Benjamin Franklin Jackson, born Dec 13, 1872 in Moberly, Randolph County, MO, the second son of George W. and Livonia D. (White) Jackson. Benjamin Franklin Jackson, was named after the ancestor, Benjamin Franklin, who was a distant cousin of Livonia D. (White) Jackson.
Benjamin's early childhood was spent in MO and as a young boy, he moved to IL, with his parents and siblings. It was here he met and married Pearl Mae Rankin, who was born Jan 5, 1880 in San Jose, IL.
Benjamin, Pearl and their 2 sons, Roy Everett and Earl Ray moved to Peoria, IL, where Ben was employed by Val Jobst and Sons Construction Company and it was here in the early 1900's that Ben had two serious accidents, which left him a broken, badly scarred man. His head had been crushed like an eggshell, when a beam fell on him as he stepped out of the construction office door and he received two broken feet when he fell through an elevator shaft to the basement, two stories below. Either one of these accidents would have killed most men, but Ben survived both accidents, but was unable to work at anything strenuous after that.
After these accidents, Ben and Pearl were divorced sometime before 1910. Pearl returned to Champaign, where she and her two sons lived with her mother for several years. Her brother and his son were also living in the family home.
Ben stayed on in Peoria for awhile and then moved to Denver, CO, where he lived with his parents in North Denver, which at that time was the northern most end of the city. This was at 45th and Clay Streets.
Around 1914, Ben returned to Peoria, where he again worked for Jobst and Sons, (about 30 years altogether.) He lived with a family named Raney, on Forrest Hill Avenue, until about 1929, when he again returned to Denver and lived with his sister and family, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens, at 730 Lowell Blvd. In 1930 he went to CA and lived with his brother, George Brown Jackson, on a ranch near Ontario and then in Pomona, CA. Part of this time was spent with his oldest son, Roy and his wife, Edna who were living in Los Angeles.
About 1934, Ben returned to CO and again lived with his sister Mary. About 1937, Ben rented a small cottage near his sister in order to receive a pension, where he lived for about three years, until his death, April 23, 1940. He died at the age of 67 years, of uremic poisoning and was buried at Fairmount Cemetery, in Denver, next to his brother, Charles Raymond, his sister, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens and brother-in-law, Edgar C. Stevens and their grandson, Terrill E. Stevens, 5 months old.
About July 25, 1923, Pearl moved to CA with her 2 sons, Roy and Earl, visiting with the family in Denver, on their way to the West Coast. They drove out in a Model T Ford and experienced many car problems on the way. She lived in Los Angeles, making a home for her youngest son, Earl, who never married. Pearl died March 25, 1966 in Los Angeles, of natural causes and old age, at the age of 86 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
Benjamin and Pearl's marriage record is on file in the state of Illinois. Record #573.
Ben is my grand-uncle and I visit his grave, several times a year.
Benjamin's early childhood was spent in MO and as a young boy, he moved to IL, with his parents and siblings. It was here he met and married Pearl Mae Rankin, who was born Jan 5, 1880 in San Jose, IL.
Benjamin, Pearl and their 2 sons, Roy Everett and Earl Ray moved to Peoria, IL, where Ben was employed by Val Jobst and Sons Construction Company and it was here in the early 1900's that Ben had two serious accidents, which left him a broken, badly scarred man. His head had been crushed like an eggshell, when a beam fell on him as he stepped out of the construction office door and he received two broken feet when he fell through an elevator shaft to the basement, two stories below. Either one of these accidents would have killed most men, but Ben survived both accidents, but was unable to work at anything strenuous after that.
After these accidents, Ben and Pearl were divorced sometime before 1910. Pearl returned to Champaign, where she and her two sons lived with her mother for several years. Her brother and his son were also living in the family home.
Ben stayed on in Peoria for awhile and then moved to Denver, CO, where he lived with his parents in North Denver, which at that time was the northern most end of the city. This was at 45th and Clay Streets.
Around 1914, Ben returned to Peoria, where he again worked for Jobst and Sons, (about 30 years altogether.) He lived with a family named Raney, on Forrest Hill Avenue, until about 1929, when he again returned to Denver and lived with his sister and family, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens, at 730 Lowell Blvd. In 1930 he went to CA and lived with his brother, George Brown Jackson, on a ranch near Ontario and then in Pomona, CA. Part of this time was spent with his oldest son, Roy and his wife, Edna who were living in Los Angeles.
About 1934, Ben returned to CO and again lived with his sister Mary. About 1937, Ben rented a small cottage near his sister in order to receive a pension, where he lived for about three years, until his death, April 23, 1940. He died at the age of 67 years, of uremic poisoning and was buried at Fairmount Cemetery, in Denver, next to his brother, Charles Raymond, his sister, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens and brother-in-law, Edgar C. Stevens and their grandson, Terrill E. Stevens, 5 months old.
About July 25, 1923, Pearl moved to CA with her 2 sons, Roy and Earl, visiting with the family in Denver, on their way to the West Coast. They drove out in a Model T Ford and experienced many car problems on the way. She lived in Los Angeles, making a home for her youngest son, Earl, who never married. Pearl died March 25, 1966 in Los Angeles, of natural causes and old age, at the age of 86 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
Benjamin and Pearl's marriage record is on file in the state of Illinois. Record #573.
Ben is my grand-uncle and I visit his grave, several times a year.
Benjamin Franklin Jackson, born Dec 13, 1872 in Moberly, Randolph County, MO, the second son of George W. and Livonia D. (White) Jackson. Benjamin Franklin Jackson, was named after the ancestor, Benjamin Franklin, who was a distant cousin of Livonia D. (White) Jackson.
Benjamin's early childhood was spent in MO and as a young boy, he moved to IL, with his parents and siblings. It was here he met and married Pearl Mae Rankin, who was born Jan 5, 1880 in San Jose, IL.
Benjamin, Pearl and their 2 sons, Roy Everett and Earl Ray moved to Peoria, IL, where Ben was employed by Val Jobst and Sons Construction Company and it was here in the early 1900's that Ben had two serious accidents, which left him a broken, badly scarred man. His head had been crushed like an eggshell, when a beam fell on him as he stepped out of the construction office door and he received two broken feet when he fell through an elevator shaft to the basement, two stories below. Either one of these accidents would have killed most men, but Ben survived both accidents, but was unable to work at anything strenuous after that.
After these accidents, Ben and Pearl were divorced sometime before 1910. Pearl returned to Champaign, where she and her two sons lived with her mother for several years. Her brother and his son were also living in the family home.
Ben stayed on in Peoria for awhile and then moved to Denver, CO, where he lived with his parents in North Denver, which at that time was the northern most end of the city. This was at 45th and Clay Streets.
Around 1914, Ben returned to Peoria, where he again worked for Jobst and Sons, (about 30 years altogether.) He lived with a family named Raney, on Forrest Hill Avenue, until about 1929, when he again returned to Denver and lived with his sister and family, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens, at 730 Lowell Blvd. In 1930 he went to CA and lived with his brother, George Brown Jackson, on a ranch near Ontario and then in Pomona, CA. Part of this time was spent with his oldest son, Roy and his wife, Edna who were living in Los Angeles.
About 1934, Ben returned to CO and again lived with his sister Mary. About 1937, Ben rented a small cottage near his sister in order to receive a pension, where he lived for about three years, until his death, April 23, 1940. He died at the age of 67 years, of uremic poisoning and was buried at Fairmount Cemetery, in Denver, next to his brother, Charles Raymond, his sister, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens and brother-in-law, Edgar C. Stevens and their grandson, Terrill E. Stevens, 5 months old.
About July 25, 1923, Pearl moved to CA with her 2 sons, Roy and Earl, visiting with the family in Denver, on their way to the West Coast. They drove out in a Model T Ford and experienced many car problems on the way. She lived in Los Angeles, making a home for her youngest son, Earl, who never married. Pearl died March 25, 1966 in Los Angeles, of natural causes and old age, at the age of 86 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
Benjamin and Pearl's marriage record is on file in the state of Illinois. Record #573.
Ben is my grand-uncle and I visit his grave, several times a year.
Benjamin's early childhood was spent in MO and as a young boy, he moved to IL, with his parents and siblings. It was here he met and married Pearl Mae Rankin, who was born Jan 5, 1880 in San Jose, IL.
Benjamin, Pearl and their 2 sons, Roy Everett and Earl Ray moved to Peoria, IL, where Ben was employed by Val Jobst and Sons Construction Company and it was here in the early 1900's that Ben had two serious accidents, which left him a broken, badly scarred man. His head had been crushed like an eggshell, when a beam fell on him as he stepped out of the construction office door and he received two broken feet when he fell through an elevator shaft to the basement, two stories below. Either one of these accidents would have killed most men, but Ben survived both accidents, but was unable to work at anything strenuous after that.
After these accidents, Ben and Pearl were divorced sometime before 1910. Pearl returned to Champaign, where she and her two sons lived with her mother for several years. Her brother and his son were also living in the family home.
Ben stayed on in Peoria for awhile and then moved to Denver, CO, where he lived with his parents in North Denver, which at that time was the northern most end of the city. This was at 45th and Clay Streets.
Around 1914, Ben returned to Peoria, where he again worked for Jobst and Sons, (about 30 years altogether.) He lived with a family named Raney, on Forrest Hill Avenue, until about 1929, when he again returned to Denver and lived with his sister and family, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens, at 730 Lowell Blvd. In 1930 he went to CA and lived with his brother, George Brown Jackson, on a ranch near Ontario and then in Pomona, CA. Part of this time was spent with his oldest son, Roy and his wife, Edna who were living in Los Angeles.
About 1934, Ben returned to CO and again lived with his sister Mary. About 1937, Ben rented a small cottage near his sister in order to receive a pension, where he lived for about three years, until his death, April 23, 1940. He died at the age of 67 years, of uremic poisoning and was buried at Fairmount Cemetery, in Denver, next to his brother, Charles Raymond, his sister, Mary E. (Jackson) Stevens and brother-in-law, Edgar C. Stevens and their grandson, Terrill E. Stevens, 5 months old.
About July 25, 1923, Pearl moved to CA with her 2 sons, Roy and Earl, visiting with the family in Denver, on their way to the West Coast. They drove out in a Model T Ford and experienced many car problems on the way. She lived in Los Angeles, making a home for her youngest son, Earl, who never married. Pearl died March 25, 1966 in Los Angeles, of natural causes and old age, at the age of 86 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.
Benjamin and Pearl's marriage record is on file in the state of Illinois. Record #573.
Ben is my grand-uncle and I visit his grave, several times a year.
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"UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
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Transcription on Ben's headstone was placed there by his sister, Mary Ellen (Jackson) Stevens
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