The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-29
Well Known Resident Of the City
Drops to Sleep After Long Ill
ness Wednesday Evening.
CLOSE OF A MEMORABLE CAREER
Captain Jackson Had Been Actively Con
nected win the Lake Business for
More Than sixty Years.

Captain Stephen A. Jackson, per-
haps the best known survivor of the
great race of early lake captains, died
at the home of his son, Johnson a.
Jackson, in this city, Wednesday even
ing after a long illness. Captain
Jackson had been i'll for many months,
but the end was not thought to be SO
near. He became suddenly worse
Wednesday afternoon and his sons
were hurried1y> summoned to his bed
side. Shortly before II O'Clock, with
his sons about the bedside, and per-
fect1y rational, the old captain dropped
asleep in that sleep that knows no
awakening.
When the death of Captain Jackson
was announced this morning it caused
sorrow in ali parts of the city, for few
men were better known in Southern
Wisconsin than he. The home of his
son was flooded with messages Of sor-
row and sympathy from all parts or
the State.
The death of Captain Jackson came
as the result of a stroke of paralysis
sustained some six or seven months
ago. The deceased had been in robust
health until last summer when he
started for a long sail on the lakes and
the trip proved to be too much for him
and after his return he steadily de-
c1ined until death relieved him from
his suffering.
CAPTAIN Jackson is survived by two
sons, Johnson A. Jackson, President
of the Kenosha Crib company, and
Charles Jackson, of Waukegan, well
known to the newspaper business IN
| Illinois and Wisconsin.
The death of Captain Stephen At
tenboro Jackson marks the end OF a
memorabilia career. A career filled
with active work for his government
and the people of the lake region.
| CAPTAIN Jackson was a sailor by in
instinct, and while born far inland in
the little village of Boston, Noting
hamshire, England, he began sailors
life in his thirteenth year and con-
tinued to sail the lakes until year
ago.
The Captain was born on September
&. 1927. and few years later his father
came to America and settled in New
York. The mother and the boy fol-
lowed in 1889, and the following year
young Jackson started his career as a
sailor, making his first trip from Buff
falo to Chicago. For nearly sixty
wears he continued his life on
the lakes, and IN this time
he sailed many of the largest
boats plying between Buffalo and
Chicago. In the early forties he made
his Headquarters in Chicago and there
he formed the acquaintance of John
Wentworth ,jwho was one of the boon
companions of Captain Jackson for
many years.
When the steamer Sunshine was
known as the largest boat on the lake
Captain Jackson was put IN charge
and sailed the old lake vessel for many
years.
To the olderlmen in the grain bust
ness in Chicago and Milwaukee the
death of Captain Jackson will be
heard as d personal sorrow, as ne was
/ a close IT1SuQ 10 dill VI Ll4Cu4'
In the early sixties Captain Jackson
went into the employ of the govern
ment as a revenue officer and he was
in charge Of the district of Lake Erie
for many years. Later he resigned
his post and returned to the lake SER
vice having charge of line Of passen-
ger boats out of Chicago for many
| years.
| In 1867 Captain Jackson came to this
city to make his home and since that
time he sailed many boats on Lake
Michigan. His last vessel was the
Evaline, which was finally disposed of
by the friends of Captain Jackson to
| force him to leave the lakes.
In 1880 he became connected with
the life saving station on the lakes
and continued in this service for four
years when his age and failing health
| forced him to retire from active SER
vice.
Captain Jackson, with life of ac-
tivity, was the prince of good fellows.
Always cheerful, with fund of good
stories, he was companion of every
one. His stories of early Chicago and
early life on the lake were the most
interesting and always found ready
listeners.
Captain Jackson was universally be-
loved in Kenosha and his sad death
comes as a personal sorrow to many
homes in the city.
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Summer,
Via the Nc th-Western Line. Excur-
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