U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack, John William (1842-1923) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 486-487 JOHN WILLIAM JACK, a native of Pendleton County, is of Irish and Dutch descent. He was born December 7, 1843. His parents were Thomas Jack and Frances Hoover. His grandfather was William Jack of Highland County, Va. When John W. was about six months' old his father emigrated from Pendleton County to the waters of Buckhannon river, thence to Lewis County, and thence to Big Sand Run, where father and son have since lived. He enlisted in Company D, Tenth West Virginia Infantry, under Captain Thomas Mearns, in 1862, and served in that company until he was mustered out at Beverly in 1865. While in the army he had the measles, on which he contracted a cold, resulting in chronic rheumatism, which is the infirmity which brings him a pension of $12. He married Mary Elizabeth Rexroad, the daughter of Rev. George W. Rexroad of Virginia, a prominent preacher in the U. B. in Christ Conference of Virginia, on March 18, 1868, and immediately began his career as a farmer of Union District, Upshur County. Children: Eliga, Mahalia, Barbara Ellen, Frances Almira, John, Annie, Columbus, Edward, Kenison, George Washington, Nira, Nora Amy, Virgie Grace and Ira. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #16851 FULL-NAME: John William Jack BIRTH-DATE: December 7, 1842 BIRTH-PLACE: Pendleton Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 29, 1923 (at age 81y-22d) DEATH-PLACE: Sand Run, Union District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Pensioner Civil War FATHER: Thomas Jack (born in Va.) MOTHER: Fannie Hoover (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cattarr of head INFORMANT: E. Jack (of Sand Run) BURIAL: Sand Run Baptist Cemetery There are tombstones in Sand Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Upshur, WV John W. Jack (1842-1923) Mary B., wife of J. W. Jack (1847-1915) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------