The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-13
Final Summons For Well Known
Manufacturer and Politician
Comes Sunday Morning
DEATH ENDS NOTABLE CAREER
Leader in Business and Political World
ofthe City Succumbs After Long
Illness.-A Sketch of His Long
Life in Kenosha

Johnson Jackson is dead. The end
Of his long struggle against the in
evitable came on Sunday morning and
he dropped to rest in the sleep that
knows no awakening Al his home on
Ashland avenue just before ten
o'clock The end was peaceful and
he dropped asleep as one tired with
the labors of day. For weeks it
has been known that the final sum
mons was near and for the last two
weeks the patient had been in sub
conscious state. His wife and chill
dren and one surviving brother were
at the bed side when the end came.
The death of Mr.. Jackson, while
expected by his friends and the mem
bers of his family, caused deep sorrow
in many homes in Kenosha for few
men ia the city were more widely
known or better loved. Mr.. Jackson
had been closely connected with the
development of Kenosha during the
last quarter Of a century and the clos
ing of his life at the very zenith of its
powers came as a hard blow to those
who knew him and loved him best
James Johnson Attenboro Jackson
was forty-nine years of age. He was
a son of Stephen and Mary Golden
Jackson and was born at St. Joseph,
Mich, October IL, 1857. He was
educated during his early life in the
schools of st. Joseph, but when boy
ten years of age he came with his
parents to this city where he has
since resided.
Early in life he started out to make
a career for himself and when young
man he went to work in the old Sim
mons factory. While in the factory
in those former years he met Fred
Hannahs and the business friendship
which was brought about at that time
continued to the day of his death.
The two men worked together in the
factory for some time and then leas-
ing small portion Of the old factory
they began the manufacture of cribs
and the Kenosha Crib company, of
which Mr.. Jackson was the secretary
and treasurer at the time of his death,
was formed For time the business
was carried on at the factory but after
the burning of the Simmons factory
the Kenosha Crib company was
formally incorporated in 1882 and the
plant on Grand avenue was built. It
was sue cess from the start and in
twenty four years it has been greatly
enlarged until at the present time it is
one of the most successful business
enterprises of the city.
Mr.. Jackson was a man of enthus-
iasm and he carried this enthusiasm
into everything he took hold of. He
was of wonderfully cheerful dis
position and a man with heart large
enough to embrace all humanity. He
worked with his men in the plant and
knew the private life of every one of
them. There will be tears in many a
home in Kenosha over the death of
Mr.. Jackson for these men who were
with him for so many years knew bet
ter than any others the kindness of his
heart and the goodness of his nature.
Mr.. Jackson was a many sided man
and his interest in the progress of
Kenosha knew no bounds He was
connected with every forward move
ment in the history of the city and he
was ever considered as leader. He
took a great deal of interest in the
schools of the city and served for a
number of years as a member of the
Board of Education. His work on the
Board was of great value to the people
of the city.
In politics Mr.. Jackson was Re-
publican. He was leader of the
party for many years, and up to the
time he was overtaken by his fatal
malady, he was a man often sought
for counsel and advice by the mem
bers of the party. He was never an
Office seeker, but Notwithstanding this
fact, his wide influence and knowl-
edge of men made him one high in the
councils of his party. His influence
was not only local, but it extended to
the Congressional district and the
State, and ne was warm friend of
many of the men who had made Re-
publicanism in Wisconsin.
About the Preside of the home Mr..
Jackson was the most tender of hus-
bands and loving father. He was a
great home man, and the hardest
blow in his death will be felt by those
who knew him about the family
hearth. On Jan. s, 1881, Mr.. jackson
was united in marriage in Kenosha to
Miss Jennie Carter and the widow
and four children survive. The chill
Sdren are: Tessie c., Frank L., Charles
s., and Vida, all Of Kenosha. Mr..