The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-09-28
Death OF David Jackson.


The remains of David Jackson, one Of
the victims Of the Big Four railroad dis.
aster near Manteno, ILL.,, Sept. Is, 1898,
was brought to this city on Thursday
morning, and were taken in charge by
undertaken Holmes, and conveyed to
his late residence near Carmel this
county. Deceased was born Feb. 2,
lS41, near this place, where he has re
sided all his life. He was the youngest
son of David and Elizabeth Jackson.
His mother was sister of D. f. Mad
subject of this sketch was about two
years old His father lived some years
after the death of his wife, and the chill.
dren were kept together in their pa
rental home. The care of young David
fell to his two sisters, Mary and Sarah,
who gave to their baby brother their
undivided love and tenderness, and
whose sudden and violent death has
Frustrated and rendered desolate their
hearts and home. David Jackson was
unmarried. While possessing all the
qualities of love and manliness such as
any woman could trust and revere he
seemed to feel that it was his duty to
remain single while his two sisters sur.
vived him, realizing that they had de
voted their young maidenhood to his
care and comfort and remained at home
for his sake, he repayed the sacrifice by
caring for them in the strength of his
stalwart manhood. Libbie Jackson,
niece of the deceased, who was with
him at the time of the accident, and was
herself greatly injured and " no made
her home with them from her early in
fancy, shared in unmeasured degree his
love and confidence and more than
fatherly care, and is bereft indeed by
this awful disaster.
David Jackson was a man of whom
too much cannot be said. His character
was above reproach; his private and
public record clean and pure; he was
| loved by his neighbors, respected and
honored by his friends, and in every
sense of the word was an honest man,
the noblest work of God. His sudden
and violent death sent thrill of horror
and sadness throughout the entire coun.
ty and words of indignation and con.
demnation were heard from every one
at the seeming criminal carelessness OF
the railroad managers in permitting
such dangerous relations of fast running
trains, resulting in accident and death
to so many innocent victims, who in the
unconscious embrace of slumber, were
hurled into eternity. David Jackson
was not member of any church, and
yet he was believer in God and i'm.
mortality. His ideal man was the car.
penter OF Nazereth, whose name he rev.
cred and whose virtues he sought to as
simulate. Religion is the bond that
unites us to God, and the first revelation
of it is in the human soul, permeatine
the nature controlling the life. His re-
mains rest beside his father and mother
brothers and sisters in the home bury
ing ground, few yards from the ole
home and under the orchard trees
where as a boy he had so often played
Funeral services conducted by Rev. A
T. Cunningham.
'There are dear words murmured by loving
lips
Far richer than any other;
But the sweetest word in that home heard
Was the endearing name of brother.
o, magical word May it never die
From the lips that love to speak it,
Nor melt away from the loving hearts
That even would break to keep it.