Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	85	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st (1)	Democrat	Eastland / Eastland		Eastland
H	85	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Romney / Eastland		Eastland
H	93	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	Lone Grove / Llano		Llano, Mason

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 40th Legislature, R.S., 1/21/1927, p. 162. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Obituary, "M.G. Jackson Dies at Eastland Sunday Morning," The Breckenridge Daily American, 1/3/1927, p. 2, crediting Breckenridge Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Private, 37th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, "Company D E." Melanethon G. Jackson, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. M.G. Jackson, born about 1845 in Barber County, residence in Eastland, Texas. Pension File No. 37418, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
• Confederate States Army, Company D, 37th Alabama Regiment. "He joined the Confederate army as a member of the Thirty-seventh Alabama regiment, Company D. He also served as a member of a Georgia company and saw service under General Joseph E. Johnston." 40th Legislature, R.S., 1/21/1927, p. 162. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

• Melancthon Glenn Jackson, birth date 4/11/1845 in Chambers, Alabama; death date 1/3/1927 in Eastland, Texas. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Manlanethon G. Jackson, Jackson Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
• Census of 1900 - Melancthon G. Jackson, Eastland County, age 55, born April 1845 in Alabama, farmer, spouse Lucy.
  Census of 1910 - M.G. Jackson, Eastland, Eastland County, age 65, farmer, spouse L.A.
  Census of 1920 - Melancthon G. Jackson, Bexar County, age 75, spouse Lucy A. Melanthon Glenn Jackson in son Thomas Glenn Jackson's birth record, 2/15/1875. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981
• Menlanethon G. Jackson, birth date 4/11/1845, death date 1/2/1927 in Eastland, Eastland County, retired farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• M.G. Jackson, birth date 4/11/1845, death date 1/2/1927, burial in Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

• Photograph. M.G. Jackson, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. M.G. Jackson, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. M.G. Jackson, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Agriculture (Chair)  Appropriations   Counties   Stock and Stock Raising

31st R.S. - 1909 Agriculture (Chair)  Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Insane Asylum   Counties   Stock and Stock Raising

30th R.S. - 1907 Agriculture   Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiary at Rusk and North Texas Lunatic Aslyum at Terrell   Counties   Revenue and Taxation   Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)

24th R.S. - 1895 Agricultural Affairs   Mining and Minerals   Public Debt   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs