Sullivan-Chester-Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....Jackson, Samuel 1789 - 1840
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  SAMUEL JACKSON, who for many years was connected with the business interests of
  Sullivan county, was a representative of one of the old and honored families of
  the state. His ancestors came to Pennsylvania with William Penn, locating in
  Chester county. For many years representatives of the name resided in Catawissa,
  and then removed to Toronto, Canada. Through many generations they were also
  connected with the Society of Friends or Quakers. The parents of our subject
  were Samuel and Hannah (Davis) Jackson, and to them were born eleven children,
  namely: John, born May 15, 1785; William D., December 12, 1787; Samuel, April 4,
  1789; Josiah, May 8, 1791; Mary, December 20, 1793; Elizabeth, May 23, 1796;
  Isaac, August 2, 1798; Joseph, December 21, 1800; Charles B., February 23, 1803;
  Elisha D., September 10, 1805; and Hugh S., February 28, 1809.
  
      Samuel Jackson, whose name begins this sketch, was born in Catawissa,
  Pennsylvania, April 4, 1789, and in his youth learned the hatter's trade of his
  father, who followed that pursuit as a life-work. He accompanied the family on
  their removal to Toronto, Canada, and engaged in the manufacture of hats until
  the war of 1812, when he joined the army and participated in a number of
  engagements, including the battle of Lundy's Lane. He held the rank of captain
  and did loyal and effective service for his native country.
  
      When hostilities had ceased and peace was restored, Mr. Jackson removed to
  Berwick, Pennsylvania, where he followed his chosen vocation until 1819, when he
  removed to what was then Lycoming county, but is now Sullivan county. In Dushore
  he opened a store and hotel, carrying on the dual business until his death. In
  both departments he received a liberal patronage, and was recognized as one of
  the leading, progressive and enterprising men of the town.
  
      On the 29th of September, 1814, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage, in
  Berwick, Pennsylvania, to Miss Hannah Shiner.Ten children were born to them, as
  follows: Gains Scott, who was born October 7, 1816; Andrew, January 2, 1819, and
  followed farming; Eliza A., April 12, 1821, and in 1842 married George Ellis,
  who was proprietor of a hotel; Mary M., who was born October 17, 1823, and died
  May 27, 1832; Susan L., born September 6, 1826; Angeline R., who was born
  November 17, 1828, and died May 16, 1832; George W., who was born March 12,
  1831, and is a farmer by occupation; John P., who was born December 31, 1832,
  and is an engineer; Hugh D., who was born December 14, 1834, and has always
  carried on agricultural pursuits; and Samuel J., who was born August 24, 1839,
  was proprietor of a store in Dushore, and died February 14, 1867.
  
      The father of these children was a Quaker in his religious belief, and his
  life was an exemplification of the principles which actuate that kindly people.
  He died January 25, 1840, and thus passed away one who was prominent in the
  public life of Dushore in the first half of the nineteenth century.
  
  
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  Extracted from: 
                      
                    History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
                      
                              Compendium of Biography
                      
          The Lewis Publishing Company
                        Chicago: 1899
    
  
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