Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Philip Jackson

Full Name: Philip "Phil" Jackson
Birth date: June 8, 1851
Death date: October 21, 1931

28th Legislature, R.S., 3/19/1903, p. 841. Congratulations to Hon. Phil Jackson on birth of son Sam Lanham Jackson. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Death notice, "Phil Jackson Buried Here," 10/29/1931, p. 4. "Mr. Jackson lived here [Canyon] for a number of years but of recent years has been in Donley County." Canyon News .
Philip Jackson, marriage to Sarah J. Worley, 4/30/1885 in Erath County.
Census of 1900 - Philip Jackson, Granberry town, Hood County, age 48, born June 1852 in Arkansas, County Judge, spouse Sarah, children Ethel, May, Zella, Ray P., Vada H., and Ana.
Census of 1910 - Philip Jackson, Donley County, age 52 [sic], farmer/stock farming, spouse Sarah J., children May, Zella, Ray, Vada, Ona, Henry E., Sam L. and Harrold E.
Census of 1920 - Philip Jackson, Canyon, Randall County, age 68, spouse Sallie, chidden Vada, Ona, Henry Earl, Lanham, Harold, and Mildred. FamilySearch . 1900 1920

Philip Jackson, birth date 6/8/1851 in Arkansas; death date 10/21/1931 in Lelia Lake, Donley County, Texas; politician. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Phil Jackson, birth date 6/8/1851, death date 10/21/1931, burial in Dreamland Cemetery, Canyon, Randall County. Find a Grave .
Philip Jackson, Hood County, portrait and biographical sketch, p. 329. Birth date 6/8/1851 in Polk County, Arkansas; marriage to Sarah Jane Worley in April 1884, children Ethel, May, Zella, Roy, and Vada; moved to Paluxy, Hood County in 1885. "In politics he is a Democrat . . . In 1890 he was elected to his present position as County Clerk of Hood County . . . " History of Texas Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Prominent Persons and Families of the State, Central Texas 1896.
Phil Jackson, Hood County Clerk, Hood County Judge since 1890, then State Representative of 76th District, Granbury, in 28th Legislature. "Prohibition: In Hood County, Prohibits, so say the County Officials," From Representative of 76th District, Granbury, Texas, Banner-Leader (Ballinger, Texas), 9/5/1903, p. 4, crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
28th Legislature (1903) - Phil Jackson, postoffice Granburry [sic], nativity Arkansas, age 51 (born circa 1852), stockman and farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .