JOSEPH 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.

JOSEPH JACKSON, boots, shoes, and general merchandise; P. O. Rochester;
born in England March 11, 1825; the son of John and Ann Jackson, who
came to America about 1828, and settled in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; they
moved to Rochester in the spring of 1842, and opened a boot and shoe and
general merchandise store, which he continued for a number of years; he
died in the fall of 1846, and left nine children; two of his sons,
Joseph and Abram, are now doing business in separate stores and
different branches of trade. Joseph married Miss Emily Grant, adopted
daughter of Timothy E. Green; they have four children- Irene Jane, Ella
A., Jasper E., born July 1, 1856; Fidelia E., July 1, 1864. Mr. Jackson
has been elected Town Clerk several times, and to other minor offices;
has been a leading spirit in three temperance organizations in the
village; is a Mason in good standing, and an advocate of Odd Fellowship.