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Jackson, Ebenezer – Jackson, Henry

Jackson, Ebenezer

JR., congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1834 to 1835, to fill a vacancy.

Jackson, Edward B

congressman, was born in Harrison county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1820 to 1823, to fill a vacancy. He died Sept. 8, 1826.

Jackson, Edward Payson

educator, author, was born March 15, 1840, in Turkey. He is an educator of Boston, and master in the Latin school from 1877.

He is the author of Mathematic Geography; A Demigod, a novel; The Earth in Space; and Character Building.

Jackson, Elihu E

governor, was born Nov. 3, 1837, in Wicomico county, Md. In 1887 he was elected governor of Maryland. nessee.

Jackson, Emily

was born in Tennessee. She presided in the white house during the administration of President Jackson, who always spoke of her as my daughter. She died in December, 1836, in Tennessee.

Jackson, Francis

reformer, author, was born March 7, 1789, in Newton, Mass. He was a prominent reformer who was president of the Anti-Slavery society for many years, and published a History of Newton, Mass. He died Nov. 14, 1861, in Boston, Mass.

Jackson, Frank Watterson

educator, was born June 6, 1874, in Ohio Pyle, Pa. He graduated from the Mount Pleasant institute of Pennsylvania, and received the three-hundred-dollar cash prize for the best preparation for college.

He then attended Bucknell university and the university of Chicago. He fills the chair of Greek in the Mount Pleasant institute; and contributes extensively to current literature.

Jackson, George Anson

clergyman, author, was born in 1846, in Massachusetts. He is a congregational clergyman of Swampscott, Mass., and the author of The Son of a Prophet, an historical novel; Apostolic Fathers; Fathers of the Second Century; Post-Nicene Greek Fathers; and Post-Nicene Latin Fathers, four works which form a series of early Christian literature primers.

Jackson, George Thomas

dermatologist, author, was born in 1852, in New York. He is a noted dermatologist of New York city, and the author of Diseases of the Hair and Scalp; Baldness; and Handbook of Diseases of the Skin.

Jackson, Henry

soldier, was born in October, 1747, in Boston, Mass. He commanded the fourth Massachusetts regiment, and was major-general of Massachusetts militia from 1772 till 1796. He died Jan. 4, 1809, in Boston, Mass.

Jackson, Henry

educator, public official, was born in 1778, in England. He was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the university of Georgia from 1811 to 1814, and from 1817 to 1828.

He was secretary of legation to France under William H. Crawford, minister; and on his return, and the appointment of Gallatin to France, he remained in the legation as charge d'affaires until 1817.

He died April 26, 1840, near Athens, Ga.

Jackson, Henry

clergyman, author, was born June 16, 1798, in Providence, R.

I. He was a founder and trustee of Newton (Mass.) Theological seminary. He published Account of the Churches of Rhode Island; and Anniversary Discourse before the Central Baptist Church, Newport. He died March 2, 1863, in East Greenwich, R. I.