Junk 24, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



i3 



OBITUARY. 



Abram V. Jackson. 



Abiain A'. J;:cks(iii, ;it oiuj tiiiic one of 

 ;lio largest rose growers for tlic Cliiciigo 



■ iiarkct and at the time of liis deatli the 

 ,,l(U'st iiative-ljorn eitizeii, jiassed away 

 last week and was laid at rest in ]^ise- 

 hili .huie ].S. 



Ten years ago, ami fur a <-iiiisiilcr;dih' 

 period before that, Mr. .lackson was 

 widely known in tlie trath', lieing duo of 



■ he ])rineii)al eonsignors of the Keniiicott 

 Hro.s. (Ai. and one of the most successful 

 id local ])ioueer growers. J^riilc and Maid 

 were his siieeialties. 



Abram V. Jackson was bnru July 7, 

 I s;!4, and iwo years ago i-ecei\cd llie gold 

 iuedal at ilie Old Settlers' ])icnic as the 

 iiklest jieison then li\ing who was liorn 

 in the city, speaking of him recently, 

 Jiis sister, Lydia Abigail (iear, s t years 

 iild, s.aid: 



''Our j'atlier, (Samuel '1'. .bu-ksoii. was 

 sent ivom Washington liy the (loNcru- 

 ment to uj)en the Chicago liarbdr. Abram 

 was bdin 111 a goxernment buiMiiig o|ipo- 

 >ite l''ort Dearboi'u, nu the nnitli siile 

 id' the (liicugo ri\-er. At that time the 

 Chicago ri\er had no docks or bridges, 

 ami had sloping, grass grown banks down 

 to the ^vater. The mouth of the I'ivor at 

 that time. inste;id of llowiui; straight 

 into the lake, made a turn \n the siiuth 

 and em|)tied into the lake almut where 

 \'au Hureii street is at jiresent. 



•'The first work iloiu? on the harbor 

 by S. T. Jackson was to opt'u a straight 

 ( h.nnnel through to the lake, niiiking tlu' 

 entrance nuicli the same as it is .-it the 

 ]iresent time. .Snrrounding the fort ami 

 ^oMMiimeid buildings were thousamls (d' 

 tents occupied by Indians, nmny of whom 

 had congregated to receive their i>ortion 

 of the money jiaid them by the govern- 

 ment for the j)rescnt site of Chicago. 



' ' Abr.ain Y. .lackson grew up witli the 

 city, lieing the lirst, and until his tleath 

 the oldest citizen born in Chicago. He 

 wa.s foml of telling stories ^>\' swimnung 

 in the Chicago river during the sumincM' 

 .ind skating on it in the winter. lie 

 liail an op[iorlunity of seeing Chicagt) 

 ;:row practically out of a wilderness to a 

 city, from the old Fort dearborn and the 

 few governnu'nt buildings which sur- 

 lounded it, to the second largest city in 

 America. \Vhere State stieet now is. 

 will; its magiuficent bnildiuys, .luring his 

 yiudh ^vas nothing liut a mud h"le, which 

 could hardly be tra\eled. with signs stuck 

 U|i in the colder: '.Xu bottiun here.' 

 II(Une.> were built (Ui State street luucli 

 like those no\v .seen in cnuntrv towns, 

 with yards surroundeel with pickei fences. 

 At tiiat tinu' a great deal ot' \\h-.\ is 

 nnw the S(udli side w(udd IIhimI i.\cu' at 

 limes. Owing to the lay ot the himl. tlH> 

 north ^ide was considered by l:ii ihe best 

 luciperty becanse it was so inn. h liighei- 

 than tiie south ^ide. Later. Abiaui \'. 

 • lackson, ;is i.e becanu' ohhr. w:is elected 

 cai>taiu ol the X'olunteer I'ire depart- 

 ment, the lirst i'wr protection I'hicago 

 had. 



"Abr.am V. .lackson ;nruirinhited coii- 

 si(h'rabl<- projierty in (hicaeo .-lud owned 

 .1 iiundier of buildings, but at the tiuu; 

 of the great Chicago lire, like many oth- 

 ers, he lost .all his holdings. lie then 

 weld to the north side, wlu're he pur- 

 chased ]iroi)eity at :'.L'<>7 N.uth Westerii 

 avenue, and took u[i the business of 

 growing cut flowers. After a tow years 

 in this business he de<ided to take np 

 mushronins, and tiiesc gradually ilisplaci'il 

 llowers. Ill the last do/.'ii years, with 



Abram V. Jackson. 



his Soil, Archie \'., he built \\\> what is 

 said to be the largest mushroom and 

 mushroom spawn business in this coun- 

 try. .Mr. ,la<kson retired f ro n ;icti\e 

 jiarticipat ion in the trade in H'oC,. "' 

 lleath came pe;icefully .lune l."i. 



