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Levi 'Monroe' Jackson

Male 1850 - 1933  (~ 82 years)


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  1. 1.  Levi 'Monroe' Jackson was born Aug 1850, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 4 Aug 1933, Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina; was buried , Leemont Cemetery, Danville City, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Levi Monroe Jackson is the grandson of James Samuel
    Jackson. His father James is Martha Ann Jackson's (w/o
    Allen Gilmer Reynolds) brother. He married Ellen Rigney in
    1894 and it is said that he adopted her 4 younger children;
    (Not proven as of 2011)
    ~ Death Certificate 195, Caswell Co., Pelham, Aug 4, 1933.
    Address given as RFD 5, Danville. He was a farmer. His
    obituary printed in the Danville Bee, Sat. 5 August 1933:
    Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at eleven
    o'clock for Monroe L. Jackson who died last night shortly
    before eight o'clock at the home of his daughter Mrs.
    Walter Gauldin near Shady Grove Church. Services will be
    held at the home of Mrs. J. M. Rigney on Wylie Avenue. Mr.
    Jackson was 84 years of age and was a native of Callands
    being a son of the late James Andrew Jackson of that place.
    Mr. Jackson is survived by the following children: Mrs.
    Walter Gauldin of Shady Grove, Madison L. Jackson of
    Martinsville, Mrs Ida Oakes of Gallances and Mrs. Hoppie
    Rigney of this city. He also leaves one brother, James
    Stonewall Jackson of Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Cora Tate of
    Danville. (Ida Oakes was not his daughter but his
    step-daughter, thought to be the daughter of Ellen Rigney
    and Benjamin Turner Clements, her long-time protector.)
    ~ The death certificate gives his name as Monroe L.
    Jackson, age 82, Farmer, son of James A. Jackson and Martha
    Thompson. The informant for the certificate was Pearl
    Rigney. He was buried in Leamont Cemetery but there is no
    stone.

    Levi married Eleanor Sidney 'Ellen' Rigney 1894, Prob. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Eleanor (daughter of Owen Rigney and Sarah 'Sally' Adkins) was born Jun 1844, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1904, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , On Quail Rd.NE of Callands GPS: 36degrees 50'11.46"N, 79degrees 36'30.66"W. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Madison Monroe Jackson was born 10 Jul 1888, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 11 Nov 1950, Martinsville,Henry Co., Virginia; was buried , Roselawn Burial Park Martinsville, Virginia.
    2. Minnie Gertrude Jackson was born Jul 1882, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 21 May 1985, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Generation: 2

    Children:
    1. William Johnson Rigney was born 8 Mar 1864, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 18 Jun 1932, Roanoke, Virginia; was buried , Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia.
    2. Benjamin Lee Rigney was born 13 Mar 1866, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 Jun 1956, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia.
    3. Mary Ellen 'Molly' Rigney was born 9 Apr 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Jul 1964, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Haskins Family Cemetery, Pitytsylvania County, Virginia.
    4. Albert Sidney Rigney was born 13 Jun 1867, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died 23 Dec 1949, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried , Rigney Family Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    5. Samuel Harris Rigney was born 1869, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Harry Richard 'Whale' Rigney was born 13 Mar 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Nov 1948, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Rigney Family Cemetery, Worlds, Pittsylvcania County, Virginia.
    7. Robert Morris Rigney was born 8 Sep 1874, Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 12 Apr 1955, Bluefield West Virginia; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, West Virginia.
    8. Ida Belle Rigney was born 30 Jun 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 15 May 1964, Western State Hospital, Staunton, Virginia; was buried , Oakes Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    9. James Hunter Rigney was born 13 Dec 1879, Franklin County, Virginia; died 30 Jul 1946, Bluefield, West Virginia; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, West Virginia.
    10. Minnie Gertrude Jackson was born Jul 1882, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 21 May 1985, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    11. Lula May Jackson was born 19 Jan 1883, Callands, Virginia; died 5 Nov 1955, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, danville, Virginia.
    12. Annie S. Jackson was born 12 May 1894, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Oct 1958, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Danville, Virginia.
    13. 1. Levi 'Monroe' Jackson was born Aug 1850, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 4 Aug 1933, Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina; was buried , Leemont Cemetery, Danville City, Virginia.