Obituary Isaac Pine Jeffers Contributed by Janie Gonzalez, 18 July 1999   The Palmer Rustler - Sept. 3, 1898 It is with sadness that we are called to chronicle the death of Uncle Pine Jeffers, a pioneer settler of Ellis County and a grand old man. He died while sitting in his chair at 7 o'clock on the evening of the 27th [August] at the ripe old age of 71 years. Funeral services were conducted at the Union Church Sunday evening by Rev. M. E. Hawkins, and the last earthly remains of a noble Christian, man and Methodist minister, were laid to rest in the Palmer cemetery. His was one of the largest funeral processions in the history of this city and he was buried with Masonic honors with nearly 100 Masons participating in the ceremonies. His only living daughter, Mrs. E. H. Parks, gave these facts concerning his life. Uncle Pine Jeffers was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1827 and came to Texas in 1845, stopping in Navarro County where he engaged in farming. On Feb. 24, 1848, he was married to Miss Lavinia Cadwell of Navarro County. There were two children - Mrs. Parks the only survivor. He moved to Ellis County in 1856 where he was engaged in the mercantile business in Red Oak and was postmaster there during the Civil War. He married three times. After the death of his first wife in 1854 in Navarro County he married Mrs. Pelts of Fayette County in 1856. There was only one child, his wife not living many years. He came to Palmer in 1874 and was postmaster here from 1875 to May 1898. In 1891 he married Mrs. Lizzle Mansell  [rest of article missing].   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:20:45 MDT