Ed Jackson, 51, brother of W. H. and C. Jackson of Avoca, died at his home in Council Bluffs last Friday morning, October 8, after an illness of a few hours. Ed Jackson was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, pioneer settlers in this vicinity who passed to their reward several years ago. He was born and raised on the Jackson farm east of Avoca and a graduate of the Avoca public schools, later attending Tabor College, Tabor, and the University of Iowa and was graduated in 1904 as president of his class.

His entry into public life came in 1904 when he was named superintendent of the school at Oakland. He remained in this position until 1906. In 1907 he was elected county superintendent of schools. He resigned in 1909 to go to Washington D.C. to join the United States Forestry Service. He wrote several pamphlets regarding forestry. While in Washington he attended the law school of George Washington University. Returning to Iowa in 1913, he was admitted to the bar. In 1915 he was named assistant county attorney by Charles E. Swanson, who was then county attorney. Mr. Jackson remained as deputy attorney until 1918, when he resigned to become trust officer of the Council Bluffs Savings Bank. As trust officer of the bank he had a large share of the management of the $3,500,000 estate of the late Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, builder of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Ed Jackson was a man of unusual ability and made many friends. His interest in the community in which he lived was ever for the good things that helped the boys and girls, and helped to make that community a better place in which to live. He was unselfish, broadminded and courteous to all. His death was a blow to all who knew him.