The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30
Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, the hon
ored widow of General "StonewalP
Jackson, came to the close Of a long,
faithful and happy life in her home in
Charlotte, n. c., on Wednesday.
h was a gentlewoman by birth
and natur q lady Of simplicity of
character and cheerfuiness Of spirit,
and most amiable and pleasing man
ner, modest and unaffected, she was
cordial and considerate toward all
with whom she came in contact. Small
in stature and we'll rounded in form,
she was in striking contrast with the
erect and soldierly man whose bride
she became in her youth, and whose
home and life she made SO happy in
the few years Of married life given to
them. She became the wife of Major
Jackson, Of the Virginia Military In
stitute in 1857. She remembered with
amusement that when they were mar
ried the bridegroom vas asked to
promise that he would be an "indul-
gent husband" and the bride was told
to be IAN obedient Wife; and the VOWS
ton or hesitation, and to the I'M
mingled happiness Of both. The stern
and disciplined soldier was gentle in
diligence itself, and the happy wife at
his side was most happy in the strong
willed, heroic man whom she loved,
admired and trusted supremacy.
In the trying days Of war she came
to him whenever in his judgment
conditions and duties permitted. Dur
ing the last winter Of his life, when
| his command was encamped in the
Rappahannock Valley, one Of his
major-generals, an incorrigible old
bachelor, complained that there were
too many ladies visiting their hus-
bands in the vicinity Of the camp, and
| q SIX cd that fhQV he NOnnQ11n6 tn wit I.
draw. But the general walked the
floor OF his headquarters office and
said with some heat: 81 will do no
such thing. 1 wish that my wife could
come to see me-"
The first winter Of the war Mrs.
jackson spent two or three months
with the general in Winchester. And
she came again for a week at Hamil-
tons Crossing, just before the battle
Of Charlottesville, and at the last
was at his bedside when he 'crossed
over the river at the Chandler home
at Guineas Station, May 10, 1863.
For more than fifty years she las
Christian woman, honoring and loving
the good and great man who was heI
husband, submissive to the will OF
God, faithful to every duty, having heI
own sicknesses and her own more
painful sorrow. but gentle, steadfast
D1OlNS the I1Hnc Wnon she WOulQ mo
her appointed rest under the shade OF
the trees"
1t will be a pleasing and abiding
memory with the people Of Richmond
and Virginia that last May, at oul
earnest solicitation, Mrs. jackson
came to join US in the honor we
wished to give to the memory Of Gen.
eral jackson on our 'Stonewall'
Jackson Memorial Day. Thinking not
at all Of herself, but only of him, she
was as gentle, unaffected and Cheerful.
as we had always known her. More
frail III body, showing the traces OF
her many years., h was uncomplain.
ing, placid in c~Ountenance and peace.
full In shirt. Happy in the enthusiasm
of u hero-worship, she was bidins
the time When she would enter ir
through the gates and find those whom
by the wise n loving will Of he,
Heavenly Father she had lost awhile
The women of the South have beer
teaching US that 'love makes mem.
: DRY eternal" and with us all the Low.
ing memory of this most womanl,
Woman this widow so greatly wild
owed, this faithful and fruitful fol.
l lower Of Christ. will endure to thu
end of our days, and make the world
: better and our lives sweeter becanst
she was given to US through half :
century.