U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson, Hoy B. (1880-1948) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 780-781, HOY B. JACKSON. Only about 90% of them succeed who venture into commercial business, but Hoy B. Jackson, merchant at Bretz, is doing a business there amounting to $40,000 annually, and his trade is still growing. He is the son of Daniel R. and Rachael (Martin) Jackson of Kingwood where he was born May 21, 1880. His earlier life was spent in the schools of Kingwood, after which he learned the carpenter trade. This avocation was followed three years, then life and industrial insurance was taken up for the Empire Casualty Company of Parkersburg, and for the American Insurance Company of Philadelphia, but in 1906 he changed his business again, this time taking a clerkship in a general store, where he is now, until 1909, when he took its management, which is still under his direction. He was appointed postmaster May 1, 1906. October 4, 1906, Mr. Jackson was married to Edna, daughter of William L. Lenhart of Kingwood, and to this union were born three children, one boy and two girls, namely: (1) James, born July 24, 1907; (2) Lucille, August 31, 1909; (3) Edna, October 12, 1912. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen. He is a member of the Elco Concert Band, and plays the cornet and saxaphone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #16818 FULL-NAME: Hoye Brown Jackson BIRTH-DATE: May 2, 1880 BIRTH-PLACE: Kingwood, Preston, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 23, 1948 DEATH-PLACE: Jackson St., Kingwood, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Employee, Preston Light Co. FATHER: Daniel Jackson (born in Brownsville, Pa.) MOTHER: Rachel Martin (born in Kingwood, W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cardiac faulure - Pulmonary edema INFORMANT: Mrs. Edna Jackson (of Kingwood, W.Va.) BURIAL: Kingwood Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va. (wife of Hoye B. Jackson) From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #'58-002440 FULL-NAME: Edna Jackson BIRTH-DATE: September 23, 1888 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 11, 1958 DEATH-PLACE: 103 Price St., Kingwood, Preston County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 103 Price St., Kingwood, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Housekeeper FATHER: William L. Lenhart MOTHER: Lou Conner CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Arterioschlerosis / Hypertension INFORMANT: Mrs. Lucille Schaeffer (of Kingwood, W.Va.) BURIAL: Kingwood, W.Va. --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------