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Submitted: 5/31/14 • Approved: 6/1/14 • Last Updated: 6/4/14 • R1008874-G1008872-S3
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Died February 11, 1896
Aged 54 Yrs 5 Mos 1 Dy
*Obituary
Bentonville Sun
Saturday, February 15, 1896
JACKMAN, H.T. - A telegram was received at Rogers Tuesday announcing the death of H.T. Jackman at St. Louis. Mr. Jackman had been a prominent business man of Ft. Smith until three years ago when he went to Rogers where he had since resided in hopes of benefitting his health. A large number of friends in N.W. Arkansas will regret his death.
Manerva
June 22, 1846 - December 23, 1905
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Wednesday, December 27, 1905
JACKMAN, Minerva THOMPSON - Mrs. H.T. Jackman died very suddenly Saturday morning at her home on Walnut street in this city. Mrs. Jackman and Miss Anna Murdock were alone in the house and the latter had just arisen to build a fire, about six o'clock, when she heard Mrs. Jackman call her. Running to the bedroom she found her gasping for breath and hardly able to make a sound. Friends and the doctor were summoned by telephone but Mrs. Jackman was dead when they arrived. There was no struggle and she seemed to die very peacefully. Heart trouble was the cause of her death. The death was a great shock to the entire community for nothing could have been more unexpected. Mrs. Jackman had a severe attack of heart trouble the Tuesday night previous but another attack was not anticipated so soon. She was on the street Friday evening in the best of spirits, making plans for the coming week and laughingly telling of her trouble Tuesday night. Funeral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon at two o'clock and were conducted by Rev. Goodwin of Bentonville, former pastor of the C.P. church. The house and yard were filled with friends gathered to pay their last respects to the memory of Mrs. Jackman and a large concourse attended the brief services at the cemetery. Among the relatives and friends from out of town were Mrs. Thompson, Wilburton, I.T.; Mrs. Julia Davis, Kiowa, I.T.; Mrs. F.A. Shaeffer, Denison, Texas; Geo. Sparks, president of the First National Bank, Ft. Smith. Miss Minerva Thompson was born June 22, 1846 in Clay county, Illinois. She was married October 18, 1869 to Col. H.T. Jackman at Clinton, Mo. To them were born five children, only two of whom are living, Parker J. and Albert T. Jackman. Col. Jackman died at his home in Rogers February 11, 1896. After being several years at Clinton the family moved to the Territory where for many years they were among the leading spirits in both the social and business world. At first they were located at Springtown in the Choctaw nation but later moved to Tuskahoma where they lived until coming to Rogers in June 1892. Mrs. Jackman frequently talked of her life in the Territory in the early days when white settlers were scarce and Indians and desperadoes numerous. The Jackman home was a famous landmark and known the country over for the generous hospitality of host and hostess. Mr. Jackman owned a store and mill and was considered one of the wealthiest men of the section, while Mrs. Jackman's social circle embraced the entire Arkansas valley for fifty miles in all directions. At the time of Mr. Jackman's death he owned the Rogers system of water works and was a heavy stockholder in the First National Bank of Ft. Smith and the big cold storage plant there, besides owning numerous farms and tracts of land near Ft. Smith and in the Territory. His death left Mrs. Jackman one of the wealthiest women of Northwest Arkansas and while we do not know how much the estate is worth now, it is probably between seventy-five and a hundred thousand. The water works plant here was sold to the Bank of Rogers the past year and much of her Ft. Smith property has been disposed of in recent years. Personally Mrs. Jackman has always been a great favorite with our people. Generous to a fault she was frequently imposed upon but she never let her trials or disappointments sour her cheerful disposition or dull her desire to help the needy. Social by nature and especially fond of the company of young people, she cared little or nothing for what is termed "society." There was little evidence of her wealth in her everyday life which was quiet and unostentatious. It was only last year that she remodeled the old residence. She was a member of the C.P. church and her death will be a great loss to them. The Democrat joins with the many friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
Contributed on 5/31/14 by wfields55
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