"Echoes from the Thundermug": In Respectful Memory Of
These are the book's final two pages, printed with no page numbers and no separating page between them. The first is a formal memorial the author dedicated to his own paternal grandparents; the second, running straight on from it, is a short closing tribute to two of his Creede friends. They're kept together here as a single page, matching how they run consecutively in the book itself.
In Respectful Memory Of:
William Thomas Jackson — b. March 1856, Siler City, N.C.
Selma M. Carlson Jackson — b. February 1863, Stockholm, Sweden
Daughters: Lillian, A. Reudi, Agnes, Frances, Helen
Sons: Fred & Francis (twins), William T., Jr., Gustaves, Elmer, Claude
You are a part of the history of Creede, Colorado. You endured the hardships inherent in the birth of a town in a harsh climate as silver ore poured from the skips of the Holy Moses, Last Chance, Amethyst and Commodore Mines. You buried your twins, Fred and Francis, in Bachelor town. You lost your daughter, Helen, in the waters of Willow Creek and you would lose Agnes and Elmer later.
You are a part of us as we are a part of you and you will not be forgotten.
This is the memorial the author, John Richard Jackson, wrote for his own paternal grandparents — William Thomas Jackson and Selma Mathilda Carlsson Henriksdotter, parents of William Thomas Jackson Jr. ("Billy," 1895–1957), John's own father. Full documented vitals, sources and open research questions for both are on Billy's page, linked above; this memorial is reproduced exactly as printed, including two details that don't match the site's own documented research and are flagged here rather than silently corrected. It gives Selma's birthplace as Stockholm, while the primary-source Swedish church emigration record cited on Billy's page places her birth in Bjurtjärn (or possibly Bjurkärna), Värmland — a rural parish, not the capital. Its birth year for William Sr., 1856, does match his own death certificate exactly.
The children's names above are the fullest documented list of William Sr. and Selma's family found anywhere on this site, and both resolve and extend open research questions already on Billy's page. "Lillian" here confirms the family's own name for the daughter the 1900 census recorded as "Lizzie D." and the 1910 census as "Lillie." "A. Reudi" almost certainly corresponds to "Alma R." in those same two censuses, suggesting a previously undocumented middle name along the lines of Reudi. Two daughters, Frances and Helen, and a pair of twin sons, Fred and Francis, appear in neither census excerpt on Billy's page and are new to the site's research from this memorial alone. Helen's drowning is independently corroborated by this book's own "Memories" section, whose photo caption reads: "A child, Helen, drowned here in 1906" — the two pages, read together for the first time here, confirm the same event.
A Closing Tribute
The book gives this final page no header or page number of its own — it runs straight on from the family memorial above, with no separating page between them. The heading here is editorial, describing the page's content rather than reproducing a printed title.
KNIFEMAKER
PATRIOT
STRAIGHTSHOOTER