Joseph Jackson (1842-1921) was one of Maryville’s influential bankers (president of First National Bank). He was also a wounded Civil War hero. His mansion at Lincoln and Walnut still stands.
Maryville Tribune March 17, 1921
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921 date JOSEPH JACKSON, SR. DIED THIS MORNING WAS THE PRESIDENT OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN THIS CITY. IN BANK FOR 48 YEARS. Was a Resident of the County and City for 77 Years. Funeral to be Held Wednesday.
Joseph Jackson, Sr., president of the First National Bank, died at 4:20 clock this morning after a few months’ illness of organic heart disease. Mr. Jackson became seriously ill in January and, from that time, was confined to his home. His first attack was on August 10, 1920.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and will be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. S. P. Allison, assisted by the Rev. S. D. Harkness, pastor of the Immanuel Presbyterian church of Kansas City, a former pastor of the Maryville church. Burial will take place in Oak Hill. The family has requested that 110 flowers be sent. Mr. Jackson was 78 years old.
He was the oldest businessman actively in business and, up to the time of his last sickness, was always at the bank. His last day at the bank was January 11, 1921. 4 Born in Ohio. Mr. Jackson was born near Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 20, 1842, and was the son of John and Harriet (Dunn) Jackson. His parents moved to Missouri, locating in New Market, Platte County, in the spring of 1843. In the fall of that year, the Jackson family moved to Nodaway County, buying 320 acres in Polk township, and entered 80 acres from the government. John Jackson was Nodaway County’s first treasurer. Having been elected to that office three times.
He was a Democrat in politics. His death occurred on January 27, 1875, and Mrs. Jackson died on July 9, 1892. Joined Kimble’s Regiment. Joseph Jackson was educated in the Maryville schools.
In October 1861, he joined Kimble’s regiment as a sergeant in Company F for state service and remained with it for six months, until the regiment disbanded. He then enlisted in the thirty-sixth regiment of the Missouri state militia as a second lieutenant of Company F, and in this capacity, he served for a year and six months. This regiment saw no field service. After it was disbanded, Mr. Jackson gave further evidence of his patriotism by enlisting on October 3, 1863, in the Twelfth Missouri cavalry, as a volunteer of first sergeant of Company F. This regiment was attached to cavalry command, which joined General Thomas’ army at Grave Springs, Ala., as the army was coming west from Atlanta, Ga.
After this, Mr. Jackson saw some hard service in the campaign and battle, such as on the bloody field of Franklin, Tenn. Later, he met with a severe accident, his right leg being shot off eight inches below the knee, during a charge on a Confederate battery, at the Battle of Nashville. He was taken back to Franklin and placed in the hospital, which was an old church, where men from both armies, among the wounded, were. This was on December 18, 1864. On January 20, 1865, he was removed and taken to the hospital at Nashville, where he remained until April 4, following, then was sent to a hospital in Louisville, Ky., having been there when President Lincoln was assassinated. Then he was sent to St. Louis. Besides his wounded leg, he was also recovering from a severe wound in the right arm, received in the same battle. But notwithstanding these afflictions, he never regretted his service to his country.
Mr. Jackson was mustered out and honorably discharged on July 2, 1865.
Returning home, Mr. Jackson was appointed county clerk by the county court after Dr. B. G. Ford, county clerk, resigned in his favor, and at a special election in the fall of 1865, he was elected county clerk.
He discharged his duties so faithfully that he was retained in this office for a period of thirteen and one-half years. Mr. Jackson always appreciated Dr. Ford’s act of resigning in his favor.
In Bank 48 Years. Turning his attention to banking in 1873, he purchased a one-third interest in the Fisher & French Bank, which was reorganized as Fisher, Jackson & Jo. In 1877, J. C. Terhune and Mr. Jackson bought Mr. Fisher’s interest, and under the subsequent reorganization, it was known as the Farmers Bank, with a capitalization of $50,000. In June 1884, this bank was merged into the First National Bank, with a capital of $100,000, and Mr. Jackson was president. In 1886, Mr. Terhune sold his interest.
