Elisha Jackson

Washington Times, Sept 03 1903

News Notes of Interest from Alexandria

Death of Elisha Jackson
Alexandria, Va., Sept. 3. -- Elisha Jackson, an old Confederate soldier, died
this morning at the Alexndria Hospital. He was a native of Alexandria, the son
of Robert Jackson, born in Union Street, near Duke, about sixty-seven years ago.
He resided in that neighborhood, except during the war, when he enlisted in the
Seventeenth Virginia Regiment, all his life. His father was the principal pump
and block maker of Alexandria, and the son pursued that calling more or less.

He was not successful in his later years and dwelt in one of the old houses that
had been owned by his father in the early part of the last century. There he
sickened and was cared for by the old Confederates here and by them carried
several weeks ago to the Alexandria Hospital. He was an honest, faithful man,
and everyone he knew was his friend. He will be buried by the R. E. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans.