The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-10-11

The Soldiers Relief Commission
met in Paw Paw last Monday and pre-
pared the following report of their
work for the past year to submit to
the Board of Supervisors at their
injecting next week.
Cash on hand October 1, 1917 S 342.62
Received on Tax Roll ----- 100000
Paid out during the year $4,000
! Balance on hand Oct. /, 1918, $432 so
Rev. l. P. Bates was reelected chair
man Of the commission for the ensu-
ing year. Mr.. Bates has been the
efficient chairman now for twenty
seven years or during the entire life
time of this important organization.
! The other members are at present
James Martin of South Haven and
! VIM. Bennett of Hartford.
After lingering illness lasting
over period of several months, DR..
George jackson passed away at his
home in Paw Paw last Monday morn
ing, at the age of seventy years.
George Casey was born in Monroe
County, New York, on February 22nd,
1848. At the age of four years he
was adopted into the family of Chas.
Jackson of Oak Orchard, New York,
receiving the surname of his foster
parents. He enlisted for service in
the u. S. army at the age of fifteen,
and served nineteen months or until
the close Of the Civil War. At the
age of nineteen he was married to
Helen Hoisington, who died a few
years later, leaving one daughter who
| lived to young womanhood. In 1881,
he was united in marriage to Ger
trude Sherman at Jeddo, New York,
and four children were born to them:
Mrs. May Baker of Dowagiac, Mrs.
Leon l.. Douglas of Paw Paw, Miss
Nina Jackson Of Saline, Michigan, and
Miss Gertrude of Paw Paw. He came
to Paw Paw with his family about
! eighteen years ago, after having
spent few years in Illinois, and this
village has been his home since that
time. In 1881, DR.. Jackson graduated
from the college of Physicians and
Surgeons in Buffalo, New York and in
1884 from the Bennett Medical College
Of Chicago. He had been a member
of the Masonic Fraternity since he
was twenty-one years of age, and for
number of years had been a Knight
Templar. He was also a faithful
member of the |. o. o. +. and G.. A.
r. The funeral services were held
| from the M. F.. church on Wednesday
afternoon and were conducted by PEN
insular Commandary, Knight Temp
lar of Kalamazoo of which he was a
member. Rev. Arthur Trott, who
assisted in the service paid a fine
tribute to the memory of the deceased
He was a man who was appreciated
in the community for the good he had
done for his fellow man. The night
was never too dark and stormy or the
road too long for DR.. Jackson, when
Il his services were needed; nor did he
ever hesitate by reason of the fact
that the sufferer was poor and not
able to pay for medical service. He
was generous, kind hearted and true
blue. A kind and indulgent husband
and father, good neighbor and loyal
citizen. He will be missed in the
community, and memories of his kind
and generous deeds will linger long in
the memory of his friends. The
beautiful Knight Templar service was
most impressively rendered and was
probably the finest funeral of like
kind ever held in Paw Paw. The
large number of Knight Templars
from Kalamazoo, Masons and Odd
Fellows of the local lodges, and his
old comrades of the G.. A. r. who
marched to his last resting place in
Prospect Cemetery, all gave eloquent
testimony to the respect and esteem
in which he was held by his fellow
IMAM.