Bartholomew-Dearborn County IN Archives Biographies.....Jackson, Elijah 1819 - 1896
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

ELIJAH JACKSON.

   For forty years Elijah Jackson made his home in Rock Creek township upon the
old farm which he left to his widow. He was at one time an extensive landowner
of the county and a man whose success and prominence in business entitled him to
distinctive representation as a leading and influential resident of the
community. He was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, on the 11th of October,
1819, and his life span covered almost seventy-seven years. His parents were
John and Beatrice (Piles) Jackson. The father was also a native of Indiana and
throughout his business career carried on farming. The paternal grandparents,
however, came to this state from North Carolina. John Jackson spent his last
days near Lawrenceburg and from pioneer times down to the date of his death took
an active and helpful part in public affairs pertaining to the general welfare.
In his family were eleven children.

   Upon the home farm Elijah Jackson spent the days of his boyhood and his
youth. He attended private schools as opportunity afforded, but his labors were
largely needed in the fields and his advantages in that direction were somewhat
limited. On the 18th of December, 1843, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna
Frost, a daughter of William and Nancy (Curl) Frost. Her father was born in
Virginia, but at an early day left the Old Dominion, settling first in Ohio,
where he resided until 1821, when he came to Indiana and located in Franklin
county. His home was established in the midst of the green woods and was a
frontier dwelling because the work of improvement and progress had scarcely been
begun in that section of the state. The forests abounded in wild game and
comparitively few of the trees had been cut or cleared away in order that farm
work might be carried on. With others, however, he laid broad and deep the
foundation for future progress and did much in these early pioneer times for the
reclamation of the land. His business career, too, was a successful one, for as
the years passed his labors brought a good financial return. At the time of
their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jackson established a little home upon a farm and
with renewed courage he undertook the task of developing land into productive
fields. It was in 1856 that they settled upon the old homestead in Rock Creek
township, where he resided continuously for forty years. He improved it and
erected thereon a good residence, barns and outbuildings. He had his farm well
ditched and tiled, making one of the best in the township. Industry was one of
his strong characteristics and he worked on uninterruptedly for many years. As
his financial resources increased he extended the boundaries of his farm until
at one time he owned more than four hundred acres. During the evening of his
life, however, he was obliged to assign to others the tasks which he had
previously performed, for during the last eighteen years of his life he was blind.

   Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were born ten children: Nancy, the deceased wife of
George Cooper, a farmer; William, who married Belle Dickson and carries on
agricultural pursuits; John, who married Belle Rogers and is also a farmer;
Isaac, a farmer who wedded Mary Parkerson, and after her death married Missouri
Sparks; Elijah, who married Jane McClintoch and followed farming, but is now
deceased; Andrew, who married Malinda Powell and is also engaged in farming;
Albert, who wedded Melissa Powell and follows the same work; Indiana, the widow
of Jefferson Doty; Clara, deceased; and Lincoln, who married Alma Mobley, a
daughter of Reason and Fannie (Patton) Mobley. Her father was a well known
farmer of Bartholomew county, living near Hartsville, where he owns an excellent
tract of land. In his family were eleven children. It is Lincoln Jackson who now
operates the home farm, he owning one hundred acres of land. His two children
are Hazel and Harry. He is a successful agriculturist, following progressive
methods, and his place is one of the well improved properties of this section of
the state.

    Elijah Jackson gave his political support to the Republican party and his
sons have followed in his footsteps in this manner. He was active, earnest and
zealous in church work, holding membership with the Baptist church at Sand Creek
and serving as one of its deacons at the time of his death. He passed away on
the 20th of June, 1896, and an honorable life record was thus closed.

He had reached an advanced age and yet in his life history there were no silent
chapters, but all is an open book that any may read. He followed manly
principles and the precepts of the church were to him his daily guide. In
business affairs he was practical and showed sound judgment and careful
management. He never engaged in speculation, but worked on steadily year by year
and it was thus that he gained a comfortable competence. His acquaintance
widened as the years passed by and the circle of his friendship also increased
because of his possession of the traits of character which in every land and
clime awaken admiration and regard.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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