
  Jackson, Sam   Head  Rents $25 Has a radio  M W 54 Widowed  OK GA GA  Road Grader, City St Dept
  Jackson, William A  Son M W 19  OK OK TN Mechanic
  
  The 1940 census reprots that in that year and in 1935 Sam was living in the Tetley hotel in Riverside.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Riverside County, California, 24 April, Riverside, District 40, page 65B, Tetley Hotel
  Jackson, Samuel Lodger M W 62  Widowed Grade 6 b Oklahoma lived in same place in 1835 Blade Man, City Street Dept
  
  In 1949, the Riverside, California, City Directory had a listing for Sam as wel las for his son William aannd wife Thelma.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1949, p 225
  Jackson Saml  [no occupation rptd] r 3401 8th
  Jackson W A (Thelma L) [no occupation rptd] h 3961 Walnut
  
  In 1952, Sam was again listed in the Riverside, California, City Directory, along with his son William Andrew and his wife Thelma Barclay.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1952, p 152
  Jackson Sam retired h 3942 6th Apt 2
  Jackson W A (Thelma L) electn Cal Elec Pow h 3009 Lemon  tel 0806
  Jackson Thelma Mrs (Town & Country Bty Center) 4 3009 Lemon  tel 0806
  
  Sam died in 1954.  In 1955, his son William is again listed in the city directory for Riverside.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1955, p 116
  Jackson William A (Thelma L) carp Cal Elec Pow 7339 Lenox Av  tel OV 6-4019
  
  A short obituary is recorded in a death notice cutting from a newspaper. The heading on the section reads: "Community Record Section" and is dated Wednesday, July 7, 1954.
  
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  Death Notices
  Jackson, in Riverside, Calif., July 6, 1954
  Samuel W. Jackson, aged 80 years
  
  Late Resident of 3908 Tenth Street, Riverside.
  Father of Alvin T. Jackson and William A. Jackson, Riverside.
  Grandfather of Mrs. Fred Sylvester and Sharon Lee Jackson.
  
  Funeral Services will be conducted at the Acheson Colonial Chapel Friday [July 9, 1954 at 10 a.m. Rev Ralph Shirk officiating.  Interment in Crestlawn Memorial Park.
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  Sam's record in the California Death Index.
  
  California Death Index, 1940-1997
  Samuel Westfall Jackson
  Birth 8 Jan 1874 Oklahoma
  Death 6 Jul 1954 Riverside County
  Mother's Maiden Name: Greene
  Father's Surname: Jackson
  Social Security #571361139
  
  Cousin and Jackson researcher Linda Martin Hanks Bussell has posted a memorial for Sam on Find a Grave, reporting the information in his obituary.
  
  Samuel Westfall Jackson
  Birth Jan. 8, 1874, USA
  Death Jul. 6, 1954 Riverside County, California, USA
  Burial Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Memorial Park & Mortuary, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
  Created by LINDA BUSSELL Aug 31, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #29449101, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29449101

Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 24 April, Riverside, District 40, page 65B, Tetley Hotel
• 2. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, Nash Township, District 107, Page 14A,  Hse/Fam #107
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. California Death Index, 1940-1997
• 6. Obituary of Samuel Westfall Jackson, Riverside, California (newspaper unknown), 7 July 1954
• 7. 1930 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 14 April, District 30, p 3B, Riverside, 3360 6th St, Hse #67, Fam #83
• 8. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 9. 1920 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 5 January, Riverside City Ward 2, District 118, Page 3A,  Hse #47, Fam #55
• 10. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside City Directory, 1918, p 111
• 11. Obituary of Estella Brewer Jackson, Riverside Daily Press, Riverside, California, 1 July 1919
• 12. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside, California, City Directory, 1949, p 225
• 13. California Certificate of Death
• 14. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 15. Personal Letters