MAHONING COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: JACKSON, William Henry (published 1925)
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History of Ohio
The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume IV, page 169

        WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON as a youth, during summer vacations, accepted
some employment with the Bell Telephone Company, and this was the beginning
of a permanent connection and a career that has made him one of the expert
men in the telephone industry in the United States. For several years he
has been the district engineer of the Bell Telephone interests at Youngstown.
        Mr. Jackson was born at Victoria, British Columbia, December 23,
1884, son of Robert Thomas and Jennie Jackson. His parents were born in
England, were married in the United States, lived in Canada for some time,
and his father was a representative of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company. He
died in 1899, and his widow now lives at Austin, Texas.
        William Henry Jackson was an infant when his parents located in
Austin, Texas, where he attended the grammar and high schools. He was a boy
when his inclination and necessity combined to make him self-supporting,
and during summer vacations he worked for the Western Union Telegraph
Company for two summers, and in 1899 began his first summer experience with
the Bell Telephone Company. His employment was confined to the vacation
periods of the years until 1902, since which year his service has been
continued. In 1916 he was transferred to Columbus, Ohio, as plant engineer,
and in December, 1919, was moved to Youngstown, where he has served as
district plant engineer. His service in Texas was given entirely in the
cities of Dallas and Houston.
        Mr. Jackson married, October 1, 1920, Miss Irene G. Goetz, who was
born at Altoona, Pennsylvania, daughter of Alfred and Carrie Goetz. They
have one daughter, Barbara Jean, born August 13, 1921. Mrs. Jackson is a
Presbyterian. He votes as an independent republican, and is a thirty-second
degree Scottish Rite Mason, affiliated with the Consistory at Columbus.




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