Charles R. Jackson1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 23203, (1873 - 1907)
FatherFranklin M. Jackson4,2,5 (10 Mar 1851 - 23 Aug 1928)
MotherSarah Dinius6,2 (15 Apr 1852 - 12 Nov 1934)

Key Events:

Birth: 11 Sep 1873, Whitley Co., Indiana7,8,9
Marriage: 16 Sep 1895, Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, Daisy May Kuhlmann (17 May 1878 - 8 Mar 1951)10,11,9
Death: 11 Feb 1907, Pontiac, Illinois12,13
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana14
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker

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Narrative:

     Charles R. Jackson was born on 11 Sep 1873 in Whitley Co., Indiana.7,8,9
     He moved to Huntington Co. with his parents before 1880. He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Jackson, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of his parents, Franklin M. Jackson and Sarah Dinius.4
     Charles moved to Huntington as a young man.15
     Charles married Daisy May Kuhlmann, daughter of Nathan Henry Kuhlman and Mary C. Glick, on 16 Sep 1895 in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, with Rev. Henry L. Nave officiating.10,11,9
     Charles and Daisy appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, at 74 Whitelock St., enumerated 22 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their home. Their son Donald was listed as living with them, as was Edward Dinius, apparently a relative of his mother, who was listed as a boarder.16
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     He was a blacksmith when he married, and a locomotive fireman by 1900. He then worked for the United Telephone Company as a lineman.17,18,19
     The manager of the telephone company, James H. Hessin, became the manager of the Burlington, Pontiac & Joliet Electric Railway Company. He offered Charles a position with that company as a lineman, and he began work there in Oct 1906, headquartered Pontiac, Illinois.5
     With his new job there, Charles and Daisy and their three children moved to Pontiac, Illinois, in Oct 1906, but had not set up permanent housekeeping there before she and the children returned to Huntington in January for a visit with her parents and his. She was planning on moving permanently to Pontiac in Feburary.5
     On 11 Feb 1907 Charles was working on the overhead lines with an assistant, on a portable tower about 15 feet high. He came in contact with a live 3,300 volt line, and was thrown off the tower, landing on his head. Effort to revive him failed after an hour.5
     Charles died on 11 Feb 1907 in Pontiac, Illinois, at age 33.12,13 He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana.14

Children:
     Children with Daisy May Kuhlmann:

  • Donald Charles Jackson16,5,20 (2 Jul 1896 - 25 May 1978)
  • Beulah Grace Jackson5,21 (8 Sep 1900 - 15 Feb 1999)
  • Mary Elizabeth Jackson22,5,23 (2 Aug 1902 - 25 Apr 2002)
  • Cloyd Franklin Jackson24 (10 May 1906 - 8 Sep 1906)
  • Clyde Kuhlman Jackson25 (10 Sep 1906 - 10 Sep 1906)

Citations

  1. [S10967] F. M. Jackson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows name as Charles Jackson.
  2. [S4487] Marriage Returns, Huntington Co., Indiana, A4:25, no. 12, Charles R. Jackson and Daisy M Kuhlman.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 74159477, Charles Raphael Jackson, includes tombstone photo showing name as Charles R. Jackson.
  4. [S10967] F. M. Jackson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  5. [S10972] Charles Jackson obituary, Daily News-Democrat.
  6. [S10967] F. M. Jackson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows him as son of her husband.
  7. [S10967] F. M. Jackson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows age 6 and state.
  8. [S4487] Marriage Returns, Huntington Co., Indiana, A4:25, no. 12, Charles R. Jackson and Daisy M Kuhlman, shows age 23 at marriage 16 Sep 1895, county, and state.
  9. [S10972] Charles Jackson obituary, Daily News-Democrat, shows date.
  10. [S4487] Marriage Returns, Huntington Co., Indiana, K:433, Charles Jackson and Daisy Kuhlman, shows date, city, and officiant.
  11. [S10964] Charles Jackson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows married 5 years.
  12. [S10972] Charles Jackson obituary, Daily News-Democrat, shows died Monday, city, and state.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 74159477, Charles Raphael Jackson, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 74159477, Charles Raphael Jackson, includes tombstone photo.
  15. [S10972] Charles Jackson obituary, Daily News-Democrat, shows he always lived in the city since he had grown up.
  16. [S10964] Charles Jackson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  17. [S4487] Marriage Returns, Huntington Co., Indiana, A4:25, no. 12, Charles R. Jackson and Daisy M Kuhlman, shows occupation as blacksmith.
  18. [S10964] Charles Jackson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as locomotive fireman.
  19. [S10972] Charles Jackson obituary, Daily News-Democrat, shows worked for United Telephone as lineman.
  20. [S10970] Donald Charles Jackson, Medical Certificate of Death.
  21. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Beulah Grace Wedler, Soc. Sec. No. 305-34-4648.
  22. [S10933] Nathan Kauhlman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows the child as granddaughter of his wife's father, with surname Jackson.
  23. [S10971] Mary E. Kocher, Medical Certificate of Death.
  24. [S10965] Cloyd Franklin Jackson, Certificate of Death.
  25. [S10966] Clyde Kuhlman Jackson, Certificate of Death.