Monterey-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Jacks, Perry M. 1827 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

PERRY M. JACKS was born in Pike county, Missouri, not far distant from Kansas
City, September 3, 1827. His father, Thomas Jacks, was born in 1797, and
emigrated to Missouri in 1817, where he was for many years engaged in farming
and stock-raising. He was a carpenter by trade, but never followed it as a
business. Mr. Jack's mother, nee Miss Cynthia Martin, was born in Virginia, and
with her parents went to Kentucky, where from infancy she was reared. They
raised a family of eight sons and three daughters, of whom Perry M. Jacks is.
the third.

  The subject of our sketch inherited from his father the true instincts of a
business man, and at an early age became familiar with stock-raising in its
every detail. He came to California in 1849, and almost direct to the Salinas
valley. He purchased and sold stock, off and on, for about three years. He then
engaged in merchandising on the south fork of the American river. In 1854 he
located the Strawberry Valley ranch of about 10,000 acres, it then being
unsurveyed land. The following year he sold his claim to Dr. Roup, and went to
Sacramento. He there became extensively engaged in dealing in hay and grain, and
owned the valuable property he occupied, corner of Seventh and J streets.

  In. 1855 Mr. Jacks married Miss Elizabeth Headrick, a daughter of George and
Matilda Headrick, natives of Howard county, Kentucky, and later residents of
Virginia.

  Mr. Jacks returned to Missouri and became a merchant at West Point, in the
meautime having made a trip to Pike's Peak. In 1867 he came back to California,
and here he has since resided. He owns and operates one of the best farms in the
Salinas valley, located on the San Juan road, two miles and a quarter east of
Salinas.

  Mr. Jacks is of Scotch and English extraction and Mrs. Jacks' ancestors were
English and Irish. Their union has been blessed with two sons, Henry C., a
farmer of San Ardo, and Thomas, at home.


Additional Comments:
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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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