Evening journal., 1915-04-05
". H. JACRSON'S
Career IS Closed
Former Congressman Dies
at His Home in
Salisbury
He AMASSED
GREAT WEALTH

SALISBURY, Md, April 5.-While
the snowstorm ragged Saturday after
noon the Hon. William II. Jackson,
three times member of Congress and
the leading citizen of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, died at his home
here. Because Of the prostration of
the telegraph and telephone wires by
the storm, announcement of the
death could not be communicated to
Mr.. Jacksons relatives and friends
beyond the limits of the town
A month ago Mr.. Jackson's health
became seriously impaired. His
death at the time was expected. He
rallied. howeved. and so marked was
Improvement that hopes were enter
tanned that his life would be pro-
longed though the family we're as
sured that permanent recovery could
not be expected. With him when the
end came we're his wife, his son, for
mer United States Senator w. p. jack
son: Mrs. Josiah Marvel. of Whining
ton, DEL his daughter; his nephew,
Colonel Marion p. Humphreys, and
other relatives.
The funeral will take place Tues
day from Mr.. Jackson's home Ser
vices will be conducted in Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church, this city.
Mr.. Jackson was not quite II years
old, having been born near what is
now Delmar. on October 10. 1888. He
was the last survivor of five brothers.
who were: r. e. Jackson. former
governor of Maryland; Colonel VIII
liam f., prominent lumber merchant
and banker, of Baltimore. the father
Il in-law of Mayor James II. Preston;
Watson and Isaac n. All of them
were engaged in lumber manufactur-
s ing and all accumulated fortunes.
Mr.. jackson, after gaining wealth
and prominence as a merchant in
Salisbury and later as lumber
. manufacturer with forests in Vir-
q ginia. North Carolina and mills in
n Salisbury. achieved prominence in
public life. Until 1888 he was identi-
fed with the Democratic party and
e supported his brother the late Gov
ornor, as q Democratic candidate for
the House of Delegates and later as
Senator from Wicomico county, and
then as a candidate for governor.
When the Democratic party. in 1888,
with Grover Cleveland as a cS-ldidate
for President. made tariff reduction
its paramount issue in the campaign,
81 Mr. Jackson supported Benjamin
N Harris, Republican, for President. He
believed i'm a high tariff. He could
not hold an opinion and then vote
against it.
Though anchored permanently in
II the Republican party. he persistently
refused TO be candidate for Office
VI In 1897, nearly nine years after he
had transferred his allegiance to the
.@ Republican party. he consented to ac-
& cept the nomination of that party fol
State Senator in WicomicO county
81 Though defeated, he took pride i'm the
b fact that he had reduced the normal
Democratic majority In the county by
la a good sized slice.
vi A year later lie strongly backed his
brother, the late Col Wilbur f. Jack
son. who was the Republican candi-
"a date for Congress in the district. The
4 winner of this fight was John Walter
AZ Smith, presenS Senator from Mary
land
Elected to Congress.
Prevailed upon in 1900 TO accept thu
nomination for Congress by the Re
publicans, Mr.. Jackson defeated Col
John p. Moore of Worcester county
and two years later he was success
# full against James q. Ellegood, of vii
comico. In 1904 he was defeated b.
Thos. A Smith, Democrat, whose elec
tion he unsuccessfully contested. II
1906 he defeated Mr.. Smith. In 1905
be was again a candidate, but was de
zz feated by J. Harry CovingtOn, now
member OF the bench of the Distric
&f of Columbia. With this defeat he re
f|| tired actively from politics. He re
S5 tanned his interest in politics 10 tn
a last and was frequently cOnsulte
"a by party leaders regarding policie
and conduct of campaigns
| The extent Of the fortune left b.
Mr.. Jackson is not known. Any esti
mate would be guess work 1t is gen
W eraly believed that il will be found Z
&# exceed S3,000,00O. In addition TO hi
& majority interests in the ldmber en-
5z< terprises of the Jackson Company, h
z vas large holder of gildedged rail
E4 road and other securities. He Owne
- real estate I'm half dozen large cities
;2 including Omaha and Washington. Hi
4 philanthropies we're wide and unos
tentatious.
4 During his long life he gave ava
|& more money than any man on tn
!zzk Eastern Shore Of Maryland. He er
dowed the Peninsula General HOspits
M at Salisbury with 100000. He CAV
$4,000 to Asbury Methodist Episcops
Church NORTH Salisbury He helpe
E.. 10 erect scores Of Methodist churche
on the Eastern Shore. Although
owned scores of dwellings he had th
distinction of never having evicted
H tenant. He never sued for rent. II
|S employed hundreds of men, but ther
|'s is no record of strike by them.
The careers and successes of th
five Jackson brothers read like
romance. Their Maryland progenitt
h was native of North Carolina, whit
discouraged at home. went TO Ne
+ Orleans. There he again met dis
x| couragement. and with his wife an
children set sail for Baltimore. Will
M the vessel was at sea the wife died
~ Arriving in Baltimore, he establish
cd a home i'm the northern section ,
what was then Somerset, but whic
is now Wicomico county. He was th
great-grandfather of the Jackso
II brothers.
William III. Jackson always mad
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