The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-03
GEN JACKSON
PASSES AWAY.
Head of the Famous Belle
Meade Winds Out NOta-
BILE Career as a SOlii aud
a Turfman.

I II. 1AEhEOIs ulF VI AAlG tAAISA htHkAh AtA5AA-
ed man in Tennessee, for Years proprie-
tor of historic Belle Meade, passed away
at 100 O'Clock Monday night. Life,
which for him had contained so much
on which TO base distinction, slipped
away quietly. For twelve hours prior
to his death he had been unconscious
and his anxious relatives at his bedside
awaited he inevitable with inexpress
ible sadness. He himself had anticipa-
ted that the end was not far off, and
during the last two months, when the
evidences of decline we're unmstakable,
ne spoke of the end phiosophically and
with confidence. For years he had
been a devoted member of McKendree
Church, and for number of them one
of It's officials. and his hope was that of
an upright christian man.
NATIVE OF PARIS.
Gen. jackson was born in Paris,
Tenn, Oct. |, 1885. Both his father
and his mother-Dr. A. Jackson and
Mrs Mary Hurt Jackson-were Nlr-
ginians who removed TO West Ten
nessee in 1880. AS boy he was
manly and courageous and by nature
endowed for the stirring scenes in
which he was to participate. While
a number of the senior class OF the West
Tennessee College he received an APP
pointment to West Point, entering the
academy in 1852. He graduated with
credit in the large class of 1896 and
the following year Joined the NOUN
tain Rifles on the Mexican border ana
learned stern lessons of soldering in
Indian fighting. From 1897 TO lool
her was Second Lieutenant under Col.
| VI 7 Urpqt conflict
cane he was in the field against the
Apaces near Ft. Stanton, New Mexico.
His record had been enviable. For
faithfulness in the performance OF
duty and gallantry on the field he had
been highly compllmented by the war
department Such was his record In
the United States Army when the
civil war became inevitable. Squar-
ing his accounts with the Government
he rendered his resi- gnatiOn and with
Col. Crittenden, of Kentucky, maze MS
way to New Orleans.
CONFEDERATE SERVICE.
Through Mai. Longstreet he tender
ed his services to the South, being at
once commissioned Captain OF artll-
lery by the Governor OF Tennessee. AS
an officer of the Confederate States ne
won his claim to military distinction
by the brllliancy of his achievements
on many fields. AT Belmont he led
brilliant charge of infantry, when
nearly cost him his life, the minnie ball
that entered his side remaining there
to the day of his death. Holly
Springs an Loveioy Staff against
the dashing Fitzpatrick steps by
which he rose to recognition as
| Than pOmnanV
with Forrest leading the Confederate
ADVANCE into tennessee and covering
the retreat of Hood, his services again
were of nature to be considered
worthy of higher command and
he was assigned to division, lead
ing it to the eud of the war. At
the close of the war he was assigned
as commissioner for the parole OF
troops at Guntersville, Ala, and Co
lnmbus, Miss.
THE RETIRED SOLDIER.
Gen. jackson brought with him from
the great war, In addition to the Fed-
eral bullet, reputation as a gallant
soldier, which survived the forty years
of peace, but 1t was as proprietor OF
beautiful Belle Meade that he was best
known to fame IN the mlddle ana
later years Of his life. So intimately
was his name associated with the
supurb establishment, the cradle OF so
many of the racing traditions or the
country that his retirement and ais
persal in May last was spoken OF as the
end of an era in the Southern country.
With the close of the war he had
returned to his father plapt"tion ana
taken up the IattGr's interest, superln-
! th r,rpH hIp rAGulfS
In 1868 he married Miss Se!epe Hald-
ing daughter of Gen. W. q. Harding.
of Belle Meade, ana became intimately
associated with his fatherin law III the
| latter s extensive interests
RECOGNIZED QUALIFICATIONS.
In recognition of his pre- eminent quail
| itications in the agricultural held ne
was called to fill the office OF PRESIDENT
of the National Agricultural congress.
| President of the Farmers Associhuoh OF
Tennessee and President of the bureau
of Agriculture for the State Under MS
management the magnificent estate, one
of the best known in the country reacn
ed its fullest deveopment-an opJecI OF
| national interest and place where the
hospitality of the old South stu 3D.
tanned The names of two Presidents as
guests are included ID tne HlthIo leo Va
the great plane-Cleveland ana koose-
welt, the latter while pursuing literary
work and ears before fortune indicated
him for the White House.
| Gen. jackson s fanny and immediate
relatives were with him when death
came. Those who were :. present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Wi liam IL.
jackson, Jr.; Mrs. Selcne Jack
son, his daughter: Mrs. Howell r.
Jackson. his sister-in-law; Judge Will
lam Jackson, of Cincinnati nephew,
and John HARDING, OF tins county,
| brother-in law.
The funeral arrangements have not
vet been made, but the interment VIII
be at the family bu yng ground at
Belle Meade the magnificent place he
loved so well.