Children of Jefferson & wife Rebecca Jackson-
Jefferson & Rebecca's Children-
Eliza A. Jackson - 1868-1871
Mary Margaret "Meg" Jackson Lind - 1869-1908
Wiley A. Jackson - 1871-1922
Amanda E. Jackson
Dr. John M. Jackson - 1881-1947
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
Susan Jackson
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The following article was found in, A History of Sullivan County Indiana, Volume II, by Thomas J. Wolfe, 1909. pg. 329 & 330.
"Jefferson Ganaway Jackson, one of the thoroughgoing farmers of Jefferson Township, Sullivan County and a veteran of the Civil War, is a native of the township in which he now lives, born there July 10, 1840.
Jefferson obtained his education at the commn schools and remained at home until he enlisted in the Federal army to suppress the Rebellion. In August, 1862, he became a member of Company C, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and was discharged May 30, 1864, after participating in the following engagements:
Corinth, Mississippi, Oct. 3, and 4, 1862; Haines Bluff, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Port Gibson, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Raymond Mills in the same spring; Jackson, Mississippi, Champion Hills and Vicksburg. He was also at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and at Dalton, Georgia. The regiment then joined Sherman on his famous March to the Sea. The last engagement in which Mr. Jackson took part was that of Greensboro, North Carolina. After his discharge he returned to his home in Sullivan County, where he remained until his marriage. In 1867 he purchased a farm of forty acres a mile and a half from where he now lives (1909). There he built a log house and went to housekeeping and was supremely happy in the new made home. He remained there until 1872, then bought eighty acres of his present farm two miles south of Pleasantville. Mr. Jackson retired from active work about 1900,having been highly successful in farming and stock raising. He has long since been identified with the Odd Fellows Order, belonging to Lodge No. 408 at Pleasantville, he being the oldest member in that lodge. He is past grand of his lodge, and prizes highly the associations of this fraternity. He is also now a Master Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 647 at Sandborn. Having worn the loyal blue in Civil War days, he naturally finds a place in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to McClung Post, of which he is a past commander and quartermaster. Politically Mr. Jackson is an ardent supporter of the Republican party.
Mr. Jackson is a member of the Baptist Church, as was his wife during her lifetime."
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In August 1862, Jeff Jackson became a member of Company C, 59th. Ind. Volunteer Inf. Reg. and was discharged May 30, 1864. His engagements were mainly in Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., Missionary Ridge, Tenn, & Dalton, Ga. His regiment then joined Sherman's troops in the famous march to the sea. He had seen so many of his fellow soldiers starve to death in southern prisons, that he had resolved that if he returned home safely after the war, he would marry the widow of one of those victims. Rebecca Corbin Guthrie turned out to be the widow.
Information came from the red book - THE CORBIN LINEAGE - printed August 1953, page 30.
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Jefferson Ganaway Jackson's paternal great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary Army.
Jefferson & Rebecca's Children-
Eliza A. Jackson - 1868-1871
Mary Margaret "Meg" Jackson Lind - 1869-1908
Wiley A. Jackson - 1871-1922
Amanda E. Jackson
Dr. John M. Jackson - 1881-1947
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
Susan Jackson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following article was found in, A History of Sullivan County Indiana, Volume II, by Thomas J. Wolfe, 1909. pg. 329 & 330.
"Jefferson Ganaway Jackson, one of the thoroughgoing farmers of Jefferson Township, Sullivan County and a veteran of the Civil War, is a native of the township in which he now lives, born there July 10, 1840.
Jefferson obtained his education at the commn schools and remained at home until he enlisted in the Federal army to suppress the Rebellion. In August, 1862, he became a member of Company C, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and was discharged May 30, 1864, after participating in the following engagements:
Corinth, Mississippi, Oct. 3, and 4, 1862; Haines Bluff, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Port Gibson, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Raymond Mills in the same spring; Jackson, Mississippi, Champion Hills and Vicksburg. He was also at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and at Dalton, Georgia. The regiment then joined Sherman on his famous March to the Sea. The last engagement in which Mr. Jackson took part was that of Greensboro, North Carolina. After his discharge he returned to his home in Sullivan County, where he remained until his marriage. In 1867 he purchased a farm of forty acres a mile and a half from where he now lives (1909). There he built a log house and went to housekeeping and was supremely happy in the new made home. He remained there until 1872, then bought eighty acres of his present farm two miles south of Pleasantville. Mr. Jackson retired from active work about 1900,having been highly successful in farming and stock raising. He has long since been identified with the Odd Fellows Order, belonging to Lodge No. 408 at Pleasantville, he being the oldest member in that lodge. He is past grand of his lodge, and prizes highly the associations of this fraternity. He is also now a Master Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 647 at Sandborn. Having worn the loyal blue in Civil War days, he naturally finds a place in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to McClung Post, of which he is a past commander and quartermaster. Politically Mr. Jackson is an ardent supporter of the Republican party.
Mr. Jackson is a member of the Baptist Church, as was his wife during her lifetime."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In August 1862, Jeff Jackson became a member of Company C, 59th. Ind. Volunteer Inf. Reg. and was discharged May 30, 1864. His engagements were mainly in Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., Missionary Ridge, Tenn, & Dalton, Ga. His regiment then joined Sherman's troops in the famous march to the sea. He had seen so many of his fellow soldiers starve to death in southern prisons, that he had resolved that if he returned home safely after the war, he would marry the widow of one of those victims. Rebecca Corbin Guthrie turned out to be the widow.
Information came from the red book - THE CORBIN LINEAGE - printed August 1953, page 30.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jefferson Ganaway Jackson's paternal great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary Army.
