Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Jackson, William H. July 20, 1886 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Rayburn http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006128 September 15, 2015, 11:25 pm Source: Vol. II pg.75-76 The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923 Author: History of Florida, Past and Present WILLIAM H. JACKSON is one of the attorneys of Tampa who, at an early period of his professional career, was fortunate in securing the confidence and esteem of those engaged in large affairs, and this he has always retained. No interests are so important that those concerned in their management hesitate to commit them to him when the occasion arises, either for counsel or the assertion or defense of their rights in court. So it may be safely said that no one of his professional contemporaries are concerned in a greater number or variety of cases involving large interests and interesting and important legal questions then he. In the conduct of such hard fought and sometimes desperate battles Mr. Jackson’s methods are those to be especially commended to the consideration of the profession. He is a hard fighter, but his methods are honorable, fair and open. No suspicion of sinister or devious efforts to secure secret or undue advantage were ever harbored by his opponents. In fact his entire professional life is dominated by a fixed and stern integrity which is one of the most admirable, as it is the most commanding, trait in his character. Therefore there is small wonder that he has risen to an enviable position among those practicing before the bar of Hillsboro County, and is accepted as one of the best citizens of his community. The birth of WILLIAM H. JACKSON occurred in Hernando County, Florida, July 20, 1886, and he is a son of WILLIAM F. and SUSAN (O’BERY) JACKSON, and a grandson of THOMAS B. JACKSON, one of the early settlers of Florida, who came to the state in 1842, locating near Tampa, or what is now Tampa, where he engaged in farming and took a prominent part in local affairs. His son, WILLIAM F. JACKSON, was also a farmer. The mother of WILLIAM H. JACKSON was born in Georgia, but her father, who was a Confederate soldier, following the close of the war of the’ 60s came with his family to Hernando County, Florida. THOMAS B. JACKSON was in the Union Army during the above-mentioned war, but his brother was equally zealous in behalf of the South, and served in the Confederate Army. The third child in a family of eight children, WILLIAM H. JACKSON was reared on a farm now included in the city limits of Tampa, to which he was brought by his parents when four years of age, and he attended the Tampa schools, including the high school course. Following that he was a student of Foak Academy, and later of Emory College, at Oxford, Georgia, and Rollins College. His legal training was obtained in the law department of Washington and Lee University, from which he was graduated in 1908, and that same year was admitted to the bar. Locating at Tampa, he entered at once upon a general practice, in which he has continued with the exception of the period when he was in the army during the World war. On July 27, 1917, Mr. Jackson enlisted, and was assigned to the Three Hundred and Twenty-third Infantry. Sent overseas, he was in command of Company K of his Regiment, and saw active service in the Argonne and Verdun offenses, remaining in France for one year. He received his honorable discharge in May, 1919, and, returning to Tampa, resumed his practice, opening new offices in the Citrus Exchange Building, where he is now located. Mr. Jackson is a thirty-second degree Mason, and has been advanced to the Mystic Shrine of that order. In 1911 he married LUTIE MOTE HANSBROUGH, a daughter of JOHN A. HANSBROUGH, of Tampa. There are no children. For four years Mr. Jackson served as solicitor of the Municipal Court. He belongs to the country and golf clubs of Tampa. Personally he is very popular, for his is a nature to win and hold the affection of his associates. second degree Mason, and has been advanced to the Mystic Shrine of that order. In 1911 he married LUTIE MOTE HANSBROUGH, a daughter of JOHN A. H HANSBROUGH, of Tampa. There are no children. For four years Mr. Jackson served as solicitor of the Municipal Court. He belongs to the country and golf clubs of Tampa. Personally he is very popular, for his is a nature to win and hold the affection of his associates. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/hillsborough/bios/jackson167bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/flfiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb