Individual Details

There is confusion over Charles' death dates. His obit states 1948, a photo of the gravestone at Find-A-Grave.com shows 1946, but the accompanying information posted shows 1945.

Mt Pleasant News, Mount Pleasant, Henry Co, Iowa, Monday, December 23, 1948: C.R. Jackman Dies at Lowell. New London- Funeral services for Charles Robert Jackman, 88, who passed away at 1 p.m. will be held at the Elliott chapel in New London Tuesday at 11 a.m. The Rev. F.W. Sutton, pastor of the Church of Christ, will officiate and burial will be in Bethel cemetery southwest of Lowell. He is survived by his wife and son, Cleveland, and two grandchildren, all of Lowell. A half-sister, Mrs. Stella Allen of Crawford, Nebr. also survives. Sometime ago Mr. Jackman prepared his own obituary as follows: Charles Robert Jackman was born March 15, 1858, at Smithland Mills, Henry county, just opposite the town of Lowell. His father, Clarkson Jackman, came to Lee county in 1842. A native of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors came from Cavan county, Ireland, in 17?0, settling in Washington county, Penn., in Greenland. His grandmother, Catharine Holman Jackman, was a native of Pennsylvania. Her father, Henry Holman, fought in the war of Independence when only 18 years of age and served throughout the war. His mother, Martha G. (Smith) Jackman, was the daughter of Hiram Chealy Smith, a native of Kentucky, and his wife, Mary Nee Boch, who was a native of South Carolina and the granddaughter of General Burgess of the War of the Revolution whose lineage went back to the colonial days of Maryland. Charles Robert attended the district school near his home and later worked in his father's mill and on the farm. In 1877 and 1878 he attended the Burlington Business college at Burlington. After receiving his diploma on March 18, he went to California when it took 12 1/2 days to make the trip by train. While there he worked in a sawmill near the foot of Mount Lassin, the only active volcano in America. After returning to Iowa on October 12, 1879, he married Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, a schoolmate whom he had known all of his life. To this union was born one child, Cleveland. Mr. Jackman spent the next three years with his brother Hiram operating the father's mill. Later he sold his interest and purchased most of the old homestead taken up by his grandfather in 1833. Until 1937 his occupation was that of farmer. He was elected township clerk for 18 years and highway supervisor in district No. 5 in Baltimore township for 16 years. He was appointed supervisor of roads in the township for the years 1903 and 1904. He moved to Burlington in 1907 where his son was engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In 1910 he was successful in getting the majority of landowners to petition for the drainage of district no. 2, Hendersen county, Ill., across the river from Burlington. In 1911 with his family he moved to San Diego, Calif., returning to his home almost every year, never casting his vote any place except Lowell. Since 1920 he has lived at the home in Lowell.

Birth	15 Mar 1858	Smithland Mills, Henry Co., Iowa
Marriage	5 Oct 1879	Henry Co., Iowa - Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Residence	1895	Baltimore, Henry Co., Iowa
Residence	1900	Baltimore Township, Henry Co., Iowa
Residence	1910	Burlington Ward 2, Des Moines Co., Iowa
Residence	1920	San Diego, San Diego Co., California
Residence	1 Jan 1925	Baltimore, Henry Co., Iowa
Residence	1930	Baltimore, Henry Co., Iowa
Death	21 Dec 1946	Lowell, Henry Co., Iowa
Burial		Bethany Cemetery, Lowell, Henry Co., Iowa

Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (1859 - 1947)
Child	J. Cleveland Jackman (1884 - 1959)

Father

Clarkson Jackman ( - )