Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Jackson, D C 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 26, 2006, 12:10 am Author: History Grundy County 1882 D. C. Jackson, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of John and Elizabeth Jackson, of the State of New York, and was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., April 4, 1819, in which State he was raised and educated. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Rhoda, daughter of James and Nancy Brown; she was born in 1823, and died in Albany County, N. Y., in April, 1846. The result of this union was one son, John, born August 4, 1845; killed at the battle of Cold Harbor. In 1865, Mr. Jackson came to Illinois and settled in Mazon Township, where he owns a farm of eighty acres of land, worth $50 per acre, in Section 29. Subject was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Traver, widow of David Traver, August 27, 1865; she is a native of Schoharie County, N. Y., born February 25, 1830. This union has blessed them with four children - Annie E., born February 6, 1867; Laura M., born July 3, 1872, died March 17, 1874; Frank, born April 10, 1873; and Minnie B., born March 25, 1875. The family are members of the Wauponsee Grove Congregational Church. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat. Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/jackson400nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb