Jackson, Sam Houston 1984-01-18
Sam Houston Jackson discusses farm life in Texas and Oklahoma.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Sam Houston Jackson
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: January 18, 1984
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Sam Houston Jackson,
Born: Waldrip Texas (February 14 1898),
Parents: Christian Columbus Carmichael father,
Sarah Houston Hawkaday mother,
From West Texas,
Meeting,
Waco, Texas,
Move to Waldrip Texas,
To the Texas Plains,
Railroad,
Farming,
Brown County and Comanche County,
Land clearing,
Planter,
Planting,
Cultivator,
Early planting,
Cotton,
Sorghum,
Hog killing,
Education,
To Oklahoma,
Place: Altus Oklahoma,
Second place Chickasha Oklahoma,
Farming life,
Husband: Will Eli Jackson,
From Oklahoma,
Died: 1975 or 1976,
Father’s health.
Tape 1, Side 2: Oklahoma,
To Lubbock Texas,
Picking cotton,
To Lubbock (again),
Picking cotton (again),
To the Plains (1941),
Sam Houston Jackson (again),
Name,
Origin,
Sam Houston,
Christopher Della sister,
Died 1970s,
Farm south of Lubbock,
Marriage,
Her age 22 years old,
His age 24 years old,
58 years together,
Farm life in Lubbock County (1941),
Location,
Irrigation,
Open ditch process,
Reasons,
Crops,
Hand planting cotton,
Crops (continued),
Cotton varieties.
Range Dates: 1898-1984
Bulk Dates: 1898-1984
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