ABRAM JACKSON - Biography

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This biography appears on page 663 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

ABRAM JACKSON, dry goods and general merchandise, P. O. Rochester born
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1834; son of John and Ann Jackson; came
to Rochester with his father and mother who had nine children, and came
from Yorkshire, England. Mr. John Jackson opened a boot and shoe and
general merchandise store in Rochester village in 1842; he died in 1846;
his sons, Abram and Joseph, succeeded their father in business, divided
the branches, and have separate stores- Abram the dry goods, Joseph,
boots and shoes. Abram married Miss Jane, daughter of Orrin and Clarissa
Wright, in June, 1856; they have three children- Dwight P., born April
11, 1858; Leigh Hunt, Nov. 8, 1859; John Fremont, Nov. 16, 1861; is a
member of the Masonic Order, and liberal in religious views.