Historical Marker
Andrew Jackson Isaacks
Historical marker location:
Cleveland, Texas
( Oak Shade Cemetery, 6 mi. E of Cleveland off FM 787)
Marker installed: 1970
(December 3, 1817 - January 18, 1864)
Born in Jackson, Mississippi. Fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835. Served as sheriff of Jasper County, 1841-1842. Married Miss Sicily Beatty in 1842. they had eight children.
A farmer and rancher, Isaacks was the first postmaster at Tarkington Prairie, 1853-1854, at that time in Liberty County. He belonged to Baptist church.
Upon his death he was buried at Tarkington Prairie. Remains were reinterred here in 1970.