The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-02
MARRIAGE HEALS THE FEuD.
Two Warning Families of kentucky
Lay Down Their Arms
Forever.

A feud of old Kentucky was recently
ended amicably by the marriage of Tom
Bakers oldest sister, Iby, to Christopher
ii. Jackson, son of W. S. jackson, Of
London, KY, and a brother-in-law of
Cooper Eversole, son of Judge Eversole.
Young Jackson is descended from
Gen. Jarvis Jackson, who came TO Laurel
county when il was founded, 30 years
ago, and who presented to the county
the site of the town of London. The
county could not erect public buildings
for lack of money, so the general told
the magistrates that the he would build
a courthouse and a schoolhouse il they
would deed the town lots back to him.
This was done. He built substantial
brick house. which stood until torn
down few years ago to make room
for a modern building, and the old
Laurel academy, as the school was
called, is still standing.
When he began flirting with Iby
Baker Chris jackson was very young
and married. The pretty, bright face
and vivacious manner of the belle of
Clay county made him forget the wom-
an he had sworn to love. and his heart
went out TO the mountain lassie. Iby
became infatuated with him, but, learn
ing that he was married, she deter
mined to become an old maid schoolmis-
tress. She procured a school in Leslie
county, and it was not long until she
was regarded as the best woman teach
er ever seen in Hyden. 1t had required
strong men to handle the rough noun
tain boys, but this delicate girl soon
showed them that she was mistress of
the situation.
When Jimmie Webb, n big boy known
as master of the schoolmaSters," came
TO school the third morning after she
took charge with a 4j-caliber revolver
buckled around him, she commanded
him to uubuckIe it and put il in his
desk. Instead he attempted TO draw the
weapon, but before he could loosen il
in the holster he was looking into the
muzzle of a shiny IS. held in the
steady right hand OF the school
mistress. He then mbuck led the pis-
tol and handed il TO her. belt and all.
This cOwed the bully of the school, and
from that moment until she closed the
session she was supreme ruler.
While busy in school work events
were taking place here which ultimate
ly had marked effect on her life The
man who loved her and the man she
worshiped was arrested for forgery and
indicted on seven counts. His father
was claim agent here for the Louisville
& Nashville railroad, and Chris was
charged with making out bogus claims
against the company and forging the
names of the section bosses and fore
men TO them. The jury which tried
young Jackson found him guilty on two
counts and fixed his punishment at four
years in the penitentiary. When her |
husband left for the states prison the |
first Mrs. Jackson filed suit for divorce |
and it was granted. Under the laws of |
Kentucky a husband who becomes a |
felon forfeits all marital rights. pro- |
vided the wife wants to take advan-
tage of the law.
AS soon as Jackson was free to marry /
again he wrote from the Penitentiary |
at Frankfort to Iby Baker, telling her
all the facts, protesting his innocence
and asking her if she would marry him
when he had served out his time.
The sight of letter from him, con-
vict though he was, rekndled all the
fierce love she had borne for him when
she was a schoolgirl, and she wept tears
of joy to know that. though in the laws
he was free 10 make her his
wife.
Her answer can readily be surmised
jackson made a model prisoner. got
many months off his sentence for good
behavior and was released two months
ago. In the meantime he and his noun
tain sweetheart had kept up a loving
and when he came
back from the penitentiary one of the
first things ne did was to make Iby
Baker his wife. They are living in a
pretty cottage on the side of high hill
Just south of the London courthouse.
She is an accomplished musician and
plays on the handsome piano that
graces the front" room the old
pieces he used to love and sings for
him the old songs she sang when it
seemed he would forever be lost to her.
She never mentions the dark chapter of
his life. Her one desire in life seems
to be to make her husband happy
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