GRANT HAROLD JACKSON 79, died Sunday, July 1, 1973 at the Pittsfield Nursing Center . He was a retired salesman. Mr. Jackson was born May 13, 1894 at Canton , Ohio , a son of Joseph and Gertrude Woods Jackson. His wife, Helen Jackson survives. Other survivors include a son, William Joseph Jackson of Lewistown; two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Hubbard of Pittsfield and Mrs. Trudy Reel of St. Joseph , Mo ; one brother, Basil Jackson and a sister, Hazel Steffins. There are 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral will be held at 2 pm today, Tuesday, at Sutter Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Maynard officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood cemetery.

LAURA (ZERENBERG) JACKSON - Funeral services for Mrs. Laura A. Jackson, native of Pleasant Hill, who died in Pontiac MI January 26, (1947) were held in the Christian church in Pleasant Hill, at 3 p.m. Thursday, January 29 in charge of Rev. Joe Maynard of Pittsfield. Burial was in Crescent Heights Cemetery, Pleasant Hill. Mrs. Jackson was 80 years, 5 months and 14 days old. She was born at Pleasant Hill August 12, 1867 a daughter of Wm. and Mary Galloway Zerenberg, pioneers in the Pleasant Hill community. Her father was a son of Charles Zerenberg, who was numbered among Pike county's earliest settlers. Her mother was a daughter of J.B. Galloway.Her grandparents, Charles and Christina Zerenberg, natives of Germany, came to the US in 1832, first settling in PA and later in Pike Co. (1834). Mrs. Jckson's father was a soldier of the Republic in the Civil war and took part in the famous seige of Vicksburg. Mrs. Jackson's husband, James M. Jackson has been long dead. Following her husband's death she continued to live in Pleasant Hill until about 25 years ago, when she moved to Pontiac, to be with her son, W. Frederick Jackson, who has long been associated with a newspaper there. She retained posession of her home in Pleasant Hill until about 3 years ago when she sold it, together with her household goods. Surviving are the son and a brother, Francis Zerenberg of Roodhouse.

W. FRED JACKSON - Friends in Pleasant Hill have been advised of the death of W. Fred Jackson in Pontiac , Mich. Mr. Jackson, 65, was born at Pleasant Hill , Ill. , the son of James and Laura Zerenberg Jackson. He attended Pleasant Hill schools and after graduating from high school he learned the printers trade in the office of the Weekly Messenger. He accepted a position with a daily newspaper in Pontiac , Mich. , about 40 years ago and held the position until his death. His wife preceded him in death. One daughter survives. He died June 4, and funeral services and burial were in Pontiac on June 7.

MARY (LEMERY) JEFFRIES daughter of Alex­ander and Susan Lemery, was born in New Hope, Lincoln county, Mo., April 30, 1856, and died at the home of her son, James A. Jeffries, near Griggsville, Ill., on her 75th birthday. On November 4, 1873, she was united in marriage with William H. Jeffries, at New Hope, Mo. Six children were born to this union, three of whom, Cora, Clarence and Isa May, are deceased, and three of whom survive: Mrs. Leona Ham of Valley City, Ill.; Joseph of Pittsburg, Penn., and James A., of Griggsville, Ill. Her husband died about five years ago. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Most of her married life has been lived in Illinois. During the last fourteen years she has lived at Maysville, where they had purchased a home in which they planned to spend their last years on earth. She had for many years been a loyal member of the Christian church, uniting later with the U. B. church at Maysville, Ill. She was of a loving, patient disposition and had ministered to many in their hours of sickness and pain. She had recently suffered five strokes of paralysis, the last one coming Monday, April 27, from which she gradually relapsed into a state of coma, the end coming on Thursday, April 30. The funeral services were heal from the U. B. church in Maysville Ill., Saturday, May 2, at 2 p. m, and interment made in Griggsville cem­etery, the Rev. Oscar F. Jones, pastor of the Griggsville M.E. church, officiating.
Submitted by Delaine Donaldson from the Independent Press Griggsville IL 6 May 1931

AVERY JENNINGS , 38, of Pleasant Hill , was killed Wednesday, May 6, 1964, while digging postholes on his farm south of Hillcrest in Calhoun county. The posthole digger was attached to the rear of the tractor and he was caught between the tractor and digger and crushed to death. It is believed the accident happened before noon Wednesday, Jennings was found early Wednesday afternoon by Leslie Wineland. Mr. Jennings was born Oct. 20, 1925, a son of William M. and Thelma Hemphill Jennings. He was a graduate of Pleasant Hill high school and a member of the Baptist church in Pleasant Hill . He had been employed at the Panhandle Booster station at Pleasant Hill for several years. He was married to Joyce Armstrong, at Hamburg , March 17, 1944. Surviving are his widow; his parents, of Pittsfield ; a son, David, and a daughter, Phyllis, at home; a brother, Arvis, of Pittsfield , and a sister, Mrs. Wilbert Hartsock of East Alton . Funeral services were held in the Baptist church in Pleasant Hill , Friday afternoon at 2 with the Rev. Robert G. Poor officiating. Burial (article was cut off here)

MARTHA JENNINGS , Two former Quincy residents who have died out west recently are Alex White, who died at Denver, Colorado, and Mrs. Martha Jennings, who passed away near Oregon City, Oregon.Mr. White was 69 years old and a resident of Quincy until some seven years ago. He was a bookbinder by trade, and formerly employed by Cadogan & Hatcher. Deceased leaves a widow and one daughter. His remains were buried in Denver.Mr. White was a native of Scotland, and an old resident of Barry, where he was engaged in business as junior member of the firm W. F. White & Bro., who conducted a large general merchandise, grain and pork business. He was supervisor of the township and held numerous other town and city offices of Barry. His firm retired from business in the 70’s and some time thereafter Mr. White removed to Quincy and re-engaged in book binding, an avocation he had followed in his native land. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity of this city and retained his membership in Barry lodge No. 34 until his death. He was a brother of W. F. White of Barry.Mrs. Jennings was born at Kinderhook, Pike county in 1828, and was married to Joseph Pope of this city in 1844, and after his death at Ft. Laramie, while they were en-route to Oregon with an emigrant train in ‘49, married Col. Berryman Jennings. One daughter by her first husband and seven children of Mrs. Jennings survive.
Contributed by Margaret Rutledge - The Quincy Daily Journal Friday April 6 1900 page 7

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