BIOGRAPHIES:  Oscar Fitzland JACKSON, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Oscar Fitzland Jackson, insurance agent, Eau Claire.  The genealogy
of this family proves its progenitors to have been Englishmen.  The
first ancestor in this country, Samuel Jackson, was accompanied by
two brothers:  Archibald and Theophilus.  One brother, Dr. Frederick
Jackson, remained in England.  Daniel, son of Samuel Jackson, was the
eldest of eight children, and he rared eight children to years of
maturity, having lost four in infancy.  Among the eight mature ones
was Daniel Jackson, the father of our subject, a native of New York
state, who was survived by the other seven.  He served as a soldier
in the war of 1812, was a distiller in early life, and during the
latter part of it a farmer.  He was a member of the Baptist church, a
very robust man and died at the age of seventy-six years, from
paralysis, the result of a felon.  He took a deep interes in matters
of public policy, affiliated with the democratic party, and was a
stanch opponent of slavery.  He was a highly respected citizen, and
his word was as good as his bond.  His wife, Rhoda Ann Cady, was a
native of central New York, and attained the age of eighty-three
years.  Both she and her husband died in Sparta, Wis., whither they
removed in 1858.  Their living children are Daniel C., William W.,
Samuel D., Oscar F., Mrs. Julia Ann Knox and Mrs. Charlotte E. Allis.
Marting V. B. died in St. Paul of small pox.  He had been in
partnership with our subject for seventeen years.  He came here in
1858, was a Baptist of strong conviction and of great nobility of
character.

O. F. Jackson was born in Elizabethtown, Essex county, N. Y.,
February 18, 1833.  He was educated in his native county, came west
in 1855, settled in Eau Claire in the following year, and engaged
with his brother in trading in the Chippewa Valley for many years,
much of his business in the earlier days being transacted with the
Indians.  He opened a general store in Eau Claire, conducted it for
seventeen years, and was successful until the last four years, when
he sold out in 1869. He gradually drifted into the insurance
business, and is especially fitted for that work.  His son Williard
G. has been associated with him in business for the past three years.
They represent some of the best companies, and do a large business. 
Mr. Jackson's reputation for integrity is well established throughout
the Valley.  His present wife is Mary Columbia Jackson, nee Griswold,
the widow of his brother, Martin V. G.  She is the mother of five
children:  Willard Griswold, Gordon Cady, Frederick D., Mrs. Bertha
Sanderson and Martin F.  The four elder chldren were by her first
husband.  Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are well advanced in the principles
and teachings of Christian science.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the
Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 434-435

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