Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of MATHEW A. JACKSON. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 128-129 MATHEW A. JACKSON. In the year 1820, Alexander Jackson and five brothers set sail from the shores of Ireland for America. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was the only one of them who located finally in Greenbrier county. After a few years he moved to Monroe county. His wife was a Miss Robinson. She died during the Civil war. He died in 1867. Three sons were born to this union, of which James W. was the oldest. He was born February 11, 1829 and died four or five years ago in a hospital. He married Margaret M. Hogshead, a daughter of John and Mary Hogshead, both of Monroe county, Virginia. John Hogshead was born in Augusta county, Virginia, July 20, i806. His wife was born there also, December 7, 1807. They came to Monroe county in 1822 and 1829, respectively. He died July 7, 1857. His wife died somewhere in the eighties. Robert L. and William were the two grandsons of Alexander Jackson. William married and died the same day. Six children were born to James W. and Margaret M (Hogshead) Jackson: Mathew A., April 29, 1853; Mary Jane, March i6, 1856; Joanna M., May 30, 1859; Robert L., June 25, 1863; Anna W., May 10, 1871. Joanna became one of the successful teachers of Greenbrier county. James W. Jackson owned a farm adjoining the one now owned by his son, Mathew A. He was one of those thoroughgoing business farmers and was deputy sheriff of Greenbrier county at one time. The farm was covered with plenty of timber during the earlier years of his married life, giving plenty of hard work for the whole family all their lives, and they all had to work very hard until the wilderness was subdued and a homestead was made. On January 25, 1882, M. A. Jackson married Anna M. Atkeson, daughter of Thomas Atkeson, second cousin to Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia. She was born May 8, 1858, and died October 5, 1911. Mrs. Jackson was a most estimable, Christian lady, well known as a very active as well as a most worthy member of the Methodist church. Six children, four girls and two boys, were horn to this union: Nettie A., Margaret J., Joanna V., Mary W., Clarence A., William A., and Nina D., who died March 29, 1915, at the age of twenty-three. She was in attendance at the time of her death in the training school at Richmond, Va., and about ready to graduate from that institution. The daughters are all graduates of the Lewisburg Seminary. Clarence A. attended the state university at Morgantown four years. William A., the youngest, is seventeen years old. Mathew Jackson has a beautiful farm. It is fine grazing land, consisting of some 800 acres. He thoroughly mastered the business part of a framer's life when a young man. His farm is well situated and all its natural advantages have been utilized under an intelligent supervision. Mr. Jackson was at one time postmaster of Lewisburg. He was appointed by Roosevelt to that position and held the office eight years. He has been a very active man in his day and has raised a very intelligent family of children.