Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Jackson, Captain, Caleb B. April 16, 1833 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

 Centre Township
p. 339 & 340 

Captain Caleb B. Jackson, one of the most prominent farmers of the township, 
was born on the farm where he resides, two miles west of Centreville, Ind., 
April 16, 1833. His father, Caleb B. Jackson, was born in Grayson County, Va., 
Dec. 20, 1793 and was married soon after attaining his majority to Olive 
Leonard, a native of North Carolina. In the fall of 1818 he moved to Wayne 
County, Ind., erected a rude log cabin in the woods, and with his wife and 
three children commenced the life of a pioneer. He cleared and cultivated a 
farm, on which he lived till his death, Nov. 30, 1854. He reared a family of 
seven children---Marinda, afterward Mrs. Joseph Shank; Joseph W.; Malinda, 
afterward Mrs. James King; Sarah H., afterward Mrs. J. P. Harvey; William L., 
a resident of Knox County, Mo.; Jemima, wife of William King, and Caleb B. Our 
subject received such education as was afforded by the subscription schools of 
his day. He was married June 19, 1851, to Vashti, daughter of John and 
Mehitable Crum, and settled on the old homestead with his parents. At the 
breaking out of the Rebellion he began recruiting soldiers for the Union army, 
and in 1863 raised a company, of which he was elected Captain. They were 
immediately sent to the front and assigned to the command of General Sherman. 
They participated in the battle of Buzzard's Roost, and many skirmishes, and 
at one time fought continuously 100 days. In 1865 Captain Jackson was 
discharged on account of disability, and returned to the farm. He has paid 
especial attention to raising fine stock. He was one of the first men to 
introduce short horn cattle into the county, and his Poland China hogs are the 
finest that can be obtained. He has of late turned his attention to the 
breeding of Jersey cattle and has one of the finest herds in the county. His 
bull, Black Bronx, No. 7,450, is a solid mulberry color, and a full brother to 
Hazen's Bess, No. 7,329, a cow now owned by Charley Crockett, of Richmond. 
Another fine bull is a silver gray named Reed's Farm Glory, No. 5,457. He also 
has paid considerable attention to breeding and training horses. Black Friend, 
a horse of which he is quite proud, can justly be called "the pride of the 
State." Captain Jackson's farm contains 467 acres of the choicest land in 
Indiana, lying on or near the waters of Nolan's Fork. His residence stands on 
the summit of Jackson's Hill, and commands a fine view of the surrounding 
country in every direction. He is a man of progress, and is always one of the 
first to put forward any enterprise of public benefit, never considering his 
own interests when his county or township is to be advanced. He is a member of 
the Masonic fraternity and of Hoosier Lodge, No. 23, I.O.O.F. He has never 
used liquor or tobacco in any form, and does not know one card from another. 
Although a member of no church, he is strictly moral, and lends his assistance 
to the upbuilding of all religious and moral reforms. He and his family are 
attendants of the Christian church. Captain Jackson has a family of four 
children---Sarah J., the wife of Samuel Bronneburg, of Madison County, Ind.; 
Thomas E., married Carrie Libold; Flavius J.; Alice, now Mrs. Charles Eliason.


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