Thomas Jackson’s Funeral
Thomas Jackson’s Gravestone by Neil Schneid (Text temporarily emphasized with flour)
Ambassador John Paling visiting TJ’s grave in 2018
Funeral of Thomas Jackson: Newspaper report from 1878-08-12. (extract)
The funeral of the late Thomas Jackson took place on Saturday afternoon from the residence of his son-in-law, Henry Connard, The pall bears were selected from amongst his old employees, some of whom had worked for the deceased as long as thirty years, as follows: William Smith, Daniel Bechtel, Mathias Bechtel, Edgar Jeffries, Jacob Engelbach and Henry Getrost.
On the coffin rested a cross of flowers and a wreath placed there by prominent colored citizens in acknowledgment of Mr. Jackson’s devotion to the colored race and opposition to slavery.
A “Place holder” silhouette in absence of any known photo of Thomas Jackson despite the searches of team members of the TJ Project on both sides of the Atlantic.
Reading Times Newspaper report from 1878-08-12. (extract)
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