Mrs. Mary E. Jack, mother of J. E. Jack, County Assessor of this county, is ill at her home in Mount Angel. Mrs. Jack is 75
years old and an Oregon pioneer. She crossed the plains when a child with her parents and has lived most of the time since then
in Mount Angel. Assessor Jack and his sister, Mrs. Elmer Albright, went to Mount Angel tonight. Mrs. Jack has lived for several
years with her daughter, Mrs. J. Hook.

Mrs. Mary Jane Jack, mother of J. E. Jack, Assessor of Clackamas County, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Susan
Hook, of Mount Angel. Mrs. Jack had been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Jack, who was born January 15, 1837, came
across the plains from St. Joseph, Mo., when a young girl. The wagons being heavily loaded, she was forced to walk most of the
way to Oregon. The emigrant party was attacked by Indians on several occasions. After six months of travel they arrived in
Oregon and the girl lived with an uncle on the Robert Miller donation land claim, near what is now Marquam, in this county, until
her marriage to William Allen Jack, about 18 months after her arrival in Oregon. Mrs. Jack's maiden name was Mary Jane Weddle,
her parents having been prominent residents of St. Joseph, Mo.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack settled on the Jeremiah Jack donation land claim on Butler Creek, this county, where she lived until her
husband's death, 18 years ago. All of her children, who are as follows, survive her: Mrs. Susan Hook, Mount Angel; Barton Jack,
Marquam; William S. Jack, Silverton; J. E. Jack, Mrs. Anetta Albright and Allen T. Jack, Oregon City.