. Life and letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson). TrtW. BIRTHPLACE OF GENERAL JACKSON, CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA ing as cheerful and ani-mated as usual, her easy,graceful manners and pleasant cun-versation always making her a wel-come guest. In the year 1830 Mrs. Jackson was married a sec-ond time, against the wishes of her friends, to CaptainBlake B. Woodson, of Cumberland County, a lawyerof good education, and of social, popular manners; buthe was much her senior, and a widower without fort-une. The relatives of her first husband oflPered to 16 LIFE OF GENERAL THOMAS J. JA
. Life and letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson). TrtW. BIRTHPLACE OF GENERAL JACKSON, CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA ing as cheerful and ani-mated as usual, her easy,graceful manners and pleasant cun-versation always making her a wel-come guest. In the year 1830 Mrs. Jackson was married a sec-ond time, against the wishes of her friends, to CaptainBlake B. Woodson, of Cumberland County, a lawyerof good education, and of social, popular manners; buthe was much her senior, and a widower without fort-une. The relatives of her first husband oflPered to 16 LIFE OF GENERAL THOMAS J. JACKSOX. help her if she would remain a widow, while warningher that if she married again they should have to takeher children from her to support them. But all Avasof no avail, and the result was what they had pre-dicted. Though Captain Woodson was always kindto the children, his slender means were inadequate tothe support of a family, and necessity soon compelledthe poor mother to give up her two boys to the careof their fathers relations. The youngest child, Laura,she
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