Jackson, James Streshley – Jacobi, Abraham
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.
Jackson, John George
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1774, in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1795 to 1797, from 1799 to 1810, and again from 1813 to 1817. He died March 29, 1825, in Clarksburg, Va.
Jackson, John J
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 4, 1824, in Parkersburg, Va. He was prosecuting attorney for the county of Wirt, Va., from 1848 to 1854; and held the same position in the county of Ritcnie from 1850 to 1852. In 1851 he was elected a representative in the legislature of Virginia for a term of two years; and was re-elected in 1853. In 1861 he was appointed judge of the United States district court for the western district of Virginia, now the district of West Virginia.
Jackson, John J
JR., lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. In 1861 he was appointed United States judge for the district of West Virginia, residing at Parkersburg.
Jackson, John King
soldier, lawyer, was born Feb. 8, 1828, in Augusta, Ga. He practiced law till the beginning of the civil war. He then raised the first Georgia infantry and the Augusta volunteer battalion for the confederate army, was made colonel of the fifth Georgia regiment in 1861, and subsequently brigadier-general. He died Feb. 27, 1866, in Milledgeville, Ga.
Jackson, Jonathan
congressman, was born June 4, 1743, in Boston, Mass.
He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1782; United States marshal from 1789 to 1791; treasurer of Massachusetts from 1802 to 1806; and was treasurer of Harvard college from 1807 until his death.
He died March 5, 1810, in Boston, Mass.
Jackson, Joseph Cooke
soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 5, 1835, in Newark, N. J. He was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1865. At the close of his term of service he was appointed by the war department a commissioner of the United States naval credits. In 1870 he was appointed assistant district attorney for the southern district of New York.
Jackson, Joseph W
state legislator, congressman. He was frequently a member of the city council of Savannah; and served a number of years in the state legislature. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1850 to 1853. He died Dec. 28, 1854, in Savannah, Ga.
Jackson, Mercy Bisbee
physician, was born Sept. 17, 1802, in Hardwick, Mass. She was one of the pioneers in all the reforms of female education, proving by example that woman's sphere can be complete, and yet rounded out beyond the limits of housekeeping. She died Dec. 13, 1877, in Boston, Mass.
Jackson, Michael
soldier, was born Dec. 18, 1734, in Newton, Mass. He was colonel of the eighth Massachusetts regiment of the continental line from January, 1777, till the close of the war.
He died April 10, 1801, in Newton, Mass.
Jackson, Nathaniel James
soldier, was born about 1825, in Newburyport, Mass. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862; and served through the campaigns of Mc- Clellan and Pope in Virginia, being wounded at Gaines's Mills.
Jackson, Oscar L
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1840, in Lawrence county, Pa. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1865, entering as captain, and receiving the promotions of major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel by brevet. He was district attorney from 1868 to 1871; was county solicitor from 1874 to 1880; and was a member of the commission to codify laws and devise a plan for the government of cities of Pennsylvania in 1877 and 1878. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.
Jackson, Richard
JR., merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1764. He was a member of congress from Rhode Island from 1808 to 1815. He died April 18, 1838, in Providence, R. I.
Jackson, Robert Montgomery Smith
physician, author, was born April 20, 1815, in Alexandria, Pa. He was medical inspector of the twenty-third army corps, and acting medical director of the department of the Ohio. He published a work entitled The Mountain. He died Jan. 28, 1865, in. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Jackson, Samuel
physician, educator, author, was born March 22, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed professor of the institute of medicine in the university of Pennsylvania, and held this office from 1835 till 1863, when he resigned, and was afterward emeritus professor till his death. He was the author or Principles of Medicine; Discourse Commemorative of Professor Nathaniel Chapman; and Medical Essays. He died April 4, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Jackson, Samuel Mccartney
soldier, manufacturer, state senator, was born Sept. 24, 1833, in Armstrong county, Pa. He served through the civil war, and for gallant and meritorious services received the rank of brigadier-general. He was a member of the lower house of the legislature from Armstrong county, Pa.; was elected to the state senate in 1875; and in 1893 elected state treasurer.
Jackson, Sheldon
missionary, author, was born May 16, 1834, in Minaville, N. Y. He is a presbyterian missionary, and government general agent of education in Alaska since 1885. He is the author of Alaska and Missions on the North Pacific Coast; and Education in Alaska.
Jackson, Thomas B
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1841; and was also for three years a member of the assembly of New York.
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.
Y.
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.
Jacobi, Abraham
physician, author, was born May 6, 1810, in Germany. He is a New York city physician; professor in the college of Physicians since 1870, and the author of Dentition and Its Derangements; Infant Hygiene; Diphtheria; Pathology of the Thymus Gland; Therapeutics of Infancy and Childhood.