MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Willoughby A. Jackson
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WILLOUGHBY A. JACKSON, a leading business man of Marshall County, was born
October 7 1834, in Wilson County, Tenn. He was a farmer boy and received a
limited education, never having attended school more than nine months
altogether. At the age of eighteen he left home, and
after spending a year at Charleston, S.C., came to Marshall County and
worked a short time in a livery stable. He then learned the saddler's trade
and bought out the man for whom he worked, but at last he turned his
attention to farming. In 1857 he married Margaret PHIPER, by whom he
had nine children, five of whom are living. He is a member of the Christian
Church, and she if the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he votes for
the man rather than the party, though he holds to Republican principles. At
present he is the owner of 700 acres of land, three
stores and two saw mills, besides he is engaged in stock-trading. He is a
resident of Marshall County, and is accounted one of the most stirring,
energetic, successful business men of the country. He is the son of James
and Martha (EVANS) JACKSON, both of whom were reared and
married in North Carolina. In 1830 they came to Wilson County, and after
living there fourteen years returned to North Carolina. In 1869 they
returned to Tennessee, and after several moves they went to West Tennessee,
where they passed the last years of their lives. They were
both Baptists. The father served in the Seminole war and four years in the
late war. In the first he held the position of orderly sergeant and a
captain, and in the last he held the position of captain and colonel. The
mother died in 1871, and two years later the father followed.

Surnames: Evans, Jackson, Phiper
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."