Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-25
Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson
"A Tribute
Ky REV. JAMES POWER SMITH.
ID. d..
Last Surviving Member OF General
JucksOn's StnH.

Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson. the honored
widow OF General "Stonewalr' Jackson.
came to the close OF a long. faithful and
happy life In her home In Charlotte. n
C., on Wednesday,.
She was gentlcwomnn by birth and
nature, "a lady of simplicity Of charac
ter and checrfulness of spirit, and most
amiable and pleasing manner modest
anu unarcctcd. she was cordial and
considerable toward all with whom .h..
came In contact. Small in stature and
well rounded In form, she WAS in strik-
ing contrast with the erect ana SOL
dierly man whose bride she became I'm
her youth, ana whose home and iii. she
MADE so happy in the few years OF mar
rleu NE given to them. She became tho
wire or Major Jackson Of the Virginia
hiltarE institute in 1857. She remern-
Dereu with amusement that when they
were married the bridegroom was asked
10 promise that he would be au "indul-
gent husband" and the bride was told to
be AN obedient wife: and the vows
were Kept without a. shade OF question
or hesitation. and to the unmingled
happiness OF both. The stern and dis
ciplined soldier was gentle indulgence
itseir, ana tn" happy wife at his side
was most happy in the strong willed.
heroic man whom she loved admired
and trusted suprencly
In the trying days of war she came TO
MN whenever in his judgment con1i-
IONS ana duties permitted. During the
last winter of his life, when his com
mand was cncamped in the Rappahan-
mock Valley, one OF his major-gencrals
an incorriGiblc old bachelor. complained
that there were too many ladies visiting
their husbands in the vicinity of the
camp. ana asked that they be compelled
10 withdraw. But the general walked
tho floor OF his headquarters Office and
said with some heat: II will do no such
thing. wish that my wife could come
to see me-"
The first winter OF the war Mrs Jack
son spent two or three months with the
general in Winchester And she cam,
again for week mt Hamilton.p Cross-
Ing, just before the battle Of ChanceI-
loTsViile, and at the last was Mt his bed
side when he creased over tho river.
at the Chandler home at Guineas Sta
ton, May 10. 1863.
!. For moro than Atty years she has
oceh widow, patient. cheerful. Chris
uan woman. honoring and loving the
good and great man who was her hu,
band, submissive To the Will OF Cod
faithful TO every duty, having her own
sicknesses and her own more painful
! sorrow. but gentle. steadfast, bidinE the
t'ine when she would find her appointed
rest under the shade OF the trees"
II VIII he n pleasing and abiding
memory with the people OF Richmond
and Virginia that last May at our ear
nest solicitation. Mrs. jackson came 10
join us In the honor we wished TO give
TO the memory OF General Jackson on
our 'Stonewhlr' jackson Memorial Day
Thinking not AT all of herself but ONLY
o! him. she was as gentle, unaffected
ana cheerful as We had always known
her. Alorc :rail in body. showing the
traces or he: many years. She was I'M
coInpln ming, placid in countenance and
peaceful In spirit. Happy in the en-
thusiasm OF our hcro-worship. she was
hiding the time when she would enter
In through the gates and find those
whom by the wise and loving will OF
her heavenly Father she had lost awhile
The women Of the South have been
teaching us that love makes memory
eternal" and with us all the loving
memory OF this most womanly woman.
this widow so greatly widowed this
faithful and fruitful follower of Christ.
VIII endure TO the end OF our DAYS. and
make the world better and our lives
swteter because she was given TO us
through half a century.