Stonewall Jackson's Mother

[Barrycdog]

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[James N.]

Notice that according to the historical marker, the monument over her grave was placed after the war and Stonewall's own death, making its location at least questionable. In his massive biography, James Robertson says that when Jackson visited the site in the 1850's, he had to get a local "old timer" to show him where she was buried, and supposedly even then he wasn't positive he'd found the right spot.

 

[donna]

There is Memorial to his mother on Find a Grave. It is listed as Julia Beckwith Neale Woodson.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6681279

 

[diane]

Jackson's mom was buried in a peach orchard - which isn't there anymore, obviously! That's kind of interesting, considering Jackson's favorite fruit was peaches. But I'm not surprised he wasn't sure where she was as he was only six or seven when she died. His stepfather, Blake Woodson, was apparently a hard man. He didn't like the kids and sent them off. She had married for financial security - it was tough times. The two Jackson boys bounced into the general store one summer without their shirts and the storekeeper asked them where their clothes were. Being washed, only shirts they had. The storekeeper thought about what might happen when the boys' pants needed washing and gave them a bolt of cloth to take to their mom!

 

[K Hale]

Her name isn't even on the plaque. Wow.

 

[pamc153PA]

Her name isn't even on the plaque. Wow.

I know--my first thought was, So what's her name? How'd you like to be known as just "Jackson's mother"?

 

[lelliott19]

@diane Are those peach trees in the background?
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[diane]

@diane Are those peach trees in the background?
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I can't tell really but wouldn't be a bit surprised. I'm wrong though about her burial in a peach orchard - she was born in one!

 

[K Hale]

I know--my first thought was, So what's her name? How'd you like to be known as just "Jackson's mother"?

Reminds me of when you see a pair of headstones in an old cemetery and they say something like "JOHN SMITH" and "MRS JOHN SMITH."

 

[pamc153PA]

Reminds me of when you see a pair of headstones in an old cemetery and they say something like "JOHN SMITH" and "MRS JOHN SMITH."

Or how every time my husband and I do our taxes, or have to sign papers for something, I'm always just "spouse."

 

[TJJ Fan]