Elizabeth Jackson was a nurse and often took care of the ill in the Simpson community. She had a little black medicine bag which she kept her lancing instruments and medicine in, and whenever her services were needed, off she would go in her little buggy with her horse named "Dolly."
Burial
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Simpson, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA [1]
Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Taylor Jackson Jackson (10 Apr 1848–13 Jun 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #29083357, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Simpson, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Duffie and Kathy (contributor 46950425) .
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GV-6Q7 : accessed 2 July 2015), Elizabeth Jackson in household of R H Jackson, [Blank], Leake, Mississippi, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 153, household ID 1014, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,586.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDX2-XMZ : 14 August 2017), Elezebith Jackson in household of Wea Jackson, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 47, sheet 102C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0473; FHL microfilm 1,254,473.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPN-QPX : accessed 8 November 2020), Elizabeth Jackson in household of Wesley A Jackson, Ward 6, Township 1, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 8A, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,585.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBF-WHX : accessed 8 November 2020), Elizabeth Jackson in household of Wesley Jackson, Police Jury Ward 6, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 151, sheet 11B, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 533; FHL microfilm 1,374,546.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT8-PXL : accessed 8 November 2020), Elizabeth Jackson, Police Jury Ward 6, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 10B, line 96, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 824; FHL microfilm 2,340,559.
"Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3M4-2SZ : 2 April 2020), Elizabeth Jackson, 13 Jun 1930; citing Sampson, Vernon, Louisiana, certificate number 8597, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,312,072.
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