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From Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri (1910), The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
JOSEPH JACKSON, banker. Among the pioneers of Nodaway County and one who took an active part in its early development was Mr. John Jackson. He was a native of Ohio, and came to Missouri in the spring of 1843, locating in Platte County. In the autumn of the same year, with his family, including the subject of this sketch, he came to Nodaway County, locating one and a-half miles north of Maryville, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, being looked upon as one of Nodaway's sterling citizens until the time of his demise, which occurred in January, 1875. His wife, Harriet Jackson, now well advanced in years, is still a resident on the old homestead. They reared a family of eight children, five daughters and three sons, Joseph being the oldest of the sons. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 20, 1842, and was there raised to manhood, attending school for a time in Ohio. His early days were spent in tilling the soil of Nodaway County. In 1861 Mr. Jackson was among the first to tender his services to the Union cause by enlisting in the state militia, and in 1863 he joined Company F of the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry. He participated in many of the stirring events of the war; was twice wounded, being deprived of one of his lower limbs from the effect of a musket ball, at the memorable battle of Nashville. Being unfitted for field duty, his time was occupied in attending to the wants of the hospital sufferers. He served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to Nodaway County in 1865, he was appointed county clerk, to fill an unexpired term. The same autumn he was elected to the office, and in 1866 re-elected, again in 1870 and also in 1874, serving until 1879, when he turned his entire attention to the banking business, having become interested in this branch in 1873. As an official Mr. J. discharged the duties of his trust with fidelity and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He is a close observer and a good financier. In the business as well as the domestic circle, he is to be found one of the most genial and companionable of men. Besides his banking business in Maryville, he is largely interested in the Valley Bank at Clarinda, Iowa. In his religious preferences he is a Presbyterian, and politically he has been a life long Republican. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1866 Miss Amanda Broyls, of Nodaway County, became his wife. They have four daughters: Lola, Mary, Laura and Nellie.
As printed in The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JOSEPH JACKSON.
Energy, sound judgment and persistency of effort, properly applied, will always win the goal sought in the sphere of human endeavor, no matter what the environment may be or what obstacles are met with, for they who are endowed with such characteristics make stepping-stones of their adversities to higher things. These reflections are suggested by the career of Joseph Jackson, who has forged his way to the front, unaided and stands today among the representative men of Nodaway county, and as president of the First National Bank of Maryville he fields a potent influence in the financial circles of this locality.
Mr. Jackson was born near Smithfield, Jefferson county, Ohio, September 20, 1842, and is the son of John and Harriet (Dunn) Jackson, an old and well established Ohio family. John Jackson was born October 10, 1810, near Smithfield. the son of John and Rachael (Orr) Jackson. John Jackson, Jr., worked on a farm until he came to Missouri, locating at New Market, Platte county, in the spring of 1843. the fall of that year he came to Nodaway county, buying three hundred and twenty acres in Polk township, and entered eighty acres from the government. Here he improved a good farm and lived until his death, which occurred January 27, 1875, highly honored by all who knew him. He was Nodaway county’s first treasurer, having been elected to that office three times, serving six years. He was a Democrat and a Presbyterian. He married, in 1840, Harriet Dunn, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Colvin) Dunn, natives of Pennsylvania. To this union eight children were born, three sons and five daughters. The mother passed to her rest on July 9, 1892; she was a woman of beautiful attributes and, like her husband, enjoyed a wide friend ship.
Joseph Jackson was educated in the Maryville schools. In October, 1861, he joined Kimble’s regiment, as sergeant of Company F, for state service, and remained with the same for six months or until the regiment disbanded. He then enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Regiment Missouri State Militia, as second lieutenant of Company F, and in this he served a year and six months. This regiment did not see any field service. After it was disbanded, Mr. Jackson gave further evidence of his patriotism by enlisting on October 3, 1863, in the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry, volunteer, as first sergeant of Company F. This regiment was attached to Brigadier- General Hatche’s brigade of General Wilson’s cavalry command, which joined General Thomas’ army at Gravel Springs, Alabama, as the army was coming west from Atlanta, Georgia. After this Mr. Jackson saw some hard service in campaign and battle, such as on the bloody field of Franklin, Tennessee, under General Schofield, who was at that time in command of Thomas' army. Later he met with a severe accident, his right leg being shot off eight inches below the knee, during a charge on a Confederate battery, at the battle of Nashville, on the third day, near Spring Hill. He was taken back to Franklin and placed in the hospital, which was an old church, in which were men from both armies, among the wounded; this was on December 18, 1864. On January 20, 1865, he was removed and taken to the hospital at Nashville, where he remained until April 4th, following, then was sent to a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, having been there when Lincoln was assassinated. Then he was sent to St. Louis. Besides his wounded leg, he was also recovering from a severe wound in the right arm, received in the same battle. But notwithstanding these afflictions he never regretted his service to his country. Mr. Jackson was mustered out and honorably discharged on July 2, 1865. Returning home, Mr. Jackson was appointed county clerk by the county court. Dr. B. G. Ford, county clerk, resigning in his favor, and at a special election in the fall of 1865, he was elected county clerk. He discharged his duties so faithfully that he was retained in this office for a period of thirteen and one-half years. Turning his attention to banking, in 1873 he purchased a one-third interest in the Fisher & French Bank and it was re-organized as Fisher, Jackson & Company. