The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-21
GOLDEN WEDDING.
DIR. n. ID. jackson and Wife Celebrate
Their 5Oth Anniversary.


Their 50th Anniversary.
DR.. r. d. Jackson and wife. former
ly of -Summerfieid, have numerous
friends throughout Alabama, who will
be much pleased to know that they
have celebrated their golden wedding
at the home of their son, Mr.. Fred M.
jackson, in Birmingham. The follow
ing account is from The Birmingham
News of yesterday:
One of the most interesting enter
tainments that occurs in this short life
is the golden wedding. On yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred M. Jackson did this
honor to his venerable parents at his
elegant residence on Avenue H and
Twenty-eighth street, South. The en-
tertainment was given on the lawn
which forms part of his beautiful
grounds. just east of the dwelling, and
which. being sofded with blue grass
and shaded with fine trees, formed an
ideal place for the magnificent feast.
The tables, which were about one
hundred feet long were protected by
an awning, and seats were provided
for about sixty invited guests besides
some twenty members of tho family.
OF the immediate family. those present
were: DR.. r, D. Jackson and wife, who
were married at Summerfeld. Ala, on
the 10Th of July, 1854, by the Rev.
Thomas Y. Ramsey, and his two sons
and two daughters, with ten grand
children, as follows: F. M. jackson,
and wife, with four children. r. w.
jackson, wife and one SON;
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Beard
and two children; Mrs. Lucy
Bell and three sons. The oldest guest
was Mrs. s. F. Beard. and descend
ant of the family of Daniel Boone,
The Backwoodsman of Kentucky"
and now 80 years old. DR. .Jackson's
grandmother was also of the Boone
family. having been Mrs. Terry Ivey,
a direct descendant of Daniel Boone's
father. The Boones came from Eng
land and settled first on the Delaware
river. afterw nd removing to the Yad-
KIN. in North Carolina. Miss Mary
Ivey, another descendant of the
Boones. from Mansfield. La. was also
present. Mrs. r. d. Jackson was Sa-
rah Jane Mitchell, a daughter of Rev.
DIR. A. II. Mitchell, the venerable Meth
odist minister, who died last October
when nearly ninety-five years old. Her
mother was Arabella Roehell of Geor-
gia. Mrs. Jackson was dressed in
white. She shows little of the marks
of age, having enjoyed excellent health
through all her life, and being blessed
with a noble father, an excellent hus-
band. and devoted children. When DR..
Jackson came home from the College
of Medicine in 1852 he was one of the
handsomest young men in Alabama. AZ
ter his marriage he practiced his pro-
fession at Hamburg, in Perry county,
but went to the war and served in the
capacity of surgeon. His sword was
among the family relics shown to the
guests on Tuesday. DIR, Jackson was
a hunter and told stories of killing
deer in Alabama that made the younger
sportsmen present green with envy. He
has his fathers double barrel shotgun,
the first percussion lock brought to
Alabama, that had killed a deer at one
hundred and twenty yards.
After the feast of barbecued meats
and everything else that appealed to
the palate had been disposed of, the
Rev. DIR. Simpson, who officiated at the
head of the table. called for sentiments
from several of the invited guests.
These were handsomely rendered by
DR.. Riggs. DIR. Hendricks. DIR. Parks.
Professor John Daniel and others. No
more pleasant occasion has taken place
in the annals of Birmingham.
Besides those mentioned there were
many old friends, formerly from South
Alabama, but now living in this city.
Also a number of the friends and bust
ness associates of Mr.. Fred Jackson.
kilograms and letters and presents
were received from many others, some
from as far as New York