Nannie Stillwell Jackson Diaries Addendum

Collection

Identifier: MC 460a

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Scope and Content Note

The collection includes two diaries that give an interesting perspective of a woman's experience in ninteenth-century rural Arkansas, and photographs taken in Watson, Arkansas.

Dates

1889-1890

Creator

Jackson, Nannie Stillwell (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Use Restrictions Apply: Due to the fragility of the original diaries patrons are required to use photocopies of the diaries located in Box 1 Folder 1 and Folder 2.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Nannie Stillwell Jackson was born in Fayette County, Tennessee to Abraham and Tabitha Hudson September 26, 1854. Not much is known about Nannie’s early childhood but it is believed that she grew up near Napoleon, Desha County, Arkansas. Nannie Hudson married Asher C. Stillwell, a merchant and farmer, on December 16, 1873. Thirteen years later, Asher died on August 10, 1886. Together they had three children, William A., Etta Elizabeth, and Mary Sue.

Three years after the death of her first husband, Nannie married widower, William T. Jackson, on August 1, 1889. In 1890 their first child Stonewall Jr. was born and in 1895 they welcomed the birth of their daughter Carrie M. These children are reported not to have lived to adulthood.

Nannie Stillwell Jackson lived in Watson, Desha County, Arkansas until her death in 1908. She was survived by her two daughters, Etta Elizabeth Stillwell Coose and Mary Sue Stillwell Graves, and her second husband William T. Jackson.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by topic.

Acquisition Information

The Nannie Stillwell Jackson Diaries Addendum were donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, on July 20, 2009, by Sharron Camden.