Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
G. j. JACKSON DEAD.
The Last Sad Rites at the Opera
House, Grand Rapids, Sunday
Afternoon.

throughout the state, an hOnored and
influential citizen of Centralia, passed
to his final rest at the Wauwatosa
Sanitarium after confinement Of more
than four months. Mr.. jackson had
been slowly declining for weeks with
softenipg of the brain and the sad news
of his demise on Thursday May Z, came
not entirely unexpected i'll the twin
cities. The remains were brought home
Friday evening and the body remained
in state at the Centralia residence until
Sunday afternoon when an impressive
funeral service was very largely
attended.
colbert Jardine Jackson was born in
the Parish of Ewes, Dumfreisshire,
Scotland, May 4th, 1913, and had there
fore just passed his ffty-third year He
was the youngest of eleven children.
Mr., Jackson, in company with four
brothers and one sister, sailed for
America in 1856, and landed at New
York on July 9th Two of the brothers
soon bought farm and the subject of
this sketch worked thereon most of the
time until 1861, when the war of the
rebellion attracted him to the front
He enlisted Oct %, 1861, as Private in
the Sth New York Battery and was
discharged June so, 1865, as Sargent
with a splendid record of nearly four
years service to his credit.
After the war Mr. Jackson turned his
face toward the west and settled at
Eureka, Wisconsin, in the month Of
April, 1866.
Mr.. Jackson was married to Flora E.
Dickerson, at Waukau, Wis, on
February 6, 1867. From that time until
1869 Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson resided at
Eureka. In 1869, they removed to
Oshkosh, where Mr.. jackson became
interested in steamboat navigation on
the Fox and Wolf rivers. During the
following five years, or until 1874, he
was captain of a boat maang regular
trips and he always pointed to the
experiences of that time as among the
most pleasant of his life. But the
advent Of the railroads to the section Of
country in which he operated soon cut
down his profits to such an extent that
he thought it advisable to drop river
navigation and take up some other line
of business. With that end in view he
came to Centralia in February, 1874,
and soon thereafter purchased an
interest in the Centralia Touring mills
then owned by Trow & Coleman.
AS soon as Mr.. Jacks ms marked
business ability became apparent to the
other members of the firm, he was
given the management of the company's
interests and from time to time added
to his interest in it. About eight years
ago the firm name was changed to the
Jackson Milling Co., owners of the
Touring mills in this city, at Stevens
Point and at Amherst and lessees of the
Wausau Touring mills"
Mr.. Jackson was always an active,
enthusiastic citizen, to the forefront in
the promotion of public enterprises,
was at different times Mayor of Centra-
liza and held many minor Offices of trust
with efficiency. He was member Of
Grand Rapids Lodge No. 120 F. & A. NJ,
of Crusade Commandery No. SO at
Stevens Point, and of Wisconsin
Consistory No. /, of Milwaukee. Also
a charter member of Wood County
Post No. %, 6. A. r. and served as it's
commander for several years.
FUNERAL.
Beautiful and impressive were the
last sad services over the body of this
lamented friend, three orders having
part in the rites. A special train on the
6. B., w. & St. P. Ry. was run from
Stevens Point for the accommodation of
the knights Templars and others of
that city who desired to attend the
funeral and the people present from
there numbered about seventy-five
Masons constituted the largest part of
this number, but there were also a few
of the members of Stevens Points city
government, besides other friends and
acquaintance of the deceased. The
train stopped at the crossing in
Centralia next to Mr.. Jackson's late
residence promptly at 2 o'clock, and
the remains were escorted to rink opera
house in this city in the following order:
knights TempIar
Master Masons
Muffled Drum
Grand Army of the Republic
Hearse
Relatives of Deceased
Citizens in Carriages
The pail bearers were J. J. Nelson ii
j. r. Congdon, J. D. Curran, Fred
Allen, ". 0. Lamoreaux and Emmons
Burr, all of Stevens Point, three
marching on either side of the hearse
in full Knights uniform.
The knights were in charge of E. NJ. |
Copps, Of Stevens Point, the Master
Masons under direction of c. A. |
Spencer, this city, and the 6. 4. R.
commanded by Geo. Mcmillan,
Centralla.
Services at the hall were conducted
by the knights Templar under the
leadership of ". B. Buckingham, Rev.
Weller acting as prelate. The latter
also preached the funeral sermon, his
theme being the resurrection, and it
was pronounced by all a remarkably