Phil Herget, who lives in his grand-father Richard Jackson's house where several pre-1900 photographs were located, had never heard of C.W. Jackson and does not think her (or she?) was kin to the mercantile Jackson family. It is assumed that C.W. Jackson also conducted business as Jackson & Co., but even that is not know for sure.

The Jackson name appears on other mountings in different forms, including :"Troglen and Jackson." The Troglen is thought to be Wiley C. Troglen, whose photographer's imprint appears on one Stedman family portrait made before they moved to Arkansas. The later "Troglen and Jackson" photo, also of the Stedmans, may have been made at Gainesville. But neither "Troglen and Jackson" or Wiley C. Troglen" included a location on their photo mounts.

A Smith's Studio picture of Eva Potter, Allie Stedman, Lizzie Trice and Emma Woodard, not shown here, has an 1896 date pencilled on it. probably by one of the subjects. None of the others has been specifically dated.

Twentieth century photographers in-cluded J. Thomas McHaney, Emily Alquest, A.L. Welborn, Hess Bailey and a man named Keller, all mentioned elsewhere in this section.

Other Greene County photographers located outside Paragould included James Rasberry at Marmaduke, Ed Scheer and "Lafe" Mueller at Lafe, J.D. Hoffman at Beech Grove and W.J. Phillips just across the county line in Rector.

Photo courtesy Mary Esther Herget

Photo courtesy Webb Green

Reading from top left: (1.) The proud little girl in the pleated skirt is not identified; her picture is one of several pre-1900 photographs found in the attic of the Richard Jackson house by its current occupants Phil and Mary Esther Herget. Sometime before he married in 1898, Van Martindale had his photograph taken by (2.) C.W. Jackson and (3.) at Smith's Studio. Melba Martindale, the subject's daughter, recalls he was a friend of the photographer Smith, but does not recall that photographer's first name. It is not known which is the earlier photograph, but the friendship angle would indicate the Jackson photograph was made first. (4.) Charles and Harriet Forsythe were captured on film by J. Thomasson. At right: (5.) The girl with the curls is thought to be Frances Stedman. (6.) These three gents are Don Green, Conrad Hampton and Johnie Tansil, according to the names written on the back of the mounting, but it's not known which is which.