Children of Jefferson & wife Rebecca Jackson-
Jefferson & Rebecca's Children-
Eliza A. Jackson - 1868-1871
Mary Margaret "Meg" Jackson Lind - 1869-1908
Wiley A. Jackson - 1871-1922
Amanda E. Jackson
Dr. John M. Jackson - 1881-1947
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
Susan Jackson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following article was found in, A History of Sullivan County Indiana, Volume II, by Thomas J. Wolfe, 1909. pg. 329 & 330.
"Jefferson Ganaway Jackson, one of the thoroughgoing farmers of Jefferson Township, Sullivan County and a veteran of the Civil War, is a native of the township in which he now lives, born there July 10, 1840.
Jefferson obtained his education at the commn schools and remained at home until he enlisted in the Federal army to suppress the Rebellion. In August, 1862, he became a member of Company C, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and was discharged May 30, 1864, after participating in the following engagements:
Corinth, Mississippi, Oct. 3, and 4, 1862; Haines Bluff, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Port Gibson, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Raymond Mills in the same spring; Jackson, Mississippi, Champion Hills and Vicksburg. He was also at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and at Dalton, Georgia. The regiment then joined Sherman on his famous March to the Sea. The last engagement in which Mr. Jackson took part was that of Greensboro, North Carolina. After his discharge he returned to his home in Sullivan County, where he remained until his marriage. In 1867 he purchased a farm of forty acres a mile and a half from where he now lives (1909). There he built a log house and went to housekeeping and was supremely happy in the new made home. He remained there until 1872, then bought eighty acres of his present farm two miles south of Pleasantville. Mr. Jackson retired from active work about 1900,having been highly successful in farming and stock raising. He has long since been identified with the Odd Fellows Order, belonging to Lodge No. 408 at Pleasantville, he being the oldest member in that lodge. He is past grand of his lodge, and prizes highly the associations of this fraternity. He is also now a Master Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 647 at Sandborn. Having worn the loyal blue in Civil War days, he naturally finds a place in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to McClung Post, of which he is a past commander and quartermaster. Politically Mr. Jackson is an ardent supporter of the Republican party.
Mr. Jackson is a member of the Baptist Church, as was his wife during her lifetime."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In August 1862, Jeff Jackson became a member of Company C, 59th. Ind. Volunteer Inf. Reg. and was discharged May 30, 1864. His engagements were mainly in Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., Missionary Ridge, Tenn, & Dalton, Ga. His regiment then joined Sherman's troops in the famous march to the sea. He had seen so many of his fellow soldiers starve to death in southern prisons, that he had resolved that if he returned home safely after the war, he would marry the widow of one of those victims. Rebecca Corbin Guthrie turned out to be the widow.
Information came from the red book - THE CORBIN LINEAGE - printed August 1953, page 30.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jefferson Ganaway Jackson's paternal great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary Army.
Jefferson & Rebecca's Children-
Eliza A. Jackson - 1868-1871
Mary Margaret "Meg" Jackson Lind - 1869-1908
Wiley A. Jackson - 1871-1922
Amanda E. Jackson
Dr. John M. Jackson - 1881-1947
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
Susan Jackson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following article was found in, A History of Sullivan County Indiana, Volume II, by Thomas J. Wolfe, 1909. pg. 329 & 330.
"Jefferson Ganaway Jackson, one of the thoroughgoing farmers of Jefferson Township, Sullivan County and a veteran of the Civil War, is a native of the township in which he now lives, born there July 10, 1840.
Jefferson obtained his education at the commn schools and remained at home until he enlisted in the Federal army to suppress the Rebellion. In August, 1862, he became a member of Company C, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and was discharged May 30, 1864, after participating in the following engagements:
Corinth, Mississippi, Oct. 3, and 4, 1862; Haines Bluff, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Port Gibson, Mississippi, spring of 1863; Raymond Mills in the same spring; Jackson, Mississippi, Champion Hills and Vicksburg. He was also at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and at Dalton, Georgia. The regiment then joined Sherman on his famous March to the Sea. The last engagement in which Mr. Jackson took part was that of Greensboro, North Carolina. After his discharge he returned to his home in Sullivan County, where he remained until his marriage. In 1867 he purchased a farm of forty acres a mile and a half from where he now lives (1909). There he built a log house and went to housekeeping and was supremely happy in the new made home. He remained there until 1872, then bought eighty acres of his present farm two miles south of Pleasantville. Mr. Jackson retired from active work about 1900,having been highly successful in farming and stock raising. He has long since been identified with the Odd Fellows Order, belonging to Lodge No. 408 at Pleasantville, he being the oldest member in that lodge. He is past grand of his lodge, and prizes highly the associations of this fraternity. He is also now a Master Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 647 at Sandborn. Having worn the loyal blue in Civil War days, he naturally finds a place in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to McClung Post, of which he is a past commander and quartermaster. Politically Mr. Jackson is an ardent supporter of the Republican party.
Mr. Jackson is a member of the Baptist Church, as was his wife during her lifetime."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In August 1862, Jeff Jackson became a member of Company C, 59th. Ind. Volunteer Inf. Reg. and was discharged May 30, 1864. His engagements were mainly in Mississippi, Vicksburg, Miss., Missionary Ridge, Tenn, & Dalton, Ga. His regiment then joined Sherman's troops in the famous march to the sea. He had seen so many of his fellow soldiers starve to death in southern prisons, that he had resolved that if he returned home safely after the war, he would marry the widow of one of those victims. Rebecca Corbin Guthrie turned out to be the widow.
Information came from the red book - THE CORBIN LINEAGE - printed August 1953, page 30.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jefferson Ganaway Jackson's paternal great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary Army.
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