Joseph Jackson, Jr., became the bank’s cashier in 1901, a position he still holds very worthily. The bank has always been conservatively managed and is regarded as one of the soundest and safest institutions of its kind in the state.
On April 29, 1866, Mr. Jackson married Amanda Broyles, daughter of William W. and Sarah Broyles, natives of Tennessee, who migrated to Missouri and came to Nodaway County as early as 1845. To this union were born six children, one dying in infancy. Surviving are five children: Mrs. James F. Colby, Maryville; Mrs. M. G. Saunders of Pueblo, Col.; Mrs. Paul Ream of Kanas City; Mrs. George E. Alexander of Medicine Lodge, Kan.; and Joseph Jackson, Jr., of this city. Mrs. Jackson died in January 1912. He is survived by his brother, Benjamin Jackson, of Riverton, Neb., and a sister, Mrs. Charles Manual, of Springfield, Mo. Grandchildren surviving are Miss Esther Saunders of Pueblo, Colo., Joseph 3rd, Mary, and Jimmy Jackson of Maryville.
Mr. Jackson purchased the lot where the First National Bank now stands in 1874 from Henry Thill. In 1891, he purchased five acres on which the beautiful Jackson home now stands.
Mr. Jackson was a Republican in politics. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He joined this church in 1880 under the pastorate of the Rev. A.D. Workman. The first communion service he had missed at that church since becoming a member over 40 Years ago was in January, when he was too ill to attend. Public-spirited and liberal, he had been at the forefront of all plans to improve Maryville.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN FEEL LOSS OF BANKER’s Was a Place That Can Not be Filled -In Speaking of the Death of Joseph Jackson, Sr.
In speaking of the death of Joseph Jackson, Sr., the business and professional men of Maryville feel that his county. “I feel that in the death of Mr. Jackon this community as well as this county. has lost one of its oldest and most t useful citizens, whose place in public and business life will be hard to fill,” said J. B. Robinson, president of the Nodaway Valley Bank, in speaking of Joseph Jackson, Sr. “Mr. Jackson was the oldest banker actively engaged in business, and has been prominently identified with the upbuilding of this city and county almost since its organization. “I have known him all my life and have often sought his counsel and advice, which was always freely given. In our long business career, he was ever my friend, and his friendship I shall ever cherish.
“You can’t say too much or make it too strong when speaking of Mr. Jackson,” said Mayor W. O. Garrett. “I have known him all of my life.
He was always ready to help in everything that was for the welfare of the community.” “It has been my privilege to know Joseph Jackson, Sr., ever since I was a small boy, both in the bank and in his home,” said George B. Baker, president of the Real Estate Bank. “I have always found him to be a high-class Christian gentleman and a banker of exceptional ability.” “Mr. Jackson was a strong businessman and a conservative banker,” said George L. Wiifley, president of the Farmers Trust Co.
“His influence was extensive throughout the long period of his life in this community.” D. R. Eversole, in speaking of Mr. Jackson’s death, said: “He was active in education. I was on the senior board with him from its inception until it was dissolved.
period of about 20 years. He was always on the right side of every question. He was a liberal contributor to every worthy enterprise.” “He was a successful businessman of first-class ability,” said Judge W. C. Ellison, “and as a citizen was always found on the moral side of every public issue.’
“I have known Mr. Jackson intimately since our first acquaintance in the winter of 1866,” said Nathaniel Sisson. “I called at his office in the courthouse, he being the county clerk at the time. Later, for several years, I was closely associated with his office, having a room in the courthouse and serving as the county road and bridge commissioner. My orders from the county court came through his hands. “He was always scrupulously honest, uniformly courteous and considerate in all our intercourse and in his dealings with the public. From our first acquaintance, we remained the warmest of friends. He was a member of Sedgwick Post No. 21, G. A. R., but was unable to attend many of the meetings.”
Note: Cashier of the Bank (especially in institutional, regulatory, or historical contexts) is a high-ranking, executive, or managerial position responsible for managing the bank’s cash flow, vault, and compliance with financial regulations.
