The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-08
Pioneer Minister of Epis-
:Opal Church Died At the
Home of His Daughter
On Tuesday Evening.
LONG IN WORK OF CHURCH
Had Served AS Rector In Many Par
ishes of the Church Before He Came
TO Kenosha With His Daughter
Mrs. Charles Everett Mccoy.

The Rev. William Francis Bennett
Jackson, aged eighty -four years, widely
known as a clergyman and writer on
religious subjects, died at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. Charles Everett
Mccoy, at st. Matthew's rectory, at
eleven clock Tuesday evening follow
ing an illness from pneumonia.
Mr.. Jackson had been i'll for the past
seven weeks. He was for time at the
Kenosha Hospital, but he returned to
the home Of his daughter on the night
before Christmas and his condition had
not shown improvement. Heart trou-
BILE which developed in connection
with the attack Of pneumonia brought
his DEATH
Widely Known as Clergyman.
The Rev Mr. Jackson was one of the
best known of the clergymen Of the
Episcopal Church in this country. A
man of wide learning, a brilliant orator
and deep thinker, he left a deep i'm
preston on the work of the church.
He had made his home in Kenosha
since his son-in-law, the Rev Charles
Everett Mccoy, became the rector Of
ST. Matthew Is Church and he had CON
lributed much to the work of church
advancement in Kenosha. He was deep
" beloved by the people of Kenosha
with whom he had come in contact. A
man of broad vision he was active in
many lines of work for the advancement
of the moral welfare of the community.
Was Native of Boston.
Mr.. Jackson was born in Boston,
Mass, January "a, 1886. He prepared
for college at Exeter and was mem
Der of the class Of 1856. Later he
went to Harvard as a member of the
class of 1859 but he left Harvard to
enter the General Theological Seminary
from which he was graduated as mem
Der of the class of 1860 He was or
dained the same year to the diaconate
by Bishop Horation Potter. He went
to California shortly after ordination
and was ordained a priest by Bishop
Kip of California in 1862. He served
many parishes in his long and active
work in the ministry of the church He
was rector of the church at Danville,
Ky, from 1863 to 1865, Of Christ
Church at Springfield, ILL.,, 1866 1868,
and later he served the Church of the
Savior in Chicago from which parish he
went to Philadelphia. He was rector
Of st. James Church in Providence,
Rhode Island, from 1880 to 1887 and
was honorary assistant at St. Stephens
Church in Providence from 1887 to
1905 serving during this period at a
salary of one dollar a year.
Retired in 1905.
Mr.. Jackson retired from the active
work of the ministry in 1905, but he
had been constantly occupied in supply
ing various pulpits in New England aud
other parts of the country until he was
stricken with his last illness. He is
survived by three children, James Craik
Jackson of Granville, Tenn; Thomas
Julian Jackson of ST. Louis Mo-, and
Mrs. Anna Waterman Mccoy, wife
Of the Rev. Charles Everett Mccoy of
Kenosha.
The remains will be taken back to
Providence, the scene Of the most nota-
BILE of the labors of Mr.. Jackson for
the church, and the funeral service will
be held at st. Stephens Church there
on Saturday morning with interment
at Swan Point cemetery.
During his residence in Kenosha Mr..
Jackson had made many friends. He
was lover of life and the best things
in life and a student of men. He was
the Oldest member of the Kenosha
Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks and he had taken an in
teresting part in the development of the
work of the order in Kenosha. His
kindly interest in the lives of the peo-
pie with whom he came in close con
tact makes his death personal sorrow
to many in Kenosha.