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SIMEON A. JACKSON is a native of
York
township, Van Wert county, Ohio,
and was born on the farm now owned and occupied by him, Feb. 8, 1843. His parents,
FERDINAND and Charity (Mortimore) Jackson, were natives respectively of
Madison county, Ohio, and North Carolina. By his first marriage
Ferdinand Jackson became the father
of four children, viz:
John M., a resident of York township;
Sarah, who died in childhood;
Thomas, who died in infancy,
Simeon A., and
James, a resident of Van Wert county. The
father died in the spring of 1849, and
Mrs. Jackson was again married and became the mother of the following
children:
Robert and
Jacob, twins;
William, deceased; David, who resides in
Van Wert county. The mother died
Apr. 4, 1891.
Ferdinand Jackson, although a farmer,
worked at chair-making in the winter time.
Simeon A. Jackson, our subject, spent
his youth on the home farm, and at the age of nineteen years enlisted in company
A, Ninety-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, the date of his enlistment being Aug.
6, 1862, and the term of his enlistment being three years. He was in the battles of
Stone River,
Chickamauga, and eleven other of
the hard-fought engagements; after being mustered out at the close of the war he
returned to his home, and Nov. 11, 1867, was united in wedlock with
Rebecca Hayes, a daughter of
Jackson and Eliza (Hichner) Hayes,
residents of Mercer county, Ohio – the former a native of Fayette county, Ohio,
and the latter of New Jersey. To
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were born the
following children:
Laban, a resident of Mercer county;
Orlando, who grew to manhood, but is
now deceased; Sheldon, who was a
soldier in company A, Forty-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and died while in
service from disease; Morton, who
died in early manhood; Mrs. Jackson;
Melissa, the deceased wife of William
Krugh; Ella, deceased wife of
Augustus Frisingter; Orelso, who died when twelve years of age. The mother of these children died
when Mrs. Jackson was but eight years
of age, and the father next married the widow
Green, who bore him one daughter,
May, the wife of
Lincoln Scott, of Celina, Ohio.
Mr. Jackson’s father died in May,
1879. The children born to
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were named –
Willis, at home;
Sarah, wife of
Charles Brown, of Mercer county;
Minnie, school-teacher;
Oscar, Eliza, Otis, and
Foster.
Mr. Jackson owns a neat homestead of forty acres, and also another
tract of thirty-three acres in York
township.
Mrs. Jackson is a pious member of the Methodist church, and in politics
Mr. Jackson is a stalwart republican. He and family are highly respected by
their neighbors and Mr. Jackson is
looked upon as one of the most public-spirited citizens of York township.
Source:
A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio -
Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1896 - Pg. 901
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