Barbour County AlArchives News.....Bishop Jackson has Monument September 2 1903
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The Constitution: Atlanta, Ga
The Constitution: Atlanta, Ga.
Wednesday, September 2, 1903
page 11

Bishop Jackson has Monument
Handsome Shaft Unveiled in Opelika Cemetary Yesterday Morning.
	Eufaula, Ala., September 1 - (Special.) A beautiful monument was 
placed over the grave of the late Bishop Jackson in Fairview cemetary here 
this morning.
	The monument was selected by a committee of clergymen, consisting of 
Revs. J. T. Beard, Stewart McQeen and I. O. Adams, who were appointed by the 
clergyman's meeting held at the council that met in Birmingham in May, 1902.
	It bears the following inscriptions: At the foot, "Jackson;" at the 
head, "Henry Melville Jackson;" on the right side, "Consecrated Bishop 
Coadjutor of Alabama January 21, 1891;" on the left side, "Born in Louisburg, 
Va., July 28, 1840.  Died at Roseland, near Eufaula, May 14, 1900."
	The monument is simple yet very handsome and occupies a beautiful site 
in one of the prettiest portions of the cemetary.

Additional Comments:
[note from transcriber: the original death notice/obituary for Rev. H. M. 
Jackson ran in the May 5, 1900 Atlanta newspaper and indicated the date of 
death to be May 4, 1900.  Since this record occurs first, it is most likely to 
be correct (unless someone foresaw the future by 10 days).  Many other sources 
site the date of death as May 4.  However, there are several sources that site 
the date of death as May 14 and it is possible that the origin of that mistake 
was either this article or the monument placed on Henry Jackson's grave.  If 
the monument is incorrect, then this article is simply reporting what the 
monument says and whomever made the monument made a mistake when engraving the 
date of death.  If the monument is correct than this article just contains a 
typing error.  Either way, this mistake has corrupted several sources, 
including Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans - Vol 
I-X (10). -- Tania A. Ruiz, 10/14/2002.]

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