James Elton Jackson (1914 - 1985)

Born 2 Aug 1914 in Lawrence, Alabama, United States

Husband of Sadie (Alexander) Fields — married 10 Sep 1938 in Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States

Died 13 Jan 1985 at age 70 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Biography

James Jackson is a part of US Black heritage.

S1 James Jackson served in the United States Navy in World War II
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James Elton Jackson was born on 2 Aug 1914 in Lawrence County, Alabama.^[1] He was the son of Robert Jackson and Mattie Davis.

In 1938, James married Sadie Mae Alexander.^[2] James had at least two daughters.^[3]

James served in the US Navy in World War II as a Seaman 1st Class.^[3][4]

James died on 13 Jan 1985 at the VA Hospital in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.^[5][3] He was buried in the Dayton National Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Record 2238 #11250946 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Alabama, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 138
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21Z-6Q5R : 19 February 2021), James E Jackson and Sadie Mae Alexander, 10 Sep 1938; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,877,220.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} James Elton Jackson, obituary with photo, Dayton Daily News [Ohio], 16 Jan 198, page 36, column 6; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86253584/james-elton-jackson-obit-1985/ : accessed 3 Oct 2023).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/825403/james-e-jackson: accessed 03 October 2023), memorial page for James E Jackson (2 Aug 1914–13 Jan 1985), Find A Grave: Memorial #825403, citing Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Gravefinder2 (contributor 49206655).
5. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKK4-ZLB : 30 June 2021), James E Jackson, 1985.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8L-5V2 : 31 January 2021), James Jackson in entry for Robert Jackson, 1920, ED 86, Mt. Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA, sheet 14A, family 255.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3L22-K3Z : accessed 30 September 2021), James E Jackson in household of Mattie Jackson, Precinct 07, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing ED 15, sheet 12B, line 77, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 35; FHL microfilm 2,339,770.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P9-6F5 : 5 January 2021), Elton Jackson, Election Precinct 15 Mt. Moriah, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing ED 40-26, sheet 11A, line 7, family 174, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 51.