- A. D. JACKSON was born in Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Penn., Dec.
18, 1816, and came to
- Wisconsin about October 15, 1852; he attended school at Wellsboro,
and from there went to Sandusky Co. for one year and engaged
in farming, thence he moved to Henry Co., Ohio, where he learned
the carpenter's trade, and from there to Saybrook, Ashtabula
Co. Ohio, where he worked at carpenter and millwright work on
his own account; from Saybrook he went to Belvidere, Ill., and
worked at his trade on his own account, and from there came to
Beloit, where he engaged in carpentering, railroad work and bridge-building;
he is at present with the PARKER & DENNETT Reaper Manufacturing
Co. Mr. JACKSON married, November, 25, 1842, Elmira TYLER, of
St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.; he has four children living, named Harriet,
Frank, Fred and Helen. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian
Church at Beloit.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 753.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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