Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1915 — DR. MARY JACKSON DIED IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

DR. MARY JACKSON DIED IN CHICAGO

Practiced Medicine in Rensselaer for Some Time and Then Moved to Hammond. Dr. Mary E. Jackson, who for several years practiced medicine in Rensselaer and who moved to Hammond some twenty years ago, died in a Chicago hospital Thursday. A dispatch from Hammond gives the following account of Mrs. Jackson’s life: “Dr. Mary E. Jackson, 59 years old, prominently identified with the woman’s movement, a leader in W. C. T. U. work and one of the organizers at Indianapolis of the Congress of Mothers, a national society, died in a Chicago hospital this morning. Her death was due to cancer. She practiced medicine for thirty years, most of her professional career having been in Hammond. She is survived by her husband, also a physician, and a married daughter. “Several years ago she was decorated with the I. O. O. F. diamond medal. Two years ago she went to Europe to study hospital conditions there with a view’ of founding a hospital under W. C. T. U. auspices in Hammond, plans for which are still pending. She was noted for her sterling character, and the many civic and patriotic movements she launched during her long career in Hammond.” Mrs. Jackson’s fuenral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Hammond. tl is probable that some of her old friends from this city will attend the funeral.