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Jackson, Thomas Edward

merchant, was born July 9, 1852, in Tampa, Fla. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools of his native city, and subsequently graduated from St. John's college of Fordham, N.

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He is a successful merchant of Tampa, Fla.; has been a member of the city council for several terms; served twice as mayor; for four terms was treasurer of Hillsborough county; and is now in the United States customs service.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan

soldier, was born Jan. 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, W. Va. Stonewall Jackson was a noted general of the confederate army during the civil war.

He died of a wound received by mistake from his own forces during the battle of Chancellorsville, May 10, 1863. The advantages which the confederates gained in that battle were dearly purchased by the loss of their noble leader, whose death was sintheir noble leader, cerely mourned.

Jackson, W. T

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 29, 1794, in Chester, N. Y. He was a justice of the peace several years in Havana, N. Y.; held the office of county judge four years; and in 1848 was elected a representative in congress, and served one term.

Jackson, William

railroad builder, banker, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1783, in Newton, Mass. He was a member of the state legislature from 1829 to 1832; from 1834 to 1837, and from 1841 to 1843 was a representative in congress from that state; and at the time of his death was president of the Newton bank. He died Feb. 27, 1855, in Newton, Mass.

Jackson, William Hicks

soldier, was born Oct. 7, 1836, in Paris, Tenn. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general in the confederate service. Since the war he has occupied himself largely and successfully in stock-raising, and is in co-partnership with Richard Croker, the owner of the extensive Belle Meade stock farm in the blue grass region of Tennessee.

Jackson, William Lowther

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 3, 1825, in Clarksburg, Va. He served as commonwealth's attorney; was twice in the Virginia house of delegates; twice second auditor and superintendent. of the state library fund; once lieutenant-governor; and was elected judge of the nineteenth judicial district of the state in 1860. In 1861 he entered the confederate army in command of the thirtyfirst Virginia regiment, and became a brigadier-general. He died March 26, 1890, in Louisville, Ky.

Jacob, John J

lawyer, governor, was born Dec. 9, 1829, in Hampshire county, Va. He was for several years connected with the state university of Missouri; and was a member of the West. Virginia legislature in 1869. In 1870 he was elected governor nor of West Virginia for two years; and was re-elected for the term of four years, beginning with 1873.

Jacob, Richard Taylor

soldier, lieutenant-governor, was born March 13, 1825, in Oldham county, Ky. He filled the office of lieutenant-governor of Kentucky during 1863-67; and acting at one time as governor.

Jacobs, Ferris

JR., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 30, 1836, in Delhi, N. Y. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1865, rising from the rank of captain to that of colonel and brevet brigadier-general. He was elected district attorney in 1865, and was reelected, and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh congress as a republican. He died Aug. 31, 1881, in White Plains, N. Y.

Jacobs, George

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 24, 1834, in Kingstown, Jamaica. He came to the United States in 1854, and in 1869 he was called to the pastorate of a Philadelphia synagogue.

He wrote several Sunday-school books, and was a frequent contributor to the Jewish press.