LENOIR COUNTY, NC - Obit. - John Quincy Jackson, 1900.

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JOHN QUINCY JACKSON, 1900

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Heritage Place, Lenoir Community College, Kinston, North Carolina; Vertical
File #  Jackson 10130-5

JOHN QUINCY JACKSON

The Free Press - Kinston, NC Thursday, June 13, 1900 - With photo


"HON. J. Q. JACKSON DEAD

He Died Suddenty at Raleigh This Morning at 5:00 o'clock

Kinston was shocked this morning to learn that Mr. J. Q. Jackson had
died in Raleigh early this morning. No One here knew of his being sick.
We are unable to learn the cause of Mr. Jackson's death. He went to
Raleigh Monday to attend the special session of the legislature, and was
then in very good health.

Mr. Jackson was nearly 68 years old. He leaves a wife and many warm
friends to mourn his demise.

The remains will be brought from Raleigh this afternoon and remain in
state at his late residence. Funeral services will be held in the M. E.
church tomorrow afternoon at 1:34 o'clock by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, and the
remains buried in the cemetery after the funeral service.
Mr. Jackson was a man of the highest character in whom all who knew him
had the utmost confidence. He was at his post of duty when death struck
him down. He was one of the senators from this district.
THE FREE Press has lost one of its personal friends, and the county one
of its best citizens."

We extract a brief sketch of the life of Mr. Jackson, which was printed
Sept. 2, 1899, in THE FREE PRESS.

"J. Q. JACKSON

John Quincy Jackson was born in Lenoir county, in the old Tower Hill
house which the Tulls now own, October 12, 1832. He received his first
education at Airy Grove Academy, and graduated from Trinity College in
1861.

From the age of 18 years he resided in Greene county until he enlisted
in the spring of 1862, as a private in the 61st regiment, North Carolina
Troops. He was elected second lieutenant of company E, when it was first
organized, and soon afterwards was promoted to first lieutenant, which
rank he was in actual command of the company during nearly the whole of
his service. He was in battle, at Williamston, NC and near Kinston, in
December 1862, he was captured by the enemy, but paroled a day later and
exchanged in a month. At the seige of Charleston, he was among the
forces on duty, and lay under fire a long time; and then going into
Virginia, shared in the closing part of the battle of Bermuda Hundred,
fought at Gaines' Mill against Grant's army, and again in the battle
before Petersburg, where he was wounded in the arm, July 30, 1864. This
wound kept him out of service about seven weeks and after his return to
the ranks, he served north of the James until captured at Fort Harri!
son, in September, 1864.

After this misfortune he experienced the miseries of a prisoner of war
at the Old Capitol and Fort Delaware until June 1865. Then returning to
North Carolina, he farmed in Greene county and studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1868.

Since 1878 he has been a resident of Kinston. He formed a partnership
with the late F. B. Loftin, which relation continued for several years.
Mr. Loftin removing to Goldsboro, the partnership was dissolved, and Mr.
Jackson entered into a partnership with the late D. E. Perry, Esq, which
continued until Mr. Perry;'' death, which took place April 3, 1897.
In 1898, Mr. Jackson was nominated for the State Senate from the 8th
senatorial district without his knowledge. He accepted with great
reluctance, and was triumphantly elected along with his running mate,
Hon. Jas. A. Bryan of Newbern.

Mr. Jackson is a good civil lawyer, and a very good advocate. He is
especially sought in all matters of trust and where big interests are
involved, because of his great wisdom, strict integrity, and sobriety of
judgement.

He is held in high esteem by all classes of our people as a good and
honest man and lawyer.

Mr. Jackson is a member of the Methodist church, and is a Mason."