U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson, Henry M. (1875-1940) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 HENRY M. JACKSON, is a farmer of Warren District, owning 100 acres of land. He is a lumberman at times. The date of his birth is fixed as February 18, 1875. His parentage is related closely to the first inhabitants of the Buckhannon settlement. His father was Marion O. Jackson, a soldier in the Civil War, and his mother was Columbus Dean, a daughter of Marshall Dean. His grandfather was Henry Jackson, who was the son of John Jackson and Elizabeth Cummins of London, England, and among the first settlers at Buckhannon. Therefore the subject of this sketch is a second cousin of the Immortal Stonewall Jackson on his father's side. His grandmother was Betsy Shreves. His brothers and sisters are: Hattie, wife of Newton Lanham and Cora, wife of Lloyd Kesling, Minter J., Jr., single and M. W., dead. His father is dead and his mother is living. His wife was Zona Strader, the daughter of Wellington Strader and Elizabeth Tenney, a daughter of Washington Tenney. She was a granddaughter of Michael Strader and the great granddaughter of John Strader, who married a Miss Post. He has one living child, Mary, born March 30, 1904. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #8761 FULL-NAME: Henry M. Jackson BIRTH-DATE: February 13, 1875 (day of birth differs from biography) BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: May 2, 1940 DEATH-PLACE: College Avenue, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: College Avenue, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Zona Strader Jackson) OCCUPATION: Lumberman FATHER: M. O. Jackson (born in Upshur Co.) MOTHER: Eunice Dean (born in Upshur Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Apoplexy INFORMANT: Mrs. Wm Jackson (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Reger Cemetery, Teter, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------