Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Jackson, John Y 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John Y. Jackson, farmer, section 25, Union Grove Township, is a prominent 
citizen of Whiteside County, where he has been a land-holder since 1856. His 
parents, Aaron C. and Charity A. (Young) Jackson, were natives of New Jersey, 
and were married and settled in Ohio. They came thence about 1837, and 
purchased a claim in the township of Mt. Pleasant, which had been located in 
the year previous. The senior Jackson was an able and influential man, and was 
active in promoting the general welfare of the community. The township of Mt. 
Pleasant, which was organized in 1852, received its name from him. The farm on 
which he settled was situated near the city of Morrison, and included 160 
acres of land, with 40 acres of timber. His local public life comprised his 
operations as president of a society of settlers to prevent claim-jumping, as 
Justice of the Peace, and as Supervisor. In 1842 he was elected Representative 
on the Whig ticket, and served two years in the Legislature of Illinois. In 
1847 he was chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention. He officiated as 
Postmaster at Morrison during the administration of President Lincoln. His 
wife died Sept. 5, 1855. His demise occurred June 10, 1879. Their children 
were 11 in number, and were born as follows: Daniel B., Flavius J., Susan L., 
John Y., Tryphena, Elizabeth, Silas, Phebe, Amanda and Lafayette; one child 
died in infancy. Mr. Jackson was born September 14, 1829, in Knox Co., Ohio, 
where his father was a pioneer. He was about eight years of age when he 
accompanied his parents to Illinois, and he passed the years of his minority 
in attendance at the district school and in farm labor. On reaching his 
majority he engaged in efforts in his own interest, working out by the month 
one year on a farm. In 1852 he went to California, making his way there 
overland, with the purpose of operating as a miner. He spent four years in 
that vocation, with reasonable success, although he was unable to work during 
the first winter. He returned to Whiteside County in 1856, and purchased 120 
acres of land on section 25, Union Grove Township. The prairie sod was still 
lying under the skies as it had lain through the centuries of the past, and 
was first broken by Mr. Jackson, by whom the farm has been put in first-class 
agricultural condition. It is now all under the plow, and five acres of timber 
belong to the estate. It has been supplied with an excellent class of 
buildings. He was united in marriage to Cordelia Huntley, Dec. 17, 1857, at 
Morrison. She was born in Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1830, and is the 
daughter of Erastus L. and Phebe (Eldridge) Huntley. Her parents were natives 
of New England, were married and settled in the State of New York, whence they 
removed to Michigan, where her father died. Her mother was born Jan. 15, 1803, 
in Sharon, N. Y. After the death of her husband she returned to the home and 
associations of her earlier years in the Empire State, where her life 
terminated, at Warsaw, Aug. 29, 1849. Her father, Seth Eldridge, was born Oct. 
2, 1773, and died May 20, 1865, in Yates, Monroe Co., N. Y. March 11, 1826, 
she married Erastus Little Huntley, who was born Dec. 21, 1797, and died Nov. 
14, 1848, in Hartland, Livingston Co., Mich. They had nine children. Following 
are their names in the order of their birth: Rebecca E., Henrietta S., 
Cordelia, Phebe A., John E., Erastus L., Edwin, Seth E. and Robert A. Mr. and 
Mrs. Jackson have no children. In 1869 they adopted Lillie M. Weaver, who was 
born May 28, 1864, in Mt. Pleasant Township. Mr. Jackson is identified with 
the Republican party in political relations, and he has officiated through a 
long series of years in local positions of trust. He acted in the capacity of 
Magistrate nine years, as Commissioner eight years, and seven years as 
Assessor. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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