Biographical Sketch of W. R. Jackson, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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W. R. Jackson, P.O. Higginsville, Mo.  Son of Cyrus W. Jackson, and was
born in this county April 22, 1853.  He was raised on a farm until his
sixteenth year, when he took charge of his uncle's farm, where he remain-
ed for a time, and then went on a trading expedition to Texas.  In 1873
he returned to this county, and went into the drug business.  In the
winter of 1873 he was married to Miss Lettie B. Keller, and has three
children, two boys and one girl, Bessie E., born October, 1874; Roy Berry
born July, 1877; Hulet M. born December, 1879.  After his marriage he
spent some time on a farm in Carroll county.  In the spring of 1875 he
returned to Lafayette county, and engaged in farming one year.  He then
moved to Aullville, and was appointed constable of Freedom township, and
continued in that capacity until 1878.  He then entered the drug and 
grocery business at Aullville, in which he continued until 1880, dealing
also in dry goods, and trading in grain.  In the spring of 1880 he moved
to Higginsville and engaged in the grocery business, but soon after 
traded his stock of groceries for a livery stable and outfit, in which
business he is now engaged.

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