Michael Jackman 1826-1901

JACKMAN, LOWERY, CONLON, NOLAN

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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa
20 Mar 1901
Page 4

Michael Jackman Dies Suddenly

Tuesday morning our citizens were both pained and surprised to learn of the sudden death of Michael Jackman at his home in this city. Monday he was down town as usual and in the evening he retired apparently in good health. In the morning he was found dead in bed, his body being still warm. Apoplexy is said to have been the cause of his death. The funeral will be held Friday. The services will be held at Assumption church and the interment will be in St. John's cemetery.

Michael Jackman was born in the county of Kilkenny, Ireland. He came to the United States at an early age and settled in la Salle county, Illinois. There he was married to Margaret Lowery, who still survives him. There are four sons and five daughters. The sons are Patrick, of Armstrong; Charles, of Wyoming; and Michael and William, of Emmetsburg. The daughters are Mrs. Conlon and Miss Agnes Jackman of this city; Mrs. Richard Nolan and Miss Lizzie Jackman, of Fairmont, Minnesota; and Miss Mary Jackman, of Armstrong.

Mr. Jackman came to this county as a member of the original Irish colony in 1856. In this settlement were James and John Nolan, John Neary, Edward and Myles Mahan, Martin Laughlin, Thos. Laughlin, and the deceased and his brother Patrick. With them he went through all the trials and hardships incident to pioneer life. He was hardy and rugged and as the years passed he became prosperous. He owned a large tract of land and for many years he was perhaps the most extensive stock raiser in this section of Iowa. He had a comfortable home and for years strangers and new settlers found shelter and comfort beneath his hospitable roof. He had his peculiar traits, but he had a large, warm heart and he was a generous donor to every cause calculated to advance the welfare of the community in which he resided. All who knew him intimately had a warm regard for him and had confidence in his sincerity and in his integrity. One by one the old landmarks are passing. For nearly half a century Mr. Jackman has been an important part of the industrial life of our community. He was here before Emmetsburg was thought of and before there was a Palo Alto county. What wonders have since been wrought in this immediate locality. He lived through all those years of marvelous progress and was a leading, living factor in the industrial and material changes that have taken place. His sudden death will be regretted by all and especially by those who knew him during the early history of the county and who shared with him the trying experiences of pioneer days.

Palo Alto Reporter
Emmetsburg, Iowa
21 Mar 1901
Page 4

A Palo Alto Pioneer Gone.

Tuesday morning the citizens of Emmetsburg were surprised and saddened to learn that early that morning Mr. Michael Jackman had passed to the great beyond. Monday Mr. Jackman was on the street, apparently in his usual health, and late in the afternoon he had expressed himself to a friend as feeling uncommonly well. He went to bed as usual and during the night nothing occurred to indicate that he was unwell, but in the morning, upon being called to breakfast no response was given, and one of the family went to his room and found him dead. The body was still warm so that life had not been extinct for any great length of time. His death was caused by an apoplextic stroke.

Michael Jackman was born in the county Kilkinny, Ireland, in the year 1826, and at an early age he came to this country and settled in La Salle county, Ill. There he was married to Miss Margaret Lowery, who survives him. To them were born nine children four sons and five daughters. The sons are M. Jackman and William Jackman of this city, Charles Jackman who resides in Wyoming, and Patrick Jackman of Armstrong. The daughters are Mrs. Conlon and Miss Agnes Jackman of this city. Mrs. Richard Nolan and Miss Lizzie Jackman, of Fairmont, Minn., and Miss Mary Jackman, of Armstrong. All but the son who resides in Wyoming were present at the funeral.

Mr. Jackman came to this county in 1856, and was one of the original Irish colony. He settled near where Mr. Doyle now lives, a couple of miles northwest of town, where he resided for some time. He afterwards settled on his present farm, about three miles northeast of Emmetsburg. With the rest of those hardy pioneers, Mr. Jackman tasted of the hardships of pioneer life. He endured the privations of those earlier days with a pertinacity that was bound to succeed, and lived long enough to see the country that he invaded when a wild and weary waste of prairie and grass, blossom into gardens and well tilled fields of grain and corn. He gave the best years of his manhood and added his mite to bring about the splendid condition of Palo Alto county at the present day. He was rugged and hardy with ways peculiar to himself, but he was always hospitable, and many a weary traveler in those earlier days found food and shelter under his roof. He shared in the material prosperity of the country, and was, at the time of his leaving active farm life, a couple of years ago, one of the largest land owners in the county.

The funeral took place from Assumption church, on Thursday morning at ten o'clock, and the remains interred in St. John's cemetery. It was largely attended.