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Connecticut to tli' twenty -third con|j;re88 to till a vacancy, lie died in Littletown, Conn. Jackson, Edmund, hank* ). Ilniincicr, wa8 born May 3, 1853, in lieniitiulaer, 24. Y. Ue has been president of the first national bank rt'prt'Hcntiitivc

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city. Ue was a Hcbool direvtur lor luauy yeara; secretary-treasurer of the Aaaoelated

He is now sutratprnitif's nf Atiiprira. preme secretary ol the mystic workers of the worl<l; president of the at«t«ociated fraternities of America; a memlier of the statc board of rijuali/atiuii

Illinois.

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w i^ tJdslien, Pa. In 1900 be was p]ithalmolu;:i^t to the Arapalioe county hospital of Denver, Col. He irt the author of Eaaentiala of Diseases of the

Edward, surgeon, author,

jAClcson,

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Eye; and Manual of Diseases of the Eye. Jackson, Edward B., physician, congress-

man, was born iu Harrison county, Va. Ue practiced medicine in CUirlcflburg, Va. In isi!i 2ri lie was a repre-fiilal i r from Virginia to the sixteenth and tteveiiteeatb con-

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died Sept. 8, 1820, in Chirks*

burg. Va.

Jackson, Edward Payson, educator, auwas born March 15, 1840, in Turkey. He was an (-(hxator of Boston; and master in the latin •mIiooI. He wa» the author of Matheinatic Ceo^rraphv; also A Demigod, a thor,

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Mass. Jackson, Elibu Emory, menhant, legislator, 20vcrnor, was born Nov. 3, 1837, in Wicomiio county, Md. In lH.'>!(-<)3 lie conducted a country store at Delmar, Md., and in 1863 became cngagi>d in the lumber business, resiiliny at Salishiiry. Md. He opened branchen of hia lumber business at Baltimore and at Washington. D.C. In 1882-83

treatises

on

I.afin

Syntax; and Horatian

.Metre. He died April 4, 1901, in Overbroc^, Pa. Jackson, Frank Dar, insurance president, governor, was born Jan. 26, 18o4, iu Arcade, N.Y. He was educated at the Iowa state agricultural collef^e and in 1S74 ^'raduated from the law department of the Iowa state university. In 1882-84 he was secretary of tile Iiiwa -tatr ^.-nafe; anri was secretary of the stale ol lovwi for three terms. In 1804-00 he was governor of lowa. He la now president of a life insuraBoe company at l)es Moines, lowa. Jackson, Frank Watterson, educator, was horn .June 6, 1874, in Ohio Pyle, Pa. Ue grailuated from the Mount Pleasant institute of Pennsylvania, and received the tliree-lnindrid dollar cash prize for the best preparation for college. He then attended |tn< kn< l! university and the university of Chicago. He fills the chair of Greek in the Mount Pleasant institute; and contributes extensively to Current literature.

Jaektoa* Gahrielle Emilie, litterateur, auwas born (Vt. 13. IHtil, in New York SIff is the author of Denise and Ned Jackson, George, congressman, was born

thor, City.

in Virginia. In 1705-07 and 1700-1803 he ua-^ a repi oetitative from 'irginia to the

fourth, sixth and seventh congresses as a democrat. Jackson, George A., mine: .li-< nvi n r. Tn 18.'»S he start<M| uu a prospecting expedition that resulted in the discovery of gold in

Clear Creek. Colo. In 19W a monument was erected to his nu'uiury in Idaho Springs,

CoL Jackson,

George

Anson,

was born

brarian, author,

r1er<,'yTnan,

.March

17,

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1846,

North Adams, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of .Swampacott, Mass.; and in 1807 became librarian of General in

• ua- a itK iiilx of the Maryland state legislature; and in 1884-88 wus a member of the state senate. In 1888-02 be was governor »jf Maryland: and in 1S0."» was again elected to the state senate. He died Dec. 27, 1007, in Salisbury, Md.

thetdo^rjcal library of Uoston, Mass. He is the author of The .Son of a Prophet, an historical novel; Apostolic Fathers; Fiathers of the Seeond Century; Post-Nieene Greek

Jackson, Emily, was horn in Tennessee, .She prcHided in the white house during the administration of President Jackson, who

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Fathers; and Post-Niceue Latin Fathers, four worka which form a series of early literature [irimers.

Jackson, George Henry, surgeon, diplomat, was horn on Feb. 28, 1863, in Natick, .Mass. He was educated at ('(dgafe imiversity; and lias received the degretn of S.T.B., ..M. and M.D. He has been surgeon to tile Ihliiium gov«'rnment in nitfr,, frw state; .merican consul at Cognac; and has

Jackson, Francis, reformer, author, was Isjrn .March 7, 178S). in Newton. Mass. He was a prominent reformer: was presiilent of the Anti-fSlaverv swietv in lU)ston, Mass. He is the auttior of a History of Newton, Mass. He died Nov. 14. 1861, in Boston,

various other positions of trust and honor. Simv 1807 he has been in the Cnited States consular service; and is now consul

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Jackson, Francis Aristide, educator, auMarch 28, 1830, in North-

thor, wss born innln r!a 11(1, Pa.

In H.'>'i was appointe a noted dermatologist of New York City. He is the author of Diseases of the Hair and Scalp: Baldness; and Handtlior.

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Jackson, George Washington, neer, builder,

was bom July

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