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Julia Beckwith (née Neale) Jackson (1798-1831) was the mother of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E....
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Short and tragic life
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Julia Beckwith Neale was born at Peach Orchard near Aldie
Aldie, Virginia

Aldie is an unincorporated area village located on the John Mosby Highway between Gilbert's Corner, Virginia and Middleburg, Virginia in Loudoun County, Virginia, Virginia....
 in Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of July 2006, the county is estimated to be home to 268,817 people, a 58 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 169,599....
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Julia Beckwith (née Neale) Jackson (1798-1831) was the mother of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E....
.

Short and tragic life


This article is not significant and should be deleted. MARK AS DELETION.

Julia Beckwith Neale was born at Peach Orchard near Aldie
Aldie, Virginia

Aldie is an unincorporated area village located on the John Mosby Highway between Gilbert's Corner, Virginia and Middleburg, Virginia in Loudoun County, Virginia, Virginia....
 in Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of July 2006, the county is estimated to be home to 268,817 people, a 58 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 169,599....
. She was daughter of Thomas and Margaret Winn Neale. Moving west, her father, Thomas Neale, achieved high prosperity as a merchant in the town of Parkersburg
Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg, located at the confluence of the Ohio River and Little Kanawha River Rivers, is the third largest city in the West Virginia. It is the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta, Ohio-Vienna, West Virginia Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area....
 on the Ohio River
Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
. Julia was very intelligent, a devout Christian, and a belle in society, but her life became full of tragedies.

In 1817, she married Jonathan Jackson (1790-1826) of Randolph County
Randolph County, West Virginia

Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population was 28,262. Its county seat is Elkins, West Virginia....
, an attorney. They were living in Clarksburg
Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States. The population was 16,743 at the 2000 census....
 and already had two young children when, on January 21, 1824, their third son, Thomas Jonathan Jackson (later to be known as Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E....
) was born. Then tragedy struck the young family. When young Thomas was only 2 years old, both his father and sister Elizabeth, aged 6, died of typhoid fever
Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, or commonly just typhoid, is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. Common worldwide, it is transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person....
. Julia gave birth to Thomas' sister Laura Anne the next day.

The young widow of 28 was left with debts and sold everything to pay them. She declined family charity, and moved into a small one-room house. Julia took in sewing and taught school to support herself and her 3 young children for about 4 years.

In 1830, she married another attorney, Blake Baker Woodson, who was appointed clerk of Fayette County
Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population was 47,579. Its county seat is Fayetteville, West Virginia....
. Woodson disliked his stepchildren and the family had financial problems. Julia's children were sent to live with her relatives. Young Thomas (and sister Laura) were sent to live with Jackson relatives at Jackson's Mill
Jackson's Mill

Jackson's Mill was a grist mill in West Virginia . The center of the Jackson estate stood in the peninsula formed by the confluence of Freeman's Creek and the West Fork River....
. The other child, her son Warren, went to live with Neale relatives, and died of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
 in 1841 at the age of 20.

Julia gave birth to another son, William Wirt Woodson, but she died at the age of 33 from childbirth complications on December 4, 1831. The family lived in and around what is now Ansted, West Virginia
Ansted, West Virginia

Ansted is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is situated on high bluffs along U.S. Highway 60 on a portion of the Midland Trail a National Scenic Byway near Hawk's Nest, West Virginia overlooking the New River far below....
, where she was buried without a marker in Westlake Cemetery. A historian wrote later that neighbors wrapped her wasted body in a homemade coffin.

Remembering Stonewall's mother


After the War, Stonewall Jackson was one of the best remembered and beloved of the war heroes. One of his former soldiers who admired Jackson, Captain Thomas R. Ranson
Thomas R. Ranson

Thomas R. Ranson of Staunton, Virginia in Augusta County, Virginia, was a member of the Confederate Army and served in the Stonewall Brigade under General Stonewall Jackson during the American Civil War....
 of Staunton, Virginia
Staunton, Virginia

Staunton is an independent city within the confines of Augusta County, Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 23,853 as of the United States Census 2000....
, remembered the tragic life of Jackson's mother. Ranson went to Ansted, West Virginia
Ansted, West Virginia

Ansted is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is situated on high bluffs along U.S. Highway 60 on a portion of the Midland Trail a National Scenic Byway near Hawk's Nest, West Virginia overlooking the New River far below....
 and had a marble marker placed over the unmarked grave of Julia Neale Jackson in Westlake Cemetery, to make sure that the site was not lost forever. In modern times, community groups continue to make sure the cemetery is kept clean.

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