Shasta-Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Jackson, William 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

WILLIAM JACKSON, Treasurer of Shasta County, California, is a native Huntingdon
County, Pennsylvania, born September 22, 1835. He is of Scotch ancestry. His
great-grandfather, George Jackson, with his son Joseph (Mr. Jackson's
grandfather), came to America before the Revolution and both fought under
General Washington at Valley Forge. They owned lands in Huntingdon County, on
which they resided and reared their families and on which they spent the
remainder of their lives. The property is still retained by the Jackson family.
It was there, in 1798, that David Jackson (William's father) was born, and he,
too, lived on that place all his life. He wedded Miss Jane Bell, a native of his
own county, and to them were born four children. The subject of this sketch was
the second child. He was reared at the ancestral home, attended the public
schools of Huntingdon, and assisted his father on the farm. He subsequently
learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it at intervals until 1876.

  Mr. Jackson dates his arrival at San Francisco June 6, 1856. He followed
river-mining on the Feather and American rivers, and met with fair success. In
the fall of 1858 he came to Shasta County. He has mined and been interested in
mining ever since that time. Some of his mining interests are now in operation.
Mr. Jackson purchased a farm near Anderson, which he cultivated two years and
which he sold in December, 1873. At that time he removed to Monterey County and
engaged in farming, continuing that occupation four years. While thus engaged he
was accidentally shot and lost his left arm. A hunter mistook him for a deer. In
1877 the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County,-then a Democratic
board,-appointed him Tax Collector of the county. In 1879 he returned to Shasta
County. From 1880 until 1883 he was employed in the Clerk's office. In the
latter year he was elected County Treasurer and has since held that office,
having been re-elected four times. In 1890 he was again the nominee of the
Republican party for the same office.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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