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JACKSON

JACKSON, (ieorge Anson, clergyman, was born in Nuitli Adams, Mass., March 17, 1846; son of Jerome B. and Lydia A. (Ward) Jackson; grandson of Samuel and Anna (Brown) Jackson, of Fairfield, N.Y., and of Daniel and Lydia (Grover) Ward, and a descendant of Tlieophilus Jackson, a member of the committee of safety of King's District, N.Y., in 1775, who came from Rhode Island, his ancestors coming from the " English Pale "; of William Ward, born in Eng- land in 1597. and settled in Newton, Mass., in 163-. and of Chad Brown (q.v.). He was grad- uated from Yale, Ph.B., 1868, A.M., 1887, and from Andover Theological seminary in 1871, and was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Sept. 26, 1873. He was pastor at Leavenworth, Kan., 1872-73; Globe Village, Mass., 187-1-78; and Swampscott, Mass., 1878-97, and in 1897 was elected librarian of the General Theological li- brary, Boston, Mass. He was married in 1871 to Belle Donald, of Andover, Mass, He was elected member of the American Historical association and of the New England Historic Genealogical society. He is the author of: The Apostolic Fathers and the Apologists of the Second Century (1879); The Fathers of the Third Century (1881); The Post-Xicene Greek Fathers (ISS'S); The Post- Nicent Latin Fathers (1883); The Son of a Prophet, historical fiction (1894); The New Creed Cate- chism (1885), and various contributions to periodicals.

JACKSON, George Edwards, educator, was born in Newton, Mass., Nov. 5, 1828; son of Ephraim and Beulah (Murdock) Jackson; grand- son of Edwai'd and Abigail (Smitli) Jackson and of Samuel and Beulah (Fuller) Murdock; and a descendant of Edward Jackson, who emigrated from London, England, in 1643, settled in Cam- bridge, Mass., and represented that town in the general court, 1647-63; and of Robert Murdock, who emigrated from Scotland in 1688 and settled in Plymouth, Mass. He attended a private school at Newton Centre, Mass., and Pliillips academy at Andover, Mass., and was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1852, A.M., 1855. He was instructor in ancient languages at Alexandria, Va., 1853-55; professor of mathematics at La Grange Female college, Tenn., 1858-59; assistant at the New Haven high scliool, 1859-64; professor of ancient languages at the City university, St. Louis, 1865- 68. and became professor of Latin at Wasliington university, St. Louis, Mo., in 1868. He was elected a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1860; the New Haven Philo- logical society in 1861; the American Pliilological association in 1883, and of the Archseological Insti- tuteof America in 1897. He was married, Aug. 15, 1860, to Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John and Almira (King) Fisher, of Cambridge, N.Y.,

and their son, Edward Fisher Jackson, A.B., E.M., A.M., Washington university, Mo., 1883, became head instructor in Latin at Smitli acad- emy, St. Louis, Mo.

JACKSON, Giles, soldier, was born in AVeston, "Mass., Jan. 37, 1733; son of Deacon John and Mary (Chadwick) Jackson, and grandson of Julin Jackson, an innholder of Cambridge, Mass., 1672- 95, whose ancestors came over in the Defence in 1635. He was a member of the first Continental congress, that convened first at Stockbridge, Mass., and then at Watertown, Mass., in 1774. He served at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and his regiment wms the first to enter Boston after the evacuation by the British, March 17, 1776. He served at White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776: as chief of staff to General Gates at the battle of Saratoga, Oct. 16, 1777, and was at Monmouth, June 28, 1778, where he received commendation for his brave stand. He engrossed the articles of Burgoyne's surrender. He was married first in 1754, to Anna Thomas, of Farm- ington. Conn., by whom lie had fifteen children, and secondl\', in 1781, to Sarah (Atwood) Orton, widow of Dr. Thomas Orton, who already had five children and one step-child. By her lie had five children, making twenty-six children and step-children, living under one roof at the same time. He died at Tyringham.:Mass.,:May 10, 1810.

JACKSON, Helen flaria Fiske (Hunt), author, was born in Amlierst, Mass., Oct. 18, 1831; daughter of Prof. Nathan Welby Fiske, of Am- herst college. She was educated at Ipswich Female seminary and at the school of John S. C. Abbott, in New Y^'ork city. She was married, on Oct. 28, 1852, to Capt. Edward B. Hunt, U.S.A. Her husband died in October, 1863, and she continued tore- side in Newport, R.I., and contributed to the periodicals, sign- ing her articles " H. H." Her two chil- dren died young, and the death of the last was the incident that led to the writing of her first well-known poem. •' Left Over," in 1865. Slie spent a year (1869-70) in Germany and Italy, and on the failure of her healtli in 1875 she visited Colorado, and on Oct. 22, 1875, she was married to William S. Jackson, a banker of Colorado Springs and a member of the Society of Friends. In her journeys in the country around her home she became acquainted with

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