Rising and Setting of the Lonestar Republic

by Mattie Jackson

Overview

This volume is not fiction. It contains a series of thrilling historic stories, as given by
the Texas pioneer settlers who experienced them and whose names are given with each
narrative. They give through pen-pictures and old photographs, a vivid insight to Texas pioneer life of the best class of settlers. These stories of the good old grandmother days, which are so dear to children and adults of all ages, contain as true to life, as they can remember them, stories of the birth of our nation, The Texas Lone Star Republic and of her adoption at her own request by the United States.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158965807
Publisher:	GardenStreet
Publication date:	08/19/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mattie Jackson was born and reared on the
Jackson ranch, near what is now the town of
Stockdale, a suburb of San Antonio, Texas.

She is the second child of the second wife
of Ancil MacDonald Jackson. He was a cousin
to President Andrew Jackson, and her mother
Elender Temperance Wallace Powell, was a
cousin to the noted Texas hero,, William A.
Wallace, better known as "Big Foot" Wallace.

In school, Mattie Jackson, was a leader in
many of her studies, was sympathetic, gener-
ous and of exemplary habits.

After her school days were ended as a pupil,
she chose teaching school as her life work.

She, with the help of her brother Ancil, after
the death of her mother, kept the home together
educated the younger sisters and cared for
their aged father, who died eight years later, at
the age of seventy-two years.

She taught school and cared for the home,
until her brother Ancil and all of her sisters
were married. Then she went to live in the city
of San Antonio, where she has since spent her
time in teaching and the writing of books.