-Mr. .lackscui is sur\ive(l by his wi.low. 1 

 one stui ami one daughter, .Mrs. John 

 llal(di. The tunerai was largely at 

 tended, fiu- practically every resident of ' 

 the How iu,an\ ille district knew him .and ' 

 liked him. Theii' were ni.aiiy lloweis. 



Eugene W. Stark. ' 



l-'ugeiie \V. Stark, of St.ark lb. is. \ui 

 sery and Orchar.l < o.. I.iuiisiana. .Mo., on.' I 

 of the leailing citi/.ei:s of I'ike ..luntv. 

 .li.'.l une.\]iecte.ily of heart .lisease .luile 

 l-'i at the .Jewish Ibisjiital. St. Cuiis. tol 

 lowing an operation t'oi the i.ino\.al .it 

 g.all stones. 



.Mr. Stark ha. I :i|i|pari'iit ly r.'c.iv ei-.'.i , 

 from the shock of tlu' operation ,aud was , 

 believe. I to l,e in a .-.puilition t'av oiabh' 

 to early re.-oveiy. He ;iwoke a f.'W mill 

 lltes bet'ore 4 o'clock aihl askeil his uiirsi' 



f.ir a ilrink of w.ater. .\s sli.' turiie.i, h.- 

 raiseil hims.'lf in be.l to .a sittiiio- p.istiir.'. 

 The eti'ort pi'oveil too great ;iii exertion 

 ami li.' expire. 1 fr.uii heart sia/nr.' in a ' 

 few iniiiutes. 



Kuneiie W. stalk ^v;ls biuii in I'ik.' • 

 county, .Mo., .\uoust s. iMi,"). lie was ;i 

 son of Thomas Stark, and grew up ..ii 

 his father's farm. Mv received his .aily 

 edmathui in the si liools of Louisiama ;iml 

 attemle.l colleue at La Craiige, .Mo. 11. 

 married .Miss .\nn Withrow, danehl.r of 

 Thomas ;in.| Abrah Withrow. of Troy. 

 -Mo. At an early age he aciiuiicl an in 

 terest in the Stark Nurserv ami (Ir.har.l 



< o.. of Louisiana, .Mo., a !fl,'tOO,000 cor- 

 poriitiou, one of tln^ largest of its kind. 



lie was electe.l .jmlge .if the ( ouiltv 



< ourt of I'ike county at the ajie of i'7. 

 In l!tos he was ele.te.l t.i til.- Stale Seil- 

 at.' from the distrii-t which iiicln.les I'ike, 

 l.imiilii and -Xmlrain .•oiiuties. Senator 

 Stark vvas known as a har.l worker in the 

 Legislature ami serve. 1 mi s'Veial iiiipor- 

 I.ant .-011111111 tees. He w.as th.' .■iiitli.n of 

 til.' II. 'W state ]iiiui;iry law. 



He is survive. I by a wi.low and three 

 sons. Is. |i; ;!n.l |o v>\iis ,,hi. ami by hi-- 

 mother ;ni.l t vv o brothers. 



The t'niier.al vvas hel.l .June 17 ami wa^ 

 the largest ev.r hel.l in I he .•oiiuty. for 

 Senator Staik v\;iv .-ail.'. I th.- iii.ist pop 

 iilar . iti/eii of the i|i-iri.t. lb- was sec- 

 relarv ..f il:.- s;i;|,.|^ Hios. \uistv ami 



< li-.-h:i ; .1 < o. ali'l |ie|.| ..|i'' i .ii'h . . I' it^ mil- 

 lion 'loll. II I a pi i a 1 -t.i.-k. 



W. H. Dc Camp. 



Wall.M 11. !•.■ I ;iuip. t'.'i many year-- 

 ni tl;.' !i!ii-.rv lnisiue^^^ in < iii.iiiiiali, < r. 

 ■ ii.-'l a: his home in thai .-iiv .June lo, 

 :ii!ir .'Ml illness of s,.\|.|;i| iiiMjith^. lb 

 i^ -Ml \ iv ..! bv hi-- w i t'.'. 



I'.!!' T M.vKi.iN. i' V. .Mrs. I'aunit 

 '\;;-sait is biiii.lin^ tvv.i er.'.aili.uis.'-. 

 .'11. L'."i\).'. .ami the other I7xt.''. in ad.li- 

 ti.iii to the tw.i sm.aU houses sin- already 

 owns. She also has a new store on .Main 

 -t leet and her business is increasing 

 stea.lily. The town, she sa ■ s. is epnvving 

 I'.a-I ami now contains six t'l.' . u ies. A 

 bri.lge which has just been built a.-ross 

 th.' I heat liver will ;ils.i be helpful to 

 the town. 



