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Rh JACKSON, Henry, clergyman, b. in Providence, R. I., 16 June, 1798 ; d. near East Greenwich, R. I., 2 March, 1863. He was graduated at Brown in 1817, studied one term at Andover theological seminary, was ordained as the pastor of the 1st Baptist church of Charlestown. Mass., in 1822, labored there fourteen years, and founded the Charlestown female seminary. From 1837 till 1845 he was successively settled over churches in Hartford, Conn., and New Bedford, Mass., and from 1847 till his death was pastor of the Central Baptist church in Newport, R. I. He was a founder and trustee of Newton (Mass.) theological seminary, a member of the corporation of Brown, from which he received the degree of D. D. in 1845, and made bequests to both institutions. He published " Account of the Churches of Rhode Island " (Providence, 1854) and " Anniversary Discourse before the Central Baptist Church, Newport " (1854).

JACKSON, Howell Edmunds, jurist, b. in Paris, Tenn., 8 April, 1832. In 1840 he removed with his parents to Jackson, Tenn., was graduated at the West Tennessee college in 1848, and then passed two years in the University of Virginia. In 1856 he was graduated at the Lebanon law-school, and began practice at Jackson. In 1859 he re- moved to Memphis, and was twice appointed a judge of the state supreme court. He returned to Jackson in 1876, and was elected a representative in the legislature in 1880. He was elected U. S. senator from Tennessee for the term beginning 4 March, 1881, but resigned in 1886, and in March of that year was appointed by President Cleveland U. S. district judge for the western district of Tennessee. — His brother, William Hicks, soldier, b. in Paris, Tenn., 7 Oct., 1835, was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1856, and assigned to the mounted riflemen. He served at the cav- alry school, Carlisle, Pa., in 1856-'7, and after- ward, among other services, was engaged in a skirmish with the Kiowa Indians near Fort Craig, N. M., 7 Dec, 1857, in scouting in the Navajo country in 1859 and in the Comanche^ and Kiowa expedition in 1860. He resigned, 16 May, 1861, and entered the Confederate army. During the civil war he served in the southwest, fought against Grant at Vicksburg and Sherman at At- lanta, and attained the rank of brigadier-general. Since the war he has been mainly engaged in stock-raising, and is the proprietor of the Belle Meade stock farm, in the blue-grass region of Tennessee.

JACKSON, Isaac W., educator, b. in Cornwall, N. Y., in 1805 ; d. in Schenectady, N. Y., 28 July, 1877. He was graduated at Union college in 1826, and remained in that institution from that date, first as a tutor, and soon afterward as a professor. He was instrumental in developing the art of land- scape gardening and horticulture, and by means of his garden contributed largely to the introduc- tion, perfecting, and distribution of the choicest flowers. He was a successful educator, and the au- thor of " Elements of Conic Sections " (Albany, new ed., Schenectady, 1854), and a "Treatise on Optics " (Albany, new ed., Schenectady, 1854).

JACKSON, James, soldier, b. in Moreton- Hampstead, Devonshire, England, 21 Sept., 1757 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 16 March. 1806. He came to this country in 1772, and studied law in Savan- nah, Ga. He was active in repelling the British from Savannah in March, 1776, and commanded a company until the Florida expedition of Gen. Howe. He was made brigade-major of Georgia militia in 1778, and was wounded in the skirmish at Midway, Ga., in which Gen. James Screven was killed. He took part in the defence of Savannah, and when it was captured, 29 Dec, 1778, he fled to South Carolina, where he joined Gen. Moultrie. His appearance was so wretched while in his flight that he was arrested by a party of Whigs, tried and condemned as a spy, and was about to be exe- cuted when a reputable citizen of Georgia, who knew him, identi- fied and saved him. In March, 1780, he fought a duel with Lieut. * Gov. Wells, and killed his antagonist, but was wounded. He joined Col. Elijah Clark in August, 1780, was volunteer aide to Sumter at Blackstocks, and in 1781 was brigade- major to Gen. Pick- ens, sharing in the victory of the Cow- pens. At the battle of Long Cane, when Col. Clark was dis- abled, Jackson saved his company from dispersion, was at the siege of Augusta, and left in charge of the garrison after the expulsion of the British. He next com- manded a legionary corps, with which he did ex- cellent service. At the close of the war the as- sembly of the state of Georgia presented him with a house and lot in Savannah. He engaged suc- cessfully in the practice of law, was made a briga- dier-general in 1786, and was elected governor of Georgia in 1788, but declined to serve, pleading youth and inexperience. He was a member of the convention that adopted the first constitution of Georgia, and was elected a representative in the 1st congress, serving from 20 April, 1789, till 3 March, 1791. He was afterward chosen U. S. sena- tor from Georgia, and served from 2 Dec. 1793, till 1795, when he resigned. He was governor of Georgia in 1798-1801, and was again elected a senator, serving from 7 Dec, 1801, till his death. While in congress he strongly opposed the bill for the suppression of the slave-trade. — His brother, Henry, educator, b. in Moreton-Hampstead, Devonshire, England. 7 July, 1778; d. near Athens, Ga., 26 April, 1840, came to the United States at the age of twelve, and was educated by James. He was graduated in the Medical college of Philadelphia, and in 1811 was appointed professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Georgia. He filled this chair until his appointment in 1814 as secretary of legation in France, and on the return of the U. S. minister, William H. Crawford, remained as charge d'affaires until 1817. After his return he resumed his duties as professor, and continued to discharge them till 1828, when he retired. He was admired for his talents, and esteemed for his virtues and amiable qualities. — Henry's son, Henry Rootes, soldier, b. in Athens, Ga., 24 June, 1820, was graduated at Yale in 1839. He was admitted to the bar of Georgia in 1840, appointed U. S. district attorney for the state in 1843, and was colonel of a Georgia regiment in the Mexican war. In 1848-'9 he was editor and part owner of the Savannah " Georgian." He was judge of the superior court of Georgia from December, 1849, till the summer of 1853, when he resigned to become U.S. charge d'affaires at the court of Austria, and was minister resident there from the summer of 1854