Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Jackson, John November 24, 1839 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 14, 2006, 5:13 pm Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Jackson Township p. 569 & 570 John Jackson, Cashier of the First National Bank, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Nov. 24, 1839. He was reared on a farm and attended the district schools, completing his education at the high school of Centreville. On arriving at maturity he accepted a position as agent for the Indiana Central Railroad, where he remained five years. In 1866 he formed a partnership with Newton McGrew in the lumber trade, which continued till 1872, when he disposed of his interests and the same summer became Teller in the First National Bank of Cambridge City, and in the fall of 1873 was elected to his present position. He was married in 1865 to Mary E. Peters, a native of this county, and daughter of Joseph and Matilda Peters, of Cambridge City, who came to Indiana from Virginia, about thirty years ago. Mr. Jackson has served as Councilman and as member of the School Board of Cambridge City, and has also held the office of Treasurer of this city. His father, Joseph Jackson, was a native of Virginia, and came with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., when seven years old. He was married to Mary E., daughter of John Harvey, an early settler of Wayne County. They were the parents of eight boys and five girls, all of whom are living and all married except the youngest son, who resides on the home farm with his father. The mother died in August, 1877, in her fifty- sixth year. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/jackson114gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb