Ashley Jackson
1854 - 1914 (59 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Ashley Jackson was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Ohio; died on 2 Mar 1914 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Grelton Cemetery, Grelton, Henry County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Occupation: foreman at saw mill
- Census: 1900, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
- Census: 1910, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
Notes:
Funeral in Gladstone
Funeral services over the body of Ashley Jackson, a pioneer employee of the Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber company, who passed away at St. Paul hospital on Monday, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the family home at Gladstone. Last night accompanied by members of the family, the body was taken to St. Paul, where it will be cremated according to the wishes of Mr. Jackson, of the life of Mr. Jackson the Gladstone Reporter says:
Ashley Jackson was born in Grelton, Ohio, fifty nine years ago, while he attended school in his early youth he never received what might be called a good education, yet in spite of this the deceased was one of the most highly educated and best read men in our city. From his boyhood days to the day that sickness forced him to his bed he was a constant reader and in this way he educated himself in the ways of the world and mankind. He spent about six years in the state of Kansas where he was engaged in the erection of windmills during the time that they were in big demand. He returned to his native town and state in the year of 1883 and was married to Miss Mary Watson, of this union one son, Glenn W. Jackson was born and survives his father. In the year of 1885 death claimed Mrs. Jackson, and in the year of 1890 Mr. Jackson took Miss Margaret Schaeffer of Continental, Ohio, as his second wife, of this union one child, Miss Edith Jackson was born and survives her father.
During the late eighties and early nineties, Mr. Jackson was foreman of various Cooperage plants for the Buckeye company in Ohio. In the year of 1894 he came first to Gladstone and at that time he came to look land, which was purchased by the Buckeye company. He again returned to Ohio and shortly after came back to Gladstone of the company as woods superintendent, one of the most important positions that a man could hold with this large concern.
As those who knew and with whom he toiled have lost a valuable servant.
The deceased has always been an active and energetic man, both mentally and physically, giving liberally of his time and labor to those who needed him.
In religion he early developed the habit of weighing things in the balance of reason, discarding that which to him did not harmonize with the Creator’s plans as he saw God’s laws in the big book of nature. He believed in doing good for the sake of humanity and not in the fear of the anger and vengeance of a higher power. Hell to him, is what men make for themselves here on earth, and not a place of divine origin for future punishment.
To the future existence, he felt that each will be rewarded according to the good deeds done in life. That we come into this life not of our own accord, and that we go not out of our own free will, but subject to the Supreme Power over all, and to that Power he was willing to trust his fate when his time should come to meet the mystery of death.
His convictions whether right or wrong were honest and sincere resulting from much careful study and analysis on his part, and with which he calmly met the fate of all flesh.
The deceased is survived by the wife, one son, Glen W. Jackson, one daughter, Miss Edith Jackson, two brothers, Willis Jackson of Grelton, Ohio, and L.A. Jackson of Cornelius, Ore., two sisters, Mrs. G. J. Cowan of Schenectady, N.Y., and Mrs. D. Battenfield of Delaware, Ohio.
Escanaba Morning Press, Escanaba, Michigan. Friday, 6 March 1914, page 6.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113264891/ashley-jackson
Section: 1, Lot: 2 Plot: 3
https://greltoncemetery.com/full_record.php?wreck=4&&name=jacksonAshley married Mary Glenn Watson on 20 Jun 1883 in Henry County, Ohio. Mary was born on 13 Oct 1859 in Ohio; died on 24 Aug 1885 in Hector, Putnam County, Ohio; was buried in Hoy Cemetery, Shunk, Henry County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Glenn Watson Jackson
was born on 24 Aug 1885 in Ohio; died on 6 May 1959 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Wells, Delta County, Michigan.
Ashley married Margaret Schafer on 8 Nov 1891 in Putnam County, Ohio. Margaret (daughter of William Schafer and Mary Morris) was born on 19 Sep 1867 in North Creek, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 25 Jan 1950 in Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan; was buried in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Wells, Delta County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Edith Jackson was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Ohio; died on 14 Jan 1982 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.
