Lemon Jackson

Lemon Jackson
1880-1957

Everyone knows how much I like old pictures. Sometimes I find an interesting story to go along with them. This man’s picture and his story captured my attention. Lemon Jackson was born between 1874 and 1880 in Hempstead, Texas. His wife, Ada Ford, was my distant cousin. They were married on September 16, 1929, in Jefferson County, Texas. Ada and Lemon had three children during their marriage. Records indicate Lemon might have been married at least two other times. 

Lemon worked in Texas and Oklahoma as a common laborer all of his life. At the time of  his World War I draft registration he was working as a wagon driver for Commerce Ice Company in Beaumont, Texas. Later in his life, 1940's and 1950's, he worked as a delivery man at a grocer store.

Lemon Jackson’s
WWI Draft Card

Although he pled not guilty, in 1887 Lemon was found guilty of rape. From January 1897 to May 1901 he was imprisoned in the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 

Lemon Jackson died on January 18, 1957, at the age of 76. His death certificate listed his cause if death as senility and second degree burns. He was buried in Beaumont, Texas.