Known Information
Alice Jackson’s obituary listed her as the beloved mother of Clarence, Sarah and Nelson Jackson.
Sources
Death Certificate
Certificate of Death, Jackson, Alice, 176613, 11,11,1907 | DC Archives
Newspapers
Evening Star
Washington, District of Columbia
13 Nov 1907, Wed • Page 5
Maps
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, and D. C Humphreys. Map of Piedmont Virginia. 1873. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005625117/.
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, Robert E Lee, Washington And Lee University. Trustees, and Worley & Bracher. Map of Augusta County, Virginia. [Lexington, Va.: Trustees of Washington College, 1870] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/80693004/.
Prints
Rau, Woldemar, Lithographer, and Edward Beyer. Staunton, Va. / drawn from nature by Ed. Beyer ; W. Rau. United States Virginia Staunton, ca. 1857. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/93504429/.
Alice Jackson died on 11 November 1907; she was 53 years old. Her death certificate lists her place of birth as Orange County, Virginia and that she had only been a residence in DC for the past 20 years.
Her son, Clarence died in 1924. Both of his parents were listed on his death certificate: Henry Jackson, born S Carolina and Alice Ternel? in Virginia.
Sarah Hopkins, their daughter, provided the information, and she listed her father’s birthplace as South Carolina, when other records consistently list it as North Carolina, suggesting a close but off memory; the same is possible for Alice’s last name. It might be Ternel, and it might be Terrell, a common last name in Orange County, Virginia.
1880 Census | Staunton, Virginia
In 1880, Henry and Alice Jackson are living in Augusta County, Virginia in the town of Staunton. They are living off on Green Street. Green Street ran south from the City Water Works before curving slightly west. Their house sat on the curve. Immediately to the east, along Federal Street, a brisk 5 block walk would bring you to the Railroad Depot for trains running on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a railway that had connections with Louisa County, as part of the Virginia Central Railway which was originally the Louisa Railroad. The trains east ran to Charlottesville and from there to Gordonsville, where it connected with the line out of Louisa County.
They are living with Thomas Ligins, a RR laborer and Mollie Carr, a housekeeper. They are listed as a separate household, but same address.
The census enumerator lists Henry and their children: William, Dayman, Joseph, Glance and Sallie with the last name Jackson. For Alice, he listed her as Alice Trimble. There was a large family of Trimble that lived in Staunton, including an Alice V Trimble, married to Joseph.
The census enumerator listed her relationship as “mistress”, a unique term in his records. A keyword search of the 1880 census for the term shows returns only one other record in Albemarle County. Both records lists an older male partner, and a younger female partner. It is unclear whether or not the census enumerators made the independent decision to record the term, or if the family used the term. Enumerators had clear guidelines of what they could and could not use. Given the use of the term, it is unclear if the last name Trimble was also meant in earnest.
Further Research Needed:
- Identify possible relatives in Orange and Louisa Counties, Virginia
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