Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Jackson, Cornelia "Connie" nee Jefferson - March 3, 1899
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source: New Iberia Enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, March 11, 1899, Image 3

Through our friend Mr. James A. Lee, we learn of the death of Mrs. Cornelia 
Jackson, sister of Mr. Jos. Jefferson, which occurred on the 3d inst. 
Deceased was identified with New Iberia through the ownership of the 
valuable property corner of Main and Fisher streets, which, by her death, 
falls into the hands of her only son, Mr. Charles Jackson. The N. Y. Evening 
Post of the 4th inst. makes the following announcement of the esteemed 
lady's death:

"Cornelia Jefferson, only sister of the distinguished comedian Jos. 
Jefferson, died in this city yesterday afternoon at the age of sixty-two 
years. In her youth she was the possessor of great personal charm, and acted 
with success in both the poetic and the eccentric drama. Her impersonation 
of Titania in :A Midsummer Night's Dream," in 1867, is still remembered by 
old playgoers as an embodiment full of poetic delicacy and beauty. Her 
appearance was greatly altered by a serious illness, and in late years she 
was seen chiefly in eccentric parts, notably as Tilly Slowboy in "A Cricket 
on the Hearth," in which she was most delightfully droll. In private life 
she was a woman of most estimable character and of a studious and refined 
taste."
  


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