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    Levi Monroe Jackson[1]

    Male 1850 - 1933  (83 years)


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    • Name Levi Monroe Jackson 
      Born Aug 1850  Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 4 Aug 1933  Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Levi Monroe Jackson is the grandson of James Samuel Jackson. His father James is Martha Ann Jackson's (w/o Allen Gilmer Reynolds) brother. He married Ellen Rigney in 1894 and it is said that he adopted her 4 younger children; (Not proven as of 2011)
        ~ Death Certificate 195, Caswell Co., Pelham, Aug 4, 1933. Address given as RFD 5, Danville. He was a farmer. His obituary printed in the Danville Bee, Sat. 5 August 1933: Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at eleven o'clock for Monroe L. Jackson who died last night shortly before eight o'clock at the home of his daughter Mrs. Walter Gauldin near Shady Grove Church. Services will be held at the home of Mrs. J. M. Rigney on Wylie Avenue. Mr. Jackson was 84 years of age and was a native of Callands being a son of the late James Andrew Jackson of that place. Mr. Jackson is survived by the following children: Mrs. Walter Gauldin of Shady Grove, Madison L. Jackson of Martinsville, Mrs Ida Oakes of Gallances and Mrs. Hoppie Rigney of this city. He also leaves one brother, James Stonewall Jackson of Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Cora Tate of Danville. (Ida Oakes was not his daughter but his step-daughter, thought to be the daughter of Ellen Rigney and Benjamin Turner Clements, her long-time protector.)
        ~ The death certificate gives his name as Monroe L. Jackson, age 82, Farmer, son of James A. Jackson and Martha Thompson. The informant for the certificate was Pearl Rigney. He was buried in Leamont Cemetery but there is no stone.
      Person ID I12448  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 15 Oct 2011 

      Father James Andrew Jackson,   b. Abt 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1872, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
      Mother Martha Jane Thompson,   b. Abt 1829, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 72 years) 
      Married 5 Dec 1849  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F3889  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Eleanor Sidney Rigney,   b. Jun 1844, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
      Married 7 Oct 1897  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      • 1900 VA Census Pittsylvania County Callands Heritage Quest Series T623, Roll 1722 Page 215 Monroe Jackson 45, Hellen (Ellen) 46, Minnie Jul 1882, Lula M. Jan 1884, Annie S. May 1885; this census also shows 13 children and 13 children living and shows married 3 years.
        Levi Monroe Jackson married Eleanor Sidney Rigney, d/o Owen and Sally Adkins Rigney, Oct 7, 1897 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
        Jackson Family Genealogist, Jody Davis: jdavis3797@aol.com Ancestors and Descendants of Martha Ann Jackson's father James (Samuel) Jackson and Judith Emmerson.
      Children 
      +1. Madison Monroe Jackson,   b. 1879, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1950, Martinsville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
       2. Minnie Gertrude Jackson,   b. Jul 1882, Prob. Pitts. Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location
       3. Lulu M. Jackson,   b. 1884, Prob. Pitts. Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location
       4. Annie S. Jackson,   b. May 1885, Prob. Pitts. Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. Albert Sidney Rigney,   b. 1869, Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1949, Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
       6. Mary Ellen Rigney,   b. 1870, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       7. Samuel Harris Rigney,   b. 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       8. Harris Richard Rigney,   b. Mar 1872, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
      +9. Ida Belle Rigney,   b. 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
       10. James Hunter Rigney,   b. 13 Dec 1876, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       11. William Rigney,   b. 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       12. Benjamin Lee Rigney,   b. c Apr 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       13. Robert Morris Rigney,   b. 1873, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 8 Aug 2011 
      Family ID F3890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Jackson Family Genealogist, Jody Davis: jdavis3797@aol.com Ancestors and Descendants of Martha Ann Jackson's father James (Samuel) Jackson and Judith Emmerson. James Andrew Jackson, s/o James and Judith married Martha Jane Thompson
        1850 Census for Pittsylvania Co. taken in October gives Levi's age as 2/12. In 1880 Levi was in Shelby Co., TX in the hh of his Uncle William L. Jackson. In 1900 he was Monroe Jackson, age 49 with wife Hellen (sic), age 55, b June 1844, with step-children Mattison, 19, b. 1880, Minnie b July 1882, Lula M. b 1884 and Annie S. b May 1885. In 1910 he is shown in Pittsylvania Co. as L.M. with son MM age 27, MG daughter, age 24 and Annie daughter age 23. In 1920 Monroe Jackson was head of hh with Walter Golden, son-in-law, Annie, daughter, May granddaughter and Flowney?.