BIOGRAPHIES, HARRISON COUNTY, WV:  HON. JOHN C. JACKSON
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Hardesty's 1882 Biographical Atlas 
of Harrison County


HON. JOHN C. JACKSON - 

Among the most prominent citzens, in its earlier 
history, was the subject of this sketch, who was born in Harrison 
county in 1777, a son of George Jackson, an early pioneer. He
received a classical education, studied law, and was admitted to 
practice at a very early age; elected to congress in 1799, and 
re-elected every two years until 1811; again elected in  1813 and 
1815; appointed judge of the district court of the United States 
for the district of Western Virginia, in 1824. He died March 28, 1825, 
aged 48, and his remains lie buried in the cemetery in the 
eastern part of Clarksburg.  He was a man of great ability, energy 
and pubic spirit, engaged for some time in the manufacture of 
salt and iron near Clarksburg, and at the time of his death, had 
commenced the erection of locks and dams on the West Fork, 
between Clarksburg and  Fairmont, for the purpose of 
rendering the river navigable.  In early life, he married Miss Payne, 
a sister of the wife of President Madison. She soon died, and he 
subsequently married a daughter of Hon. Return J. Meigs, of Ohio. 
She was born in Middletown,  Connecticut, January 1, 1793, and 
died at Clarksburg, February 4,  1863.