Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Jackson, Col Fred 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

COL. FRED JACKSON, late of the Third Illinois Infantry, Spanish-American war, 
and lieutenant-colonel of the Third Illinois National Guard, has made his home 
in Joliet since 1853. His connection with military affairs dates from 1876, 
when he entered the Joliet city corps as a private. Soon chosen first 
sergeant, in 1878 he was elected first lieutenant, and January 23, 1880, was 
elected captain, which office he held for more than twelve years. The title of 
major was conferred upon him in July, 1892. During this time he served 
successively in the Tenth and Twelfth Battalions, and Fourth and Third 
Regiments of Illinois National Guard. On the reorganization of the Third he 
was elected and commissioned lieutenant-colonel, which office he held until 
July, 1899, when he resigned and retired from the army. His regiment rendered 
active service at the time of the Braidwood strike in 1877, the LaSalle strike 
in 1878, the Chicago strike in 1894, again at LaSalle in 1894, and twice at 
Lemont. When troops were called for, to serve in the war with Spain, the Third 
Regiment volunteered and he was commissioned major of the same. After a time 
in the camp at Springfield the regiment proceeded to Chickamauga and thence to 
Newport News. On the 3d of August they landed at Porto Rico, being the first 
soldiers to occupy Aroyo and that part of the island. With the Fourth Ohio 
they advanced in an attack on Guyama. August 13 they marched up Coyey road, 
where they expected a fight, but news being received of the signing of the 
protocol, they were ordered back to Wyama and thence to the United States. 
They arrived in this country 23 October 3, 1898, and were mustered out at 
their home station. The Third continued to have the same officers until its 
reorganization, when its major was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel, and 
afterward continued as such until his retirement from the guard. In the spring 
of 1899 he was nominated for town clerk on the Republican ticket and was 
elected by a majority of thirteen hundred and twenty-six, this being the 
largest majority ever received by a Republican candidate in Joliet Township. 
He took the oath of office April 23 for a term of one year. Colonel Jackson 
wras born in Springville, Susquehanna County, Pa., December 7, 1844, a son of 
Thomas and Julia A. (Mussey) Jackson, natives respectively of the north of 
Ireland and Connecticut. His father, at eighteen years of age, went to Canada, 
but soon crossed into New York and settled in Springville, where he carried on 
a dry-goods business. In 1853 he came to Joliet, where he bought grain for 
George Woodruff. When the Michigan Central elevator was started he managed the 
same for J. L. Hurd & Co., of Detroit, holding the position until his death, 
in 1884. He was a Republican and a member of the Episcopal Church. His wife 
died in 1896. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter, of whom two 
are living, Fred A. and Henry B., both of Joliet. When our subject was nine 
years of age he accompanied the family to Joliet. In 1863 he entered the 
employ of the Michigan Central Railroad Company as bill clerk, and continued 
with them for twelve years, after which he was with Hobbs & Knowlton. In 1880 
he became a clerk with the Illinois Steel Company, and later was cashier, 
holding the position from 1884 to 1892, when he resigned. On the Republican 
ticket he was elected to represent the first ward upon the board of aldermen 
and served until he moved from the ward. He now resides just outside of the 
city, where he has a comfortable home on Maple street. At one time he was 
connected with the Knights of Pythias. He was married in Newcastle, Pa., to 
Miss A. S. Crawford, who was born there. They are the parents of four sons, 
namely: Cleve F., who is night foreman with the Bates Machine Company; Thomas 
L., a locomotive engineer, who was sergeant of Company L, Third Illinois 
Infantry, in the Spanish war; David C., a locomotive engineer with the Grand 
Rapids & Northern Indiana Railroad; and Dean H., at home. 

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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