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Jackson, Charles Fountain (1872-1947)
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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

Page 487

CHARLES FOUNTAIN JACKSON, a farmer of Buckhannon District, two
miles south of the county seat; son of Minter J. Jackson; grandson
of Edward H. Jackson; great grandson of John Jackson, jr., who was
the son of John Jackson, Sr., and Elizabeth Cummins, first owners
of the land on which Buckhannon is now situated.

Charles Jackson owns a valuable farm and is interested in live
stock, especially cattle and horses.

October 4, 1905, he married Theodora Charlotte Engle-Moore, a
native of York, Pa., in which city her ancestors on both sides have
lived for two hundred years. Her father, Hon. J. C. Engle-Moore,
Associate Judge of York County, was a member of the Dunckel family,
famous in the counties of Southern Pennsylvania, founded by Johann
Daniel Dunckel, a nobleman of Strasburg, who was Secretary of State
for Louis 15th of France. On her mother's side she is a lineal
descendant of Col. John Hay, of Revolutionary fame. Her mother was
Catherine L. Cox, eldest daughter of Joshua Hamilton-Cox Bart, a
lineal descendant of Sir Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, and Lord
Paisley, ancestor of the Duke of Abercorn.

On her father's side, the generations run: J. C. E. Moore, son of
John Moore, son of Peter Englemohr, who married a daughter of
Daniel Dunckel, the son of Peter Dunckel, the son of Johann
Dunckel.

On her mother's side, Catherine L. Cox, was the daughter of
Charlotte Barnitz, the daughter of John Barnitz, the son of John
George Carl Barnitz.

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From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #13556
FULL-NAME: Charles Fountain Jackson
BIRTH-DATE: August 4, 1872
BIRTH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur Co., W.Va.
DEATH-DATE: September 23, 1947 (at age 75y-1m-19d)
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Theda Moore Jackson, age 74)
OCCUPATION: Stockman & Farmer
FATHER: Minter J. Jackson (born in Upshur Co., W.Va.)
MOTHER: Harriet Cummings (born in Island Co., Virginia)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart Failure / Asthmatic Complications
INFORMANT: Mrs Charles Jackson (of 101 South Flordia St, City)
BURIAL: Baptist Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.

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