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Green Berry Jacks 1819 → Sarah Green Jacks 1849 → she married The Hiram Demarcus Lanham Family

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Figure 1. Green Berry Jacks Fan Chart

Green Berry JACKS [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was born [6] on 30 Dec 1819 in Kentucky [7], USA. He is listed in the 1870 Kaufman County, Texas Census as a wheelwright

Green married Lovina AMICK on 4 June 1843 in Howard, Bates County, Missouri. [1] [5] [8] [9] [4] She was the daughter of David AMICK and Elizabeth of Andrew Co., Missouri.

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Figure 2. Lovina Amick Fan Chart

Lovina was born on 26 Jun 1825 in Missouri. [10] She died on 29 Dec 1887 in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA. She was buried in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall Co., Texas.

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Figure 3. Lovina Amick Gravestone in Rockwall, Texas ( marker broken in half and laying on the ground)

Her grave stone in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Texas reads:

 LOVINA
 Wife of G.B. JACKS
 Born JUNE 26, 1825
 Died DEC 29, 1887.
Note
 Various sources show her as ARNICK, ANNICK, AMIC and AMICK.

The 1850 Census shows their family in Howard, Missouri in 1850.

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Figure 4. Green B Jacks Family in 1850 Census

They had the following children:

(i.) Son, David B. JACKS [4] was born [6] on 08 Mar 1844 in Missouri.[11]

(ii.) Daughter, Eliza Benton JACKS [4] was born [6] on 27 Oct 1845 in Missouri.[11] She died on 31 May 1933.

(iii.) Daughter, Nancy E. JACKS [4] was born [6] on 23 Nov 1847 in Missouri.[11] The 1870 Census shows her as "Wilburn Williams , M , age 25 , born in Kentucky | Nancy E Williams , F , 22 , Missouri | James L Williams , M , 4 , Texas, living with Green Berry Jacks.

(iv.) Daughter, Sarah Green "Gallie" JACKS [4] was born on 16 May 1849 in Missouri.[11] She married Hiram Demarcus Lanham. She died on 01 Sep 1926. See [The_Hiram_Demarcus_Lanham_Family] for details.

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 This is our line.

(v.) Son, James JACKS [4] was born [6] on 19 Mar 1851.

(vi.) Son, Jeff JACKS [4] born [6] on 03 Apr 1852.

(vii.) Son, Milton Jefferson JACKS, born 03 Jul 1852 in Joplin, Mo. [5] [4] He married Mary Ina Elizabeth Pharr, [12] born 27 Oct 1873 in Georgia, [12] [13] daughter of C.S. Pharr and Sarah E. Garrison. [12] They had the following children: Jesse L. Jacks 1895–1939, Allie Jacks 1897, Daniel M. Jacks 1898–1917, Lavina Jacks 1901, Green Berry Jacks 1902–1986, Henry C. Jacks 1905, Josie O Jacks 1907, Fannie Bell Jacks 1908–1908, Rubbie E Jacks 1911, Authar R Jacks 1918. [14] [15] He died on 02 May 1929 in Quinlan, Hunt, Texas.[5] Mary Ina died 15 Nov 1957 in Kaufman, Texas.[16]

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Figure 5. Milton J. Jacks Death Certificate showing GB Jacks and Lovina as parents

(viii.) JACKS was born [6] on 16 Aug 1854. The first name is ripped off the page. The paper is very old and fragile.

(ix.) Son, John Alvin Jacks, born on 27 July 1863. He worked as a pumper. He died 12 May 1926 in Blackwell, Coke, Texas.[7]

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Figure 6. John Jacks Death Certificate showing GB Jacks and Lovina as parents

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1. Rockwall County History, Sponsored by Rockwall County Historical Foundation, PO Box 916, Rockwall, Texas 75087.
2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File ®, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
3. United States Census, 1860 states, "Name: G B Jacks, Residence: , Kaufman, Texas, Ward: Kaufman, Age: 41 years, Estimated Birth Year: 1819, Birthplace: Kentucky, Gender: Male, Page: 47"
4. United States Census, 1870, " index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXG9-FWC : accessed 19 Jan 2014), Green B Jacks, Texas, United States; citing p. , family 319, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000553093. "Census for Kaufman, Texas shows household in 1870 Census as: Green B Jacks M, age 50, born in Kentucky | Lovina Jacks, F, 44, Missouri | Eliza B Jacks, F, 24, Missouri | Milton J Jacks, M, 17, Missouri | Mary A Jacks , F , 16 , Missouri | Emma J Jacks , F , 14 , Texas Josephine Jacks , F , 10 , Texas | John A Jacks , M , 8 , Texas | Rosalie Jacks , F , 4 , Texas | Emberry Jacks , M , 2 , Texas | Wilburn Williams , M , 25 , Kentucky | Nancy E Williams , F , 22 , Missouri | James L Williams , M , 4 , Texas"
5. Texas Death Certificate states, "Name: Milton J. Jacks, Death Date: 02 May 1929, Death Place: Quinlan, Hunt, Texas, Gender: Male, Race: white, Birth Date: 03 Jul 1852, Birthplace: Joplin, Mo., Marital Status: Married, Father’s Name: Green Berry Jacks, Mother’s Name: Lovina Amic, Occupation: Farmer, Burial Place: Quinlan, Burial Date: 04 May 1929
6. Family Bible Records of T.B. Lanham.
7. Death certificate for John Jacks.
8. Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2DL-654 : accessed 19 Jan 2014), Green Jacks and Lousina Amick, 1843. Shows Green Jacks married Lousina Amick on 04 Jun 1843 at Howard,Missouri.
9. Oran Stroud Lanham’s Family History Research, October 1984.
10. Gravestone information, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=jacks&GSiman=1&GScid=667788&GRid=28304449 (accessed on 24 Feb 2013).
11. US Census 1850 shows birthplace.
12. Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
13. Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Rockwall, Texas; Roll: 1667; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 1241667
14. 1910 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Quinlan, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T624_1566; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0134; FHL microfilm: 1375579
15. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
16. Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

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