Posted on: PaloAlto County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoObits/482 Surname: Jackman, Lowery, Murphy, Shaney, Nolan, Conlon ------------------------- Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, IA 7 Oct 1914 Mrs. Michael Jackman Dead. Had Resided in this County Since 1858 Mrs. Michael Jackman, whose dangerous illness was reported in last week's Democrat, passed away at her home in this city last Wednesday morning at 1:30. The funeral was held Friday. A requiem high mass was celebrated by Very Rev. P.F. Farrelly. There was a large attendance of old friends and neighbors. The interment was in St. John's cemetery. The pall bearers were Joseph, John, Francis and Patrick Jackman, Daniel Murphy, and Paul Shaney, all nephews of the deceased. Margaret Lowery was born in the county of West Meath, in the province of Linster [sic.], Ireland, March 17, 1839. Hence she was seventy-five years of age. She came to the United States in 1854. In 1857 she was married at Elgin, Illinois, to Michael Jackman. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman came to this county in 1858, locating on a homestead east of Medium Lake. Mr. Jackman died March 18, 1901. The surviving members of the family are Patrick of Grand Island, Nebraska, Michael of Waterloo, Mrs. Richard Nolan of Mankato, Minnesota, Mrs. Catherine Conlon, William Jackman, and Misses Mary and Agnes Jackman, all of this city. There are twenty-one grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs. Jackman was among the first housekeepers of Palo Alto county. For many years her hospitable home on the east bank of Medium Lake was a stopping place for newcomers, who came to locate on the bleak prairies of this section of the state, and for many travelers, who called for a meal and a night's lodging. The best that the humble accommodations of pioneer days afforded was at their disposal and was freely given to them, and they left with the assurance that they would be welcome should they call again. Mrs. Jackman was a kind and loving mother, a generous and prudent home provider, an obliging neighbor and a staunch, helpful friend. During the last thirty years of her life she was an invalid and was unable to leave her home, but she bore her affliction with Christian fortitude and was willing to make any sacrifice of life's comforts and happiness that Providence might require of her. Several sons and daughters, all of who are today active and influential men and women in the world, have reason to recall her many thoughtful and affectionate deeds with the sweetest, the most hallowed of memories and will tenderly cherish through life her useful and edifying career. She was one of the last of the old settlers to linger. Her death will be mourned not only by those who were bound to her by the strongest and the firmest of ties, but also by many who found her so hospitable in early days and who can never forget her for her generosity and her kindness when in pioneer days they as strangers called at her home. Link: Palo Alto County, Iowa USGenWeb Project URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm>