Escambia County AlArchives Biographies.....Jackson, Allen J. March 1 1851 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   A. J. JACKSON.-The parents of the gentleman whose biography is herewith
presented are Joseph J. and Lucinda Jackson, natives respectively of Georgia and
Alabama. The Jackson family is of Welsh descent and came to Alabama from South
Carolina at an early period of the history of the former state. Levi Jackson,
grandfather of A. J., was for many years, a resident of Alabama and afterward
went to Texas, there serving in the Indian war and where his death occurred soon
after having left the army. Mr. Jackson's maternal grandfather was Edmond
Powell, who came to America early in the present century and continued a
resident of the state until his death. Joseph J. Jackson was born December 17,
1812; taken by his parents to Alabama when six years of age, he has passed the
greater part of his life on the farm where he now resides, in Escambia county.
He married, August 24, 1835, Miss Lucinda Powell, who was born in the year 1819,
and who has borne him twelve children, the following of whom are living:
Georgiana, wife of M. Corssley; William J.; Edmond P.; Frances V., wife of
Willis Thompson; Joseph J.; Andrew J.; Jesse L.: Lucinda M., wife of Henry
Barker; Miles J. , and Charles J. The names of those deceased are Mary J., wife
of Elijah Jernigan and Nancy, and Andrew J., deceased. Allen J. Jackson is a
native of Escambia county, Ala., born March 1, 1851. On attaining his majority,
he engaged as a teamster in the timber business, and after continuing the same
two years, purchased an interest in a photograph gallery at Brewton, Ala., which
he carried on jointly with R. P. Watts for a period of about eighteen months,
and then purchased his partner's share and remained sole proprietor until
disposing of the establishment sometime later. After selling the gallery, Mr.
Jackson again embarked in the timber business, which he continued until 1877 and
then went to Texas, where for one year he followed the pursuit of agriculture.
Returning to Alabama, he a third time began dealing in timber and lumber, but
relinquished the business in 1885 and engaged in merchandising at Repton,
Conecuh county, where he sold goods until his removal to Wallace, in 1889. From
1889 until 1891, Mr. Jackson conducted a business by himself, but at the latter
date, became associated with C. R. Cochran, and the firm thus constituted,
purchased the commissary department of the Sullivan Timber company at Wallace,
Sullivan and Pine Log, at all three of which points they are now conducting well
appointed stores. Mr. Jackson is an example of the successful self-made man and
occupies a conspicuous place in the estimation of the community where he
resides. He was married at Flomaton. Ala., in 1880, to Amelia, daughter of
Merida Beasley, of Florida, and his home is brightened by the presence of three
interesting children, namely: Rufus P., Samuel N., and Amelia Emma. Politically,
Mr. Jackson is a democrat, and he is now a member of the board of trustees for
his township.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 975-976
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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