Descendants of Charles Woolverton



Thornton Jackson and Mary Jane Sweeting


Husband Thornton Jackson 1 

           Born: 19 Nov 1836 - Clay County, IN
       Baptized: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1932 - Farmersburg, Sullivan County, IN
         Buried:  - Oak Hill Cemetery, Riley, Vigo County, IN
FamilySearch ID: 9XNC-9F2
Find A Grave ID: 65561036


         Father: Samuel Owen Jackson {FSID: KFT1-TTZ, FGID: 56896148} 1
         Mother: Mary Jane Hixon {FSID: KNSY-QSB, FGID: 56896249} 1


       Marriage: 7 Dec 1920 - Vigo County, IN

   Other Spouse: Katherine (Kate) Kirgan {FSID: 9XNC-9FG, FGID: 65855073} 1 - 28 Jun 1859 - Batavia, Clermont County, OH

Wife Mary Jane Sweeting 

            AKA: Mary Jane Kirby, Mary Jane Reffitt
           Born: 2 Jan 1871 - PA
       Baptized: 
           Died: 26 Feb 1956 - Brazil, Clay County, IN
         Buried: 1956 - Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, IN
FamilySearch ID: 9XFH-87X
Find A Grave ID: 187838611

Children
General Notes: Husband - Thornton Jackson

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65561036
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65561036/thornton-jackson

BIRTH 19 Nov 1836
Clay County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 31 Oct 1932 (aged 95)
Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL
Oak Hill Cemetery
Riley, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID 65561036

Thornton was a Civil War veteran, serving in Company K of the 149th Indiana infantry from 21 Feb 1865 through 28 July 1865. He was the son of Samuel Jackson and Mary Hixon and was married to Catherine Kergin on 28 June 1859 in Clermont county, Ohio. After Kate's death in 1918, he was remarried to Mary J. Sweeting on 7 Decmeber 1920 in Vigo county, Indiana.

Obituary form the Terre Haute Tribune on October 31, 1932

Farmersburg, Ind. Oct. 31---Thornton Jackson, 95 years old, a civil war veteran, died at the home of his son in Farmersburg Monday at 3:10 a.m. He is survived by two sons, Leiws [Lewis] Jackson or [of] Framersburg [Farmersburg], and Earl Jackson of Terre Haute; by three daughters, Jennie Fulk of Oklahoma, Ida Mitchell of Cincinnati, and Rose Moore of Indianapolis and by two brothers, Samuel Jackson of Cory, and Edwin Jackson of Terre Haute. The body was taken to the Ray Wood Funeral Home in Farmersburg, from where the funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock with services at the Oak Hill church, near Riley at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.

Family links:
Parents:
Samuel Owen Jackson (1812 - 1883)
Mary Jane Hixon Jackson (1817 - 1905)

Spouse:
Katherine Kirgan Jackson (1837 - 1918)

Children:
Ida M Jackson Mitchell (1860 - 1946)*
Rosetta Jackson Moore (1862 - 1948)*
Sarah Jane Jackson Faulk (1865 - 1942)*
Cora Jackson (1869 - 1892)
Earl D Jackson (1872 - 1940)*
Lewis L Jackson (1876 - 1958)*

Siblings:
Thornton Jackson (1836 - 1932)
Mariah Jane Jackson Sparks (1840 - 1920)*
Amos Jackson (1843 - 1908)*
William Franklin Jackson (1845 - 1917)*
John M Jackson (1849 - 1928)*
Samuel M Jackson (1852 - 1936)*
Edwin Jackson (1854 - 1940)*
Mary E Jackson Stoneburner (1858 - 1932)

*Calculated relationship

Created by: James M Phillips
Added: 12 Feb 2011
Find A Grave Memorial 65561036

memorial page for Thornton Jackson (19 Nov 1836–31 Oct 1932), Find A Grave Memorial no. 65561036, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Riley, Vigo County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by James M Phillips (contributor 46535829) .

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9XNC-9F2
"Birth • 19 November 1836
Linton Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States

Death • 31 October 1932
Indiana, United States

Burial • •
Riley, Vigo, Indiana, United States"

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jackson-13105
"Thornton Jackson
Born 19 Nov 1836 in Clay County, IN
Son of Samuel Owen Jackson and Mary Jane (Hixon) Jackson
Brother of Mariah Jane (Jackson) Sparks, Amos Jackson, William Franklin Jackson, John M Jackson and Edwin Jackson
Husband of Katherine (Kirgan) Jackson — married 28 Jun 1859 (to 24 Jun 1918) in Batavia, OH
Father of Ida (Jackson) Mitchell and Earl D. Jackson
Died 31 Oct 1932 in Farmersburg, IN

Biography

Sources
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65561036"

General Notes: Wife - Mary Jane Sweeting

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65561036
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65561036/thornton-jackson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187838611/mary-jane-kirby

BIRTH 2 Jan 1871
Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 26 Feb 1956 (aged 85)
Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL
Union Cemetery
Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID 187838611

Obituary from the Terre Haute Tribune 28 Feb 1956

Brazil, Ind.--Feb 28--(Special)--Mrs. Mary Jane Kirby, 85 years old, of 315 East Railroad Street, widow of Mansel Kirby, died Sunday at the Garvn Rest Home. Her only survivor is a son, Frank Reffett of Brazil. The body was taken to the Miller & Sons Funeral Home where services will ve conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The Rev. Irvin T. King will officiate and burial will be in Union cemetery, east of Hoosierville.

Family Members

Parents
Richard Arthur Sweeting 1829–1908
Elizabeth Parkins Sweeting 1843–1917

Spouses
Mansel Kirby 1871–1928 (m. 1923)
George W. Reffett 1865–1919

Siblings
William Sweeting 1868–1943
Hannah Sweeting Denham 1877–1946

Children
Franklin Price Reffett 1896–1973

Created by: James M Phillips
Added: 6 Mar 2018
Find a Grave Memorial 187838611

memorial page for Mary Jane Sweeting Kirby (2 Jan 1871–26 Feb 1956), Find a Grave Memorial no. 187838611, citing Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by James M Phillips (contributor 46535829) .

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9XFH-87X
"Birth • 1 January 1871
Ohio, United States

Death • 26 February 1956

Burial • 1956
Hoosierville, Clay, Indiana, United States of America"

Notes: Marriage

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65561036
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65561036/thornton-jackson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187838611/mary-jane-kirby

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9XNC-9F2
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9XFH-87X

Sources

1. WikiTree Wolverton Family.

Sources

1 WikiTree Wolverton Family.

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