Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-31
CHILD OF JACKSON.
DEATH YESTERDAY M CHARLOTTE.
n. c., or THE GENERALS
DAUGHTER.
pecp sorrow Gaaiccsicd md the Funeral
Iargcly Aitcnded-To So Hurled at
Lexington This Evening.

Mrs Julia Thomas Christian (ncc
Ta.Aslul. only child OF General Stone
wall Jackson, dlcd 40 her home. in this /
c.tv. Of typhoid-icvor. at 9 o'clock the
morning. after "a buef illness.
The funeral services were conducted /
nom the First proshyteran church by
Ncy. Edward Mack, assisted by Rev. H. I
a. Reed. at 6 O'Clock this afternoon. |
Tbe church was crowded with weeping
friends. ANXIOUS 70 pay the last tribute /
q, the daughter OF the great southern /
soldier.
orsfRAL JACKSON $ PLAG AND SWORD.
The pulpit was most exquistcly deco /
rtcl with nswcrs, and over It wa the /
Confederate flag carried by General F.
Jackson. ond wita winch his body was /
un.uned. ON tie right and left sides OF /
.. pulpt three mites were stacked, aud /
ung o.. the head Of the casket and di- /
reely uy the side of % was tho sword |
carried by deceased s. father.
The funeral exercises were very seri- |
ous and many in the congregation wept. /
Rev. Mr. Iced came here yesterday /
evening from Franklin. Tenn, 70 accept /
0ic orate oi thc second I'Tcabyterlan /
cua!ch
srVsCL'r COfNC'DfNcr
In a fcw culocistc remarks he re |
Toured 90 tie singular coincidence that a !
f,, vclls ago when IN Memphis on the /
dav after ms arrival he witnessed the IN /
noral og Ecy. Albert Morrison, who WAS /.
IN Uucic of the deceased
u,rLsMEs PRESENT.
Tho Hornct-Nest ridcmcn attended I
the funeral in iull uniform. and all the |
f,orcs md other business establishments !
were closed The remains Will be car |
r,.I tomorrow 90 oxngton. Va, where |
fhcy viii be iutcrred by the side Of her |
father
HER LAST HOrRs.
Deceased was tweuty-cght years old /
and leaves husband w. l.. Christian, I
.ltor ot thc Charlotte DcmOcr0t--twO /
children. and mother. Besides Mrs. /
Christian. mother aud her immediate /
friiv there were ut lor bedside during /
l.~ last hours General d. II. Hill, Mrs. /
Ul Mis-. Mamie Hill, Professor Harvey /
IlI. Mr. Joseph Hill. Mrs, Barton II. |
Dmnlv, Mr Carter Branch, Mr.. Blythe |
Branch. and Dr. McCaw, of Richmond. /
tauiain Joseph Morrison. OF Lincoln /
f.r. who was on General jackson stall, /
also attended the funeral
PAIL-HrAEFre.
Tho following were the pall-bearcrs
N,,-r-. H. n. Hill, IT,, Joseph Hill, /
Va,t.r David on. 4. Is. Mcdowell, DIR. !
Willie Graham, Blythe Branch, Frank /
lrIn, and Gilmer Brcnizer
TO REACH LEXINGTON TO-DAY.
The DiYqtcFs special from Lexing- !
i0u last night says:
The remains of Mrs Christian, who
died in Charlotte, y. G., this morning, !
pll arrive here 1T midday tomorrow. !
'rrugcmeuts have hccu perfected TO /
inter the body beside that Of Stonewall |
Iarlsou, the distinguished father of the /
...eas,1 who in hor maiden days as
Miss Julia Jackson was very popular
The News in Eichmoud.
4 private TELEGRAM from Mr.. Carter
Branch received here al 9 o'clock yes |
tcrday morning brought the first ntelli- /
peucc of Mrs. Christian S death.
The -ad news soon spread over the en- /
tire city. and 1T carried grief not only To /
th, hundreds who knew and loved her, /
lpt to the thousands who tenderly re /
we're the memory Of her illu-triOus I
ureat and honorcd her for his sake.
The announcement will be read with /
r.flrned sorrow throughout the whole I.
south. bat nowhere outside OF Char 7
lutt. will there be more general mourn |
,.- than in this city. whore deceased |
.,,, lived. and was greatly beloved and |
admired.
HFn EARLIER LITE.
The deceased WAS born in Charlotte, /
y. e.. in November, lsG2. She was
.lrrtcl there and in Baltimore, aud IN /
1-~ sh, and her mother came to Rich 4
t.nd o. live. They made then home I.
0.-. -u- two or three Years. and on the /,
evening of june ., 1856, Miss jackson /
.l Nr. Christian were married mt the
.-.l PRESBYTERIAN church in the pres I
..c Of "a brilliant assembage. Rev. /
U.. Uorroaicieted, assisted 10y Rev. VII /
tl. "a. Christian. father of the groom.
From childhood Julia Jackson bad
I'D the recipient OF marked attention
fr.,I a., rcop.c OK the South, and espe-
..rv from the veterans of the Conicd-
,.r.. And well size deserved It, for She
u..a most charming lady, bright tenn
r.rcl, Kind, GDd modest.
AFTER MARRIAGE.
Soon after their marriage 1lr. and
N, Christian went ID ST. Paul, Mimi, I
when. th,y lived for few months. /
It.r f.v went t. San Diego, Cal, /
re Mr. Chr.s.inn engaged IN busi-
... which ho continued very success !
until last fall, when they declded |
FL. nase Charlotte, where Mrs. Chris |
t.a's mother lived and where her elrl- /
l.Yl was sueut. their home. MI. Ohrls- .
e.. i1nrhi an interest IN the Charlotte
....lq', and has since ;hen been lIS
o..r. ...;..
Nr Christian leaves an interesting
.l..te- about two and bali or three
r.r Ola and ,on Of SIX months'
r..i named Thomas Jackson OhIls- .
--a. .ol las illus;rious grandparent'
HrR ILLNESS.
Deceased was stricken down with ma I
s-alf.y,l three weeks AGO on Ihurs- I
dave sr4 the DIST day was the pivot
. ...,t WHOM her disease, winch
Was .Ir.a1v of very grave cha- /
rrt.r aslucl much more a'",u
d.. pact. and il became evident
tlt... could not possibly snrvive much
I0rr,r. Hence the special telegram III
Yesterday mornings D'"Pa''% an
a..ng her critical illness. In IT'S
l,tr stages Mrs. Christians disease
tlr,od into typhoidteyer OF the HloS'
l.lpsant form and she had very severe
i.o ihagcs, which greatly acceici"'o"
i ui. IT.
Dr. McCaw, who had been the family
}iy rian OF deceased when she hVeu
lere. went down 10 Charlotte a lew days
ago and Mrs. Gmndy and Mr. Biytne
Branch went Wednesday. MI Garter