Franklin T. Jackson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1481-1482 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FRANKLIN T. JACKSON, the immediate subject of this sketch, 
remained at the parental home until the time of his marriage in 1883, 
having received his educational training in the public schools and the 
Curtis Business College, in Minneapolis. After his marriage he removed to 
Redwood county, Minnesota, where he engaged in farming and stock 
growing. in which line of enterprise he there continued until 1886, when 
he came to South Dakota, arriving in McCook county, on the 22d of 
January, in company with his wife and child, while his equipment for the 
winning of success and independence in the new home was summed up in his 
energy, integrity and determination, his visible accessories being 
represented in a span of mules and a lumber wagon. He took up a pre-
emption claim of one hundred and sixty acres and there engaged in 
farming and stock raising. In the fall of 1886 Mr. Jackson took up his 
residence in the village of Montrose, where he devoted his attention to 
the buying and shipping of stock for the ensuing eight years. In 1894 he 
took up his residence in Salem, where he has since been successfully 
engaged in the same line of enterprise, being one of the leading stock 
buyers of this section of the state. He also owns and superintends the 
operation of more than a thousand acres of farming land in this county, 
and he is known as one of McCook county's most progressive and alert 
business men. In politics Mr. Jackson is a staunch Republican, and for a 
number of years past has been a prominent figure in local affairs of a 
public nature. In the fall of 1902 he was elected to represent his 
district in the state legislature, and his course has been such as to 
amply justify the choice of the voters of the district. He is affiliated 
with Fortitude Lodge, No. 73, Free and Accepted Masons; Salem Chapter, 
No. 34, Royal Arch Masons; Oriental Consistory, No. 1, Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite, in Yankton; Salem Lodge, No. 106, Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows; Sioux Falls Lodge, No. 262. Benevolent and Protective Order 
of Elks; Salem Lodge, No. 60, Knights of Pythias; Salem Lodge, Ancient 
Order of United Workmen; and Ramsey Camp, No. 5634, Modern Woodmen of 
America, of which he served two terms as consul. 

	On the 19th of July, 1883, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to 
Miss Nettie M. Gibbs, of Lake City, Minnesota, and they are the parents 
of four children, namely John A., Fay F., Carol F. and Helen H.