of Orleans County, New York · documented from the public record
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Mark S. Jackson b. 1859
parentsSpencer Jackson
Mark S. Jackson⚭ Addie Cooley
childrenInez M. Jackson · Laura C. Jackson
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What the record says
Biographical record of Linn County, Iowa.
Born Jan 28, 1859 in Orleans County, NY.
Came to Cedar Rapids as a boy of ten (c.1869) and resided there over 30 years, home at 1413 B Avenue.
Son of Spencer Jackson.
Paternal grandfather James Jackson, born near Syracuse, NY, of English parentage.
Sewer/public-works contractor, laid ~35 miles of sewer in Cedar Rapids.
Earlier worked on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR construction in Mexico and New Mexico, returned home 1882.
Married in Cedar Rapids Aug 26, 1884.
Jacksonian Democrat, served briefly as alderman, Knight Templar Mason, Mystic Shrine, Foresters, Elks (exalted ruler).
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