BIO: Robert JACKSON, M. D., Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 976 & 977.
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  ROBERT JACKSON, M. D., who has been engaged in the practice of his profession 
at Osceola Mills, Pa., since January 1, 1898, has been a resident of this 
borough since 1880.  He was born March 11, 1871, at Philadelphia, Pa., and is a 
son of Robert A. and Anna M. (McFeeters) Jackson.
  Robert Aiken Jackson, father of Dr. Jackson, was born in the city of 
Philadelphia, December 7, 1847, and was a son of Robert and Jane (Knox) Jackson.  
The elder Robert Jackson and wife came from Ireland to America and he was 
engaged in a retail grocery business at Philadelphia until the close of his 
life.  Of their children, Robert Aiken is the only survivor.  He moved from 
Philadelphia to Warrior's Mark, in Huntingdon County, in 1873, and from there to 
near Petersburg, Va., and from there in 1880, to Osceola Mills.  He married Anna 
M. McFeeters, who was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of Andrew and Martha 
McFeeters, who were natives of Ireland and later residents of Philadelphia.  Of 
the children of Andrew McFeeters and wife the following survive:  Jennie, who 
resides in Philadelphia; Martha, who is the wife of Smiley Orr, of Philadelphia; 
Abbie, who is the wife of Joseph Houston, of Philadelphia; James, who is also a 
resident of Philadelphia; and Anna M., who is the wife of Robert A. Jackson.
  Seven children were born to Robert A. Jackson and his wife, the eldest being 
an infant that died when a few days old.  William, the second born, died at the 
age of four years; Robert was the third in order of birth.  Andrew Charles, born 
December 20, 1873, at Warrior's Mark, lives in Philadelphia.  Clifford Lowry and 
Howard Knox both reside at Philipsburg.  The youngest, Russell A., was born in 
1889.  For almost thirty years Mr. Jackson has been a coal operator.  He has 
served as a member of the borough council and of the school board and Osceola 
Mills, and belongs to the Masonic lodge at the same place.
  Robert Jackson attended school at Osceola Mills from nine to fifteen years of 
age, after which he spent several years in Philadelphia.  He then returned to 
Osceola and remained until his preparatory medical reading had been done, in 
1892 entering Jefferson Medical College, where he was graduated in 1896.  Dr. 
Jackson spent the three months of his initial practice in Houtzdale.  In 1898 he 
established himself permanently at Osceola Mills where he is in the enjoyment of 
a substantial practice.
  Dr. Jackson was married June 21, 1899, to Miss Susan Jane Brown, who was born 
April 3, 1873, a daughter of J. R. and Louise Brown, residents of Osceola Mills.  
Dr. and Mrs. Jackson have two children:  George Clifford, born August 7, 1903; 
and Louise Brown, born August 22, 1908.  Dr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the 
Presbyterian church in which they were reared.  In politics he is a Republican 
but is not an active politician.  He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows at 
Osceola Mills.