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Born 1872
From Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905)
JOHN ALBERT JACKSON.
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It was upon the old homestead that Mr. Jackson was reared, and in the public schools of Hurontownship he pursued his education, his parents having removed from Union to Huron township during his infancy. He was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that devolve upon the agriculturist. About i8f;5 he purchased twenty acres of land on Section 16, Huron township, from J. E. Anderson; and in ipo he bought forty acres more, on Section 16, from Mrs. Peter Johnson. He lives, however, in a house erected on the eighty-acre tract of land belonging to his father, on Section 10, Huron township, there being no buildings upon his own forty-acre tract. He carries on general farming, his fields being well tilled, and to the further cultivation and development of his property he devotes his energies year by year, imlil he has now accumulated a comfortable competence and is classed with the substantial young agriculturists of his community. He has good stock upon his place, now raising about ten head of cattle and forty head of hogs each year, and he also raises some horses.
On Oct. 19, 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Jackson and Miss Ellen Jackson, a daughter of Alfred and Christina Jackson. She was born in Huron township, and they now have two children: Plummie, born Sept, 24, 1899; and Mildred, born Dec. 12, 1900.
Mr. Jackson is recognized as one of the leading representatives of the Republican party in his locality. In 1902 he was elected constable in his township, but would not serve. The following year, however, he was elected trustee, and is now filling that office, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity. He is always true to every trust reposed in him, and is known among his friends and neighbors as an honorable, upright man. Both he and his wife are members of the Swedish Lutheran church, and are loyal to its faith and teachings.
As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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