Private Funeral to be Conducted at Residence of Mrs. John Bovey.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anson B. Jackson, 80, who was prominent in educational, suffrage and literary activities in Minneapolis for many years, will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bovey, 321 Clifton avenue. Mrs. Jackson died following a long illness.
Dr. Harry P. Dewey, ministerof Plymouth Congerational church, will conduct the services. The services will be private and it has been requested that no flowers be sent.
Mr. Jackson has practiced law in Minneapolis since 1880. The Jacksons resided at 2116 Blaisdell avenue. Surviving besides the husband and daughter, are a son, Anson B. Jackson Jr., St. Paul, and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Jackson, whose maiden name was Eugenia Cheney Adams, was born in Dayton, Ohio. The Family moved to Springfield, Ill. and her father, Dr. Ripley E. W. Adams, became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Jackson as a girl thus often saw Lincoln. Her three older brothers died in service in the Union Army during the Civil War (not true, all three served but survived).
After teaching for a time at Paynesville, Ohio. Mrs. Jackson came to Minneapolis in 1876 and became a teacher in the public schools. She taught in Washington school and later was principal of Jackson school.
She was married in 1881 to Mr. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson began housekeeping in a house that stood at Marquette avenue and Fifth street. Mrs. Jackson was instrumental in the organization of the Athenaeurn, the first public library in Minneapolis and served for many years as a book reviewer for the public library.
The woman's suffrage movement in the northwest found a zealous supporter in Mrs. Jackson, who was associated with the late Mrs. Andreas Ueland in the work. Her reading class begun as a modest venture was conducted with great success. She was an intimate friend of the poetese, Cella Thaxter. She was a student of the Bible with an extensive knowledge of the New Testament, and had been active in behalf of the Associated Charities, an organization which proceded the comunity fund.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anson B. Jackson, 80, who was prominent in educational, suffrage and literary activities in Minneapolis for many years, will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bovey, 321 Clifton avenue. Mrs. Jackson died following a long illness.
Dr. Harry P. Dewey, ministerof Plymouth Congerational church, will conduct the services. The services will be private and it has been requested that no flowers be sent.
Mr. Jackson has practiced law in Minneapolis since 1880. The Jacksons resided at 2116 Blaisdell avenue. Surviving besides the husband and daughter, are a son, Anson B. Jackson Jr., St. Paul, and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Jackson, whose maiden name was Eugenia Cheney Adams, was born in Dayton, Ohio. The Family moved to Springfield, Ill. and her father, Dr. Ripley E. W. Adams, became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Jackson as a girl thus often saw Lincoln. Her three older brothers died in service in the Union Army during the Civil War (not true, all three served but survived).
After teaching for a time at Paynesville, Ohio. Mrs. Jackson came to Minneapolis in 1876 and became a teacher in the public schools. She taught in Washington school and later was principal of Jackson school.
She was married in 1881 to Mr. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson began housekeeping in a house that stood at Marquette avenue and Fifth street. Mrs. Jackson was instrumental in the organization of the Athenaeurn, the first public library in Minneapolis and served for many years as a book reviewer for the public library.
The woman's suffrage movement in the northwest found a zealous supporter in Mrs. Jackson, who was associated with the late Mrs. Andreas Ueland in the work. Her reading class begun as a modest venture was conducted with great success. She was an intimate friend of the poetese, Cella Thaxter. She was a student of the Bible with an extensive knowledge of the New Testament, and had been active in behalf of the Associated Charities, an organization which proceded the comunity fund.
Private Funeral to be Conducted at Residence of Mrs. John Bovey.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anson B. Jackson, 80, who was prominent in educational, suffrage and literary activities in Minneapolis for many years, will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bovey, 321 Clifton avenue. Mrs. Jackson died following a long illness.
Dr. Harry P. Dewey, ministerof Plymouth Congerational church, will conduct the services. The services will be private and it has been requested that no flowers be sent.
Mr. Jackson has practiced law in Minneapolis since 1880. The Jacksons resided at 2116 Blaisdell avenue. Surviving besides the husband and daughter, are a son, Anson B. Jackson Jr., St. Paul, and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Jackson, whose maiden name was Eugenia Cheney Adams, was born in Dayton, Ohio. The Family moved to Springfield, Ill. and her father, Dr. Ripley E. W. Adams, became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Jackson as a girl thus often saw Lincoln. Her three older brothers died in service in the Union Army during the Civil War (not true, all three served but survived).
After teaching for a time at Paynesville, Ohio. Mrs. Jackson came to Minneapolis in 1876 and became a teacher in the public schools. She taught in Washington school and later was principal of Jackson school.
She was married in 1881 to Mr. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson began housekeeping in a house that stood at Marquette avenue and Fifth street. Mrs. Jackson was instrumental in the organization of the Athenaeurn, the first public library in Minneapolis and served for many years as a book reviewer for the public library.
The woman's suffrage movement in the northwest found a zealous supporter in Mrs. Jackson, who was associated with the late Mrs. Andreas Ueland in the work. Her reading class begun as a modest venture was conducted with great success. She was an intimate friend of the poetese, Cella Thaxter. She was a student of the Bible with an extensive knowledge of the New Testament, and had been active in behalf of the Associated Charities, an organization which proceded the comunity fund.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anson B. Jackson, 80, who was prominent in educational, suffrage and literary activities in Minneapolis for many years, will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bovey, 321 Clifton avenue. Mrs. Jackson died following a long illness.
Dr. Harry P. Dewey, ministerof Plymouth Congerational church, will conduct the services. The services will be private and it has been requested that no flowers be sent.
Mr. Jackson has practiced law in Minneapolis since 1880. The Jacksons resided at 2116 Blaisdell avenue. Surviving besides the husband and daughter, are a son, Anson B. Jackson Jr., St. Paul, and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Jackson, whose maiden name was Eugenia Cheney Adams, was born in Dayton, Ohio. The Family moved to Springfield, Ill. and her father, Dr. Ripley E. W. Adams, became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Jackson as a girl thus often saw Lincoln. Her three older brothers died in service in the Union Army during the Civil War (not true, all three served but survived).
After teaching for a time at Paynesville, Ohio. Mrs. Jackson came to Minneapolis in 1876 and became a teacher in the public schools. She taught in Washington school and later was principal of Jackson school.
She was married in 1881 to Mr. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson began housekeeping in a house that stood at Marquette avenue and Fifth street. Mrs. Jackson was instrumental in the organization of the Athenaeurn, the first public library in Minneapolis and served for many years as a book reviewer for the public library.
The woman's suffrage movement in the northwest found a zealous supporter in Mrs. Jackson, who was associated with the late Mrs. Andreas Ueland in the work. Her reading class begun as a modest venture was conducted with great success. She was an intimate friend of the poetese, Cella Thaxter. She was a student of the Bible with an extensive knowledge of the New Testament, and had been active in behalf of the Associated Charities, an organization which proceded the comunity fund.
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