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 OF THE ROBERT JACKSON FAMILY I

 They have had eight children, in order of their ages, as fol-
 lows:
 Abbert Collins, married Orie Hochstein, who is of Germai
 descent. They have four children, Robert C., Jr., Deloy, Ral h
 and Parker Brown.
 Robert Collins Jackson received his early education in
 the schools of Tampa. Afterwards he attended Emory College,
 at Oxford, Georgia. From college he returned to Tampa and ac.
 .cepted the position of assistant in the United States anginee*-
 Sing department, where he remained for ten years. He then be-
 Scame a deputy under his uncle, Robert A. Jackson, who was sher-
 iff of the county. This position he retained for eight years.
 !In 1913 he was appointed chief detective of the city of Tampa,
 and in 1915 was appointed superintendent of the county farm,
 Which office he still holds. He is a memobor of the Methodist
 Episcopal Church, South, the Knights of Pythias and the Wood-i
 Imen of the World.
 SBartow Parker, the second son, and child, of William P.
 )and Louise (Collins) Jackson, is in the employ of Armour & Co*,
 Sin Tampa. He married Abbie Howell, of Madison, Georgia. She
 !is now dead. They have three children, "ilene, Clifford and
 Evelyn.
 SWillie Louise, the third child of William P. and Louise
 (Collins) Jackson, died at the age of thirteen years, and Oscar
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 Mary Eola, the fifth child, and eldest daughter, of Wil-
liam P. and Louise (Collins) Jackson, married Henry Grady Les-
ter, of Bainbridge, Georgia. They have one son, named Henry
Grady, jr.
 Mr. Lester is the traveling representative of the Hutch-
inson Shoe Company, of Jacksonville, Florida.
 Wesley Preston is the sixth child of William P. and
Louise (Collins) Jackson. He married Bertha Chason, of Bain-
bridge, Georgia. He is a bookkeeper in the employ of the Cit-
izens Bank and Trust Company, of Tampa. They have one daughter,
named Sarah Louise.
 William Fred, the seventh child of this family, died at
the early age of four years.
 Lucille Opal, the eighth child, is unmarried.
 William P. Jackson has, from his boyhood, followed the
 sea, and has commanded many of the best-known vessels navigat-
 ing the waters of the Gulf. From this fact he has always
 borne the title of "Captain" Jackson, and his thousands of
 friends aive familiarly called him "Captain Bill" Hbe has
 always been an enterprising citizen- promoting to the extent
 bf his means and influence all measures tending to the en-


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