Montgomery JACKSON
FROM THE FILES OF PHYLLIS RICKARD - HIS WILL DATED 14 AUGUST 1882 (WITH CODICILS IN LATER YEARS) FROM LAUREL CO., KY WILLS BOOK #4 PAGE 148
FROM THE FILES OF PHYLLIS RICKARD - FROM THE SENTINEL-ECHO, LONDON, KY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922 "MRS. MARTHA JACKSON ...SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF WM. AND SALLIE HARKLEROAD. SHE WAS BORN MARCH 25TH, 1843, WAS CONVERTED, RECEIVED AND BAPTIZED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT SLATE HILL AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN, WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MONTGOMERY JACKSON, DEC. 6TH, 1860, WITH WHOM SHE LIVED HAPPILY UNTIL HIS DEATH WHICH OCCURRED AUG. 8TH, 1882. SHE THEN BRAVELY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CARE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HER CHILDREN, AND IN THE FEAR OF GOD PERFORMED THAT ARDUOUS TASK WELL AND WISELY IS ATTENDED THAT HER CHILDREN ARE RESPECTED, HONORABLE AND USEFUL MEN AND WOMEN. THE WRITER HAVING KNOWN HER FOR SIXTY YEARS OR MORE CAN SPEAK WITH ASSURANCE OF HER CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND OF HER LONG LIFE DEVOTED TO SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF HER LORD, AND HER LOYALTY TO HIM AND THE CHURCH OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER FOR SIXTY-SIX YEARS. HER CHILDREN MAY TRULY ARISE AND CALL HER BLESSED. ONLY A SHORT TIME AGO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING HER TALK OF HER EXPERIENCES IN LIFE AND HOW SHE HAD REALIZED THE TRUTH THAT 'THE LORD IS PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE,' AND SHE SPOKE WITH ANIMATION OF THE HOME ABOVE TO WHICH SHE HAS NOW GONE. 'BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD' - D.R. BROCK"
HE AND ELLA HAD NO CHILDREN
He married Martha Jane (Mattie) Harkleroad 6 Dec 1860 at Laurel, Kentucky . Martha Jane (Mattie) Harkleroad was born at Kentucky 25 Mar 1843 daughter of William L. Harkleroad and Sarah Poore .
They were the parents of 8
children:
James Harkleroad Jackson
born 11 Apr 1862.
Blocked
Leona Victoria Jackson
born 15 Jan 1867.
Blocked
Catherine Jackson
born 28 Jul 1871.
Sarah (Sallie) Jackson
born May 1874.
David Jackson
born May 1877.
Nathaniel Jackson
born Jan 1881.
Montgomery Jackson died 31 Aug 1882 .
Martha Jane (Mattie) Harkleroad died 8 Aug 1922 at Fariston, Laurel, Kentucky .