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Jackson, Henry Rootes

soldier, lawyer, was born June 24, 1820, in Athens, Ga. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of brigadier-general.

He was confederate judge for Georgia in 1861; and United States minister to Mexico in 1885 and 1887.

Jackson, Hugh

lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 2, 1851, in Chambers county, Tex. He is a successful lawyer of Beaumont, Tex.; and was elected a member of the Texas state legislature in 1897.

Jackson, Isaac W

educator, author, was born in 1805, in New York. He was an educator who was professor of mathematics in Union college from 1826.

He was the author of Elements of Conic Sections; and Treatise on Optics. He died July 28, 1877, in Schenectady, N. Y.

Jackson, J. Henry

physician, surgeon, educator, legislator, was born April 19, 1844, in Canada. Since 1882 he has been professor of physiology in the medical department in the university of Vermont.

He is a successful physician and surgeon of Barre, Vt.; and was a representative in the Vermont state legislature in 1878; was United States examining surgeon for pensions in 1884-88, and in 1892-96; and in 1896 was the democratic candidate for governor of the state of Vermont.

Jackson, Jabez

congressman, was. born in Georgia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1836 to 1839.

Jackson, Jacob B

lawyer, governor, was born April 6, 1829, in Parkersburg, Va. He was commonwealth attorney for the county of Pleasants, and from 1871 to 1877 held the same position in the county of Wood. He was a member of the house of delegates of West Virginia during the years 1875 and 1876; and in 1880 was elected governor of West Virginia for the term of four years from 1881.

Jackson, James

physician, educator, author, was born Oct. 3, 1777, in Newburyport, Mass. He was the first physician of the Massachusetts general hospital at Boston, and professor of medicine at Harvard university from 1810 until his death. He was the author of On the Brunonian System; Medical Effects of Dentition; Syllabus of Lectures; Text- Book of Lectures; and Letters to a Young Physician. He died Aug. 27, 1863, in Boston, Mass.

Jackson, James Caleb

physician,. author, was born in 1811, in Manlius, N.

Y. He is the founder of a popular hydropathic institution at Dansville, and the author of Hints on the Reproductive Organs; Consumption; Tobacco and Its Effect; How to Treat the Sick without Medicine; Dancing, its Evils and Benefits; American Womanhood; Training of Children; Debilities of Our Boys; Christ as a Physician; and Morning Watches.

Jackson, James Streshley

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1823, in Fayette county, Ky. He served in the Mexican war as a captain of volunteers. In 1861 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-seventh congress. While the rebellion was progressing he recruited a regiment of Kentucky cavalry, and was subsequently appointed a brigadier-general. He was killed Oct. 8, 1862, in the battle of Perryville, Ky.

Jackson, James W

railroad president, was born June 24, 1856, in Augusta, Ga. Since 1893 he has been president of the Augusta Southern railroad.

Jackson, John Adams

sculptor, was born Nov. 5, 1825, in Bath, Maine.

His ideal productions are noted for their anatomical accuracy and graceful treatment. These include Eve and the Dead Abel; Autumn; Cupid Stringing his Bow; Titania and Nick Bottom; The Culprit Fay (many times repeated); Dawn (repeated); Peace; Cupid on a Swan; and The Morning Glory. He died Aug. 30, 1879, in Tuscany.