Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Jackson, William 1829 - ************************************************ 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 William Jackson, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in Norfolk, England, November 17, 1829, where he was raised and educated. He came to Grundy County, Ill., while quite a young man, and located in Morris. The year following, he bought a farm of 120 acres, in Section 1, of Mazon Township, which he still owns. He has since purchased 240 acres in Section 36 of Wauponsee Township, where he now lives. His entire farm of 360 acres is valued at $50 an acre. Subject was married, November 14, 1864, to Amelia, daughter of George Lane, of Canada; she was born in 1817, and is the mother of three children - John W., born in 1869; Walter, 1873; Freddie, 1875. Mrs. Jackson is a Methodist. 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/jackson401nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb