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Robert Benson “Bob” Jackson

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Robert Benson “Bob” Jackson

Birth
Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA
Death
22 Jun 1967 (aged 80)
Nance County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Fullerton, Nance County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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From The Wolbach Messenger, June 29, 1967, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney:

Bob Jackson Killed Thursday –

Robert Jackson, 80 who farms ten miles southwest of Belgrade was killed Thursday in a tractor accident near the Homer Cook farm east of Wolbach. Mr. Jackson was
pinned beneath the tractor and died before the members of the Belgrade Fire Department, who were called to the scene, could free him….

Mr. Jackson was born January 11, 1887 in Centralia, Illinois to John W. and Minnie Jane (McCollough) Jackson. He was a member of the Fullerton Methodist Church and a resident of Nance County for 50 years. His first wife preceded him in death in 1953.

He is survived by his widow Lydia; two daughters, Mrs. Maurice Cantral of Fullerton and Mrs. Melvin Nesbitt of Belgrade; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Bierley of Junction City, Oregon and Mrs. John Caudle of Los Angeles; two brothers, D. Cleve Jackson of Fullerton and Drew Jackson of Armona, California; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

From The Wolbach Messenger, June 29, 1967, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney:

Bob Jackson Killed Thursday –

Robert Jackson, 80 who farms ten miles southwest of Belgrade was killed Thursday in a tractor accident near the Homer Cook farm east of Wolbach. Mr. Jackson was
pinned beneath the tractor and died before the members of the Belgrade Fire Department, who were called to the scene, could free him….

Mr. Jackson was born January 11, 1887 in Centralia, Illinois to John W. and Minnie Jane (McCollough) Jackson. He was a member of the Fullerton Methodist Church and a resident of Nance County for 50 years. His first wife preceded him in death in 1953.

He is survived by his widow Lydia; two daughters, Mrs. Maurice Cantral of Fullerton and Mrs. Melvin Nesbitt of Belgrade; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Bierley of Junction City, Oregon and Mrs. John Caudle of Los Angeles; two brothers, D. Cleve Jackson of Fullerton and Drew Jackson of Armona, California; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Married to: 1. Mary Rawlings 2. Lydia Hamilton



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  • Created by: Don
  • Added: Jan 5, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12892583/robert_benson-jackson: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Benson “Bob” Jackson (11 Jan 1887–22 Jun 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12892583, citing Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Nance County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).