The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-01-29
'ST0NEWALL"
JACKSON IN
BRIEF HISTORY

Thomas J. Jackson was true and
loyal American boy. For as d boy
he loved his country with passion
akin to yeneration and fought her
battles when young man with an
atdor and a patriotism unsurpassed
in the annals of war. In his mature
manhood he erred in his Judgment
as to the Righteousness Of the cause
he espouscd, but as a boy he never
erred.
As youth he hunted and fisled
along the Valley river, the Elk and
the Monongahela in the mountain
state Of West Virginia. and set his
traps for beaver, mink and otter III
the secluded glens Of the Great
Kanawha. Many are the nights he
spent in the open air under the stars,
with a haring pine knot to keep the
wolves at bay or in an old canoe on
the waters that mulmufcd Of coming
greatness to his willing ears.
tom" Jackson was brave boy,
too. He was a born fighter, but was
never the aggressor. Habitually
quiet, almost taciturn, he was al
ways on the alert to see that he was
not imposed upon himself or that
his school boy friends we're not
either. TO the end Of his days he
was always fifth the under dog. The
bully of the village was, as usual, a
big fellow who delighted in insult
ing and teasing those smaller than
himself. One day on his way to the
log school house, Tom came upon
the insultcr engaged in pinching,
cutting and otherwise cruelty mis-
treating boy much smaller, who
was crying and endeayoring to gel
ont Of the rutiian's way Young
jackson fired up on the instant, and
warned The bully to stop that con-
tcmptible business at once. The
big fellow sncered at Jackson and
told him to mind his own affairs.
Then there was trouble. Jackson
made d made dash in the direction
Of his burly antagonist, and before
the latter knew what hit him he lay
sprawling in an adjacent mud pud-
die. Tom then took his little frirn,i
BY the hand and escorted him to
school.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, popu-
larly and lovingly known in almost
every civilized land as 'StonewaIl'
jackson, was 4 native Of Harrison
county, Virginia, now West Virgin
ia. having been born in Clarksburg
January II, 1924. His great grand,
father was an Englishman, but early
in life found home in the wilds Of
Virginia, and his grandfather, I'd
ward Jackson. was a pioneer survey
Or in the Monongahela valley
Jonathan, son Of the last named,
adopted the legal profession, and
located at CIarkSburg, soon after
which he married Julia, a daughter
Of Thomas Neal, Of Wood county
-Four children, two sons and two
daughters, were the issue Of Their
marriage, the Youngest being
Thomas j., the subject Of this skctcl
His father died in 1927 and hi
mother in 1881: thus he was Al
orphan at the age Of seven years
He nov found a welcome home j
the family Of his uncle, GummIn
4 jackson, who resided on a farm i
miles distant from Clarksburg. an'
here remained until he was eightcei
years of age, in the meantime Per
forming the usual labor Of the farm
and attending the school Of tn
neighborhood. At the age Of ny
teen he served as constable OF Lew
county. He was ambitious. with Al
Unsuitable thirst for knowledge am
in 1912, learning Of vacancy in tn
United States Military Academy q
West Point he determined to max
application for the appointment
His friends cordially supported hin
and dressed in a suit Of homespu
he made his way to Washington
travelling nart Of the distance on foo