Mrs.
Margaret Jackson, widow of Mr. Geo. Jackson, died at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. W. W. Livingstone, Tillsonburg, on Friday the 14th inst.,
after a brief illness. She was at church on the previous Sabbath but
was stricken with double pneumonia causing her death on the following
Friday in the 78th year of her age. She was quite conscious till a
short time before she died and conversed with those around her bed, among
whom were her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Livingstone, Mr. Eli C. Jackson,
Tillsonburg, and Mr. Ernest H. Jackson, Simcoe.
The
deceased calmly and quietly passed away entering the dark valley and
shadow of death into the arms of a loving Savior, without a doubt or a
fear, sustained by a firm faith in the promises and an unclouded hope of a
glorious immortality.
The
deceased was a daughter of the Rev. Eli Chadwick of Grove House,
Charlotteville, who for ten years, in an early day, was the teacher of the
District school in Vittoria. She was born at Huddersfield,
England,on January 17th, 1825, and was brought to Canada by her parents in
1826 when they made a settlement in the woods not far from Fisher's Glen. She was married to Mr. Geo. Jackson on the 24th February
1847. She was the last member of the family of whom the late Chas.
Chadwick, Police Magistrate of Ingersoll, was a distinguished member. Mrs. Jackson was a lady of wide intelligence and refinement
of manner, kind and genial to all with whom she had to do, a true friend,
a faithful wife and a loving mother to her children. She was a
valued member of the Presbyterian Church and her daily life was in strict
conformity to her Christian profession.
The
funeral took place from her late residence, on Colborne street, on Sunday
last to Oakwood cemetery. There was a brief but simple religious
service at the house by her pastor the Rev. W. J. Dey. The casket
was literally buried in beautiful floral offerings from loving relatives
and friends.
The
bearers were her two sons E. C. and E. H. Jackson, W. W. and L. B. C.
Livingstone and Drs. Wm. and A. W. Smith.
The following persons from a distance besides a
large number of our citizens attended the funeral: -- Wm. Smith and wife
of St. Thomas, Mr. David Gibson of Stratford, and Mr. Frank Bain of
Tillsonburg.
One by one the few links which bind the Simcoe of
the past with the Simcoe of the present, are gradually being broken. A small number only are left that formed the salt of the town fifty-five
years ago when the deceased came here as a young and happy wife.
