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Pvt Oliver P. Jackson

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Pvt Oliver P. Jackson

Birth
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
14 Mar 1876 (aged 56–57)
Stanton, Miami County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Stanton, Miami County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Oliver was the first born of Thomas & Cynthia Jackson, his Grandparents were Curtis & Ruth Beals Jackson. He is a descedant of the Samuel Jackson family of NC. The family moved to Hamilton Co. IN c 1850. Oliver married Mary Lowe and they had a daughter Martha. Mary died in 1855. In Nov. 1855, Oliver moved to Lykins Co, now Miami Co. Ks., along with his parents and three brothers, Harvey,Robert E., and Martin V.B. He then remarried Magaret Whitson in 1858, and had son William.
On the Aug 22, 1862, Oliver enlisted in the 12th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. While in the line of duty he was exposed to disease of the back and spine which resulted in chronic lung problems. He returned home Stanton Ks, but tradgedy soon befell him, his wife, Margaret, along with his daughter Martha and son William died in 1868. He re-married Anthusa L. Carey on Nov 24, 1868. They had two children, Clarence, b. Oct 10, 1869, and Luticia A., b. May 11, 1873. Oliver finally succumbed to his health issues on Mar 14, 1876 and is buried in Stanton Cemetery.

Prnts - Thomas & Cynthia Charles Jackson
GPrnts - Curtis & Ruth Beals Jackson
GrGprnts- Samuel & Catherine Plankinhorn Jackson

Bio by JRL - Oct 19, 2012

Info from " A Brief Genealogy of Samuel Jackson and his Descendants " by Lucille Vernon, ed. by Bob Jackson, 2008
Oliver was the first born of Thomas & Cynthia Jackson, his Grandparents were Curtis & Ruth Beals Jackson. He is a descedant of the Samuel Jackson family of NC. The family moved to Hamilton Co. IN c 1850. Oliver married Mary Lowe and they had a daughter Martha. Mary died in 1855. In Nov. 1855, Oliver moved to Lykins Co, now Miami Co. Ks., along with his parents and three brothers, Harvey,Robert E., and Martin V.B. He then remarried Magaret Whitson in 1858, and had son William.
On the Aug 22, 1862, Oliver enlisted in the 12th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. While in the line of duty he was exposed to disease of the back and spine which resulted in chronic lung problems. He returned home Stanton Ks, but tradgedy soon befell him, his wife, Margaret, along with his daughter Martha and son William died in 1868. He re-married Anthusa L. Carey on Nov 24, 1868. They had two children, Clarence, b. Oct 10, 1869, and Luticia A., b. May 11, 1873. Oliver finally succumbed to his health issues on Mar 14, 1876 and is buried in Stanton Cemetery.

Prnts - Thomas & Cynthia Charles Jackson
GPrnts - Curtis & Ruth Beals Jackson
GrGprnts- Samuel & Catherine Plankinhorn Jackson

Bio by JRL - Oct 19, 2012

Info from " A Brief Genealogy of Samuel Jackson and his Descendants " by Lucille Vernon, ed. by Bob Jackson, 2008


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