Obituary, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana -- Adolphus Franklin Jackson
Submitted by: J. Hugh LeBaron  
Source: DeSoto Parish GenWeb 

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From the Confederate Veteran: 

Adolphus Franklin Jackson, who died in a hospital in 
Eureka Springs, Ark., August 19, 1912, was born in Alabama 
in 1844, and grew to manhood in De Soto Parish, La. At the 
outbreak of the war he enlisted in Company F, Henry Marshall 
Guards, and served with distinction in the 19th Louisiana 
Regiment throughout the entire war. A history of that regiment 
would be a history of nearly every battle fought by the Army of 
Tennessee. As a regimental color bearer he was always in the 
forefront, and was seriously wounded several times. In the 
battle before Atlanta, having been shot through the body, he 
was left for dead. He reached home after the conflict a 
seasoned veteran, though still not old enough to vote. 

Since the war he had held various positions of trust with 
marked fidelity and credit. He was a member of the Methodist 
Church and a man of large-hearted charities. His home was 
in Mansfield. 

Submitted by J. Hugh LeBaron, great grand nephew HLebaron@aol.com