Generation: 2
2. Glenn Watson Jackson (1.Ashley1) was born on 24 Aug 1885 in Ohio; died on 6 May 1959 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Wells, Delta County, Michigan. Other Events:
- Occupation: attorney-at-law
- Census: 1920, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
- Census: 1930, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
- Census: 1940, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
Notes:
Jackson Services Won’t Be Private
Funeral services for Circuit Judge Glenn W. Jackson who died in St. John’s Hospital, Detroit early Thursday, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday in the Jackson home at 1217 Michigan Ave., Gladstone, with the Rev. James G. Ward, rector emeritus of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church of Escanaba, officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Escanaba.
The rites in the Jackson home will not be private.
Friends of Judge Jackson may call at the Kelley Funeral Home in Gladstone after 3 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the family home after visiting hours tonight at the funeral home.
Gifts to a memorial to Judge Jackson may be address to the Episcopal Church, Gladstone.
The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. Friday, 8 May 1959.
Obituary
Judge Glenn Jackson
Funeral services for Judge Glenn Jackson were held at the family home at 2 p.m., Saturday with the Rev. James F. Ward officiating. Burial was in Gardens of Rest Cemetery. Lawyers, Bar Association members, city and county officials and probate judges attended in a body. Pall bearers were Stanley Venne, Judge Richard Nebel, Walter Erickson, James T. Jones, Jack Richardson and Dr. Donald Boyce.
The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. Monday, 11 May 1959.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237046840/glenn-watson-jacksonGlenn married Maude O'Connell on 3 Sep 1910 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan. Maude was born on 27 Jan 1888 in Michigan; died on 19 Apr 1971 in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; was buried on 22 Apr 1971 in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Wells, Delta County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Mary Glenn Jackson was born on 14 Sep 1912 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan; died on 6 Apr 1989 in Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan.
- 5. Winifred Jackson was born on 3 Mar 1915 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan; died on 9 Oct 1992 in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; was buried on 12 Oct 1992 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana.
3. Edith Jackson (1.Ashley1) was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Ohio; died on 14 Jan 1982 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. Edith married Walter Hamilton France on 18 Jun 1915 in Bark River, Delta County, Michigan. Walter was born on 2 Mar 1891 in Michigan; died on 30 May 1979 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Charles Jackson "Jack" France was born on 21 Feb 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Oct 1992 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.
- 7. Robert France was born on 14 May 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1945; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan.
- 6. Charles Jackson "Jack" France
Generation: 3
4. Mary Glenn Jackson (2.Glenn2, 1.Ashley1) was born on 14 Sep 1912 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan; died on 6 Apr 1989 in Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan. Notes:
Mary Glenn Sanderson
Port Huron – Mary Glenn Sanderson, 76, died Thursday, April 6, 1989, in Port Huron Hospital.
She was born Sept. 14, 1912, in Gladstone and had been an area resident since 1946. She married Joseph L. Sanderson, M.C., July 12, 1960, in Gladstone.
Mrs. was a retired Port Huron Area School District teacher. She taught in the system for 37 years, instructing students in English and journalism for college preparation. She was a graduate of Lawrence College in Wisconsin, the University of Michigan and Yale College, where she received her Masters Degree. She was a member of the National Journalist Society.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph L. Sanderson, M.D., of Port Huron; a sister and brother-in-law, Winifred and James Bryant of Greencastle, Ind.; a niece, Mrs. William Huntington of Ottawa, Ill.; a great niece, Virginia; two great nephews, Brigham and Dan Huntington; a cousin, Jack France, M.D., of Grosse Pointe; eight stepchildren, Joanne, Bob, Claire, Cathy, William, Virginia, Joseph and Kirk Sanderson.
Services at 11 a.m. Monday in the Arthur Smith Funeral Home – North Chapel, “A Guardian Chapel.” The Rev. Dr. Robert E. Starkey, senior minister of the First Congregational Church, will officiate. Burial in Lakeside Cemetery. Visiting 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Kirk S. Sanderson, Dr. Tim Kien, Douglas Gerrard, Daniel C. Bryant, Dr. Malcom Thorpe and Robert L. Sanderson.
Memorial may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
The Time Herald, Port Huron, Michigan. Sunday, 9 April 1989.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159173312/mary-sanderson
Block 5, Lot 34, Grave 3Mary married John Gile Munro on 28 Jun 1935 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan, and was divorced on 6 May 1940 in Delta County, Michigan. John was born on 23 Nov 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 18 Dec 1967 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Mary married Jeremiah Knisely Jacobus on 22 Apr 1943 in Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan, and was divorced before 1960. Jeremiah was born on 17 Jan 1914 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan; died on 21 Mar 1981 in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas; was cremated in location of ashes unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Mary married Joseph Lyon Sanderson on 12 Jul 1960 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan. Joseph was born on 5 Oct 1907 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Jun 1996 in Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Winifred Jackson (2.Glenn2, 1.Ashley1) was born on 3 Mar 1915 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan; died on 9 Oct 1992 in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; was buried on 12 Oct 1992 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana. Notes:
Winifred Bryant
Winifred Jackson Bryant, 77, Greencastle, died Friday morning.
Born March 3, 1915 at Gladstone, Mich., she was the daughter of Judge Glenn and Maude (O’Connell) Jackson.
She was a graduate of Gladstone High School and attended Northern Michigan University at Marquette. She graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a degree in music education.
Mrs. Bryant was employed as a school teacher at Marysville, Mich., where she taught music. She was also an accomplished violinist, playing with various orchestras.
She was married to James G. Bryant on Oct. 7, 1939 at Gladstone, Mich. He survives.
The couple were residents of Port Huron, Mich., from 1939-1965 before moving to Indiana. Mrs. Bryant was a member of the Crescent Club and the Putnam County Hospital Guild.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and William Huntington, Ottawa, Ill.; three grandchildren, Robert Huntington, Tempe, Ariz., Virginia Dalby and husband Andrew, Roswell, Ga., and Daniel Huntington and wife, Velana, West Lafayette; and a great-granddaughter Dylan Nichole Huntington. She was precede in death by her parents; a sister, Mary Glenn Sanderson, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Knapp.
Services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle, with the Rev. Joseph Eubanks officiating.
Private family gravesite services will be conducted at Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle.
There will be no visitation. Memorial gifts may be made to the donor’s favorite charity.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23298046/winifred-j.-bryantWinifred married James Graham Bryant on 7 Oct 1939 in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan. James was born on 25 Jul 1910 in Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Michigan; died on 20 Sep 2001; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. 
Charles Jackson "Jack" France (3.Edith2, 1.Ashley1) was born on 21 Feb 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Oct 1992 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. Other Events:
- Military: World War II. US Navy medical officer in the Pacific.
- Occupation: physician
- Census: 1950, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Notes:
C. Jackson France, 75, a Detroit native who served the metro area as a surgeon for more than 40 years, died of heart disease Monday at his Grosse Pointe Park home.
Dr. France graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1942 and served as a Navy medical officer for two years in the Pacific during World War II.
He trained at Detroit Receiving Hospital and spent most of his career as a general surgeon at St. John Hospital in Detroit, from which he retired in 1988. He served as chief of staff at St. John from 1967-68 and after his retirement trained doctors as a volunteer.
Dr. France taught medicine as a clinical professor at Wayne State University from 1953-88, and also served on the school’s admissions committee for several years during the 1970s.
He was a member of the Detroit Medical Club, Detroit Surgical Society, member and past president of the Wayne County Medical Society and a regular contributor to the Michigan State Medical Society’s newspaper.
Dr. France is survived by his wife, Audrey; daughters Margaret Rao and Karen Unruh; sons Robert and John; and nine grandchildren.
Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today at Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, Grosse Pointe Park. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gross Pointe Memorial Church, 16 Lake Shore, Grosse Pointe Farms.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Friday, 9 October 1992.
