MAURY COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - John W. Jackson
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TENNESSEE The Volunteer State 1769-1923
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1923
Volume II, page 468-469

JOHN W. JACKSON is one of the most prominent agriculturists in Maury
county. He was born in Marshall county, on the 10th of June, 1862, a
descendant of an old and honored American family. His father, W. Alexander
Jackson, was a cousin of Stonewall Jackson and a son of Colonel James J.
Jackson. He came to Tennessee at the age of eighteen years and for the
greater part of his life was engaged in the mercantile business, achieving
gratifying success in that connection.
John W. Jackson received his education in the public schools of his native
county and in 1890 moved to Columbia, Maury county, where he was connected
with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for some two years. Subsequently
he was elected chief of police of Columbia and was active in that capacity
until about 1893, at which time he became assistant postmaster at that
place. In 1906 he was appointed postmaster of Columbia and he was active in
that office nine years, satisfactorily discharging the many duties
devolving upon him. Upon the expiration of his term of service in that
office he engaged in farming and he is one of the most successful and
progressive agriculturists in Maury county.
On the 18th of May, 1887, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Jackson to
Miss Ida Hayes of Marshall county. They are the parents of six children, as
follows: Jimmie, wife of J.W. Lane of Columbia; Waverly Hayes, of Columbia,
who married Alleen Overton; Willoughby Pfifer, who married Willie A.
McBride; Thomas Jefferson, who was captain in the World war, member of the
Army of Occupation, and Russian Relief, and now in the army and stationed
at Fort Slocum, New York, married Miss Raymond Vercouter of Tours, France;
Riggs Lee of Columbia,  married Helen Shelton; and John Blair, unmarried,
lives on the home place.
Since age conferred upon Mr. Jackson the right of franchise he has given
his allegiance to the republican party, having firm belief in the
principles of that party as factors in good government. He was a delegate
of the National Republican convention in 1900 and for about twenty years
has been chairman of the Maury County Republican Executive committee.
Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
and his religious faith is that of the Christian church, to the support of
which he is a generous contributor. He is a public-spirited citizen and he
has contributed in a marked degree to the upbuilding of the county, his
influence being ever on the side of advancement and improvement.