Family/Spouse: Audrey Isabelle Olson. Audrey was born on 3 Dec 1919 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota ; died on 18 Feb 2007 in Macomb County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Robert Jackson France was born on 17 Mar 1947 in Michigan; died on 5 Feb 2012 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan.
- 9. John Marshall France was born in 1948 in Idaho; died on 30 Sep 2015.
- 10. Charles A. France was born on 21 Oct 1952; died on 14 Dec 1978 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
7. Robert France (3.Edith2, 1.Ashley1) was born on 14 May 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1945; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan. Notes:
US headstone applications for military veterans.
Name: Robert A France
Birth Date: 14 May 1922
Service Number: 36547413
Unit: a/s USAGF Co B, Cap of Corp, 164 Engrs Bn
Company: 164th Engineers
Enlistment Date: 24 Nov 1942
Death Date: 3 Jul 1945
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152785236/robert-a.-france
Generation: 4
8. Robert Jackson France (6.Charles3, 3.Edith2, 1.Ashley1) was born on 17 Mar 1947 in Michigan; died on 5 Feb 2012 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan. 9. John Marshall France (6.Charles3, 3.Edith2, 1.Ashley1) was born in 1948 in Idaho; died on 30 Sep 2015. 10. Charles A. France (6.Charles3, 3.Edith2, 1.Ashley1) was born on 21 Oct 1952; died on 14 Dec 1978 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Notes:
Slain cabby laughed off risk
by Eric Sharp, Free Press Staff Writer
Charles A. France’s father pleaded with him not to drive a taxi during the Christmas holidays. But the University of Michigan graduate student laughed off the danger, saying hack driving would earn him more Christmas cash than anything else available.
“He was the finest young man in the world, an honors student with a brilliant mind,” Dr. Charles J. France of Gross Pointe Park said Sunday, a day after he buried the 26-year-old son who was murdered during an apparent robbery attempt in his cab in Detroit.
“I pleaded with him not to take that job. I said it was too dangerous,” Dr. France said.
“Friends tried to persuade him too, and offered him other jobs, but he said we should not worry. He said he was making more money than in the other jobs and he only had one more week to go.”
Young France saw the job advertised by the East Side Cab Co. in the weekly Grosse Pointe News, his father said, and had been driving a taxi for two weeks.
Just after midnight Thursday, a woman who lives on Kitchener in Detroit heard what sounded like gunshots.
She told police she looked out her window and saw a taxi drive over a curb and into a field near Kitchener and Essex, on Detroit’s east side.
Sgt. Tim Dowd of the Detroit homicide squad said young France had dropped a customer off in the Jefferson-St. Jean area about 10 minutes before he was shot approximately a mile away.
Dowd said it was not known if he had picked up another fare on Jefferson or was flagged down on Kitchener.
Dowd said the killer stood outside the car. France apparently sat inside with the car in neutral gear. Police believe his body fell forward and put the car in gear at the first shot.
The killer apparently fled without robbing the young man, Dowd said, since more than $40 was found in France’s pockets.
Police said Sunday they had no suspects.
Dr. France said his son was trying to earn enough money over the Christmas break to buy gifts and save some money to take back to Ann Arbor.
“He was studying biology. He wanted to be a teacher, and would have started teaching” after receiving his master’s degree in June.
“He worked in a gas station over Christmas last year,” Dr. France said. “I thought that was dangerous because of the robberies. I was appalled when he told me he was going to drive a cab.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Monday, 18 December 1978, page 3.
Barefoot taxicab driver killed
Detroit (AP) – Police are puzzled over why a taxi driver found shot to death in his cab was barefoot, and still carrying $40 in his wallet and pockets.
The driver, found dead early Thursday, was identified as Charles France, 26, of suburban Grosse Pointe Park.
Police said one of his shoes was found on the ground near the cab.
The driver may have been shot during an attempted robbery, police said.
Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan. Friday, 15 December 1978, page 15.
France, Charles. Services 1 p.m. at Grosse Point Memorial Church. Arrangements by the Verheyden Funeral Home.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Saturday, 16 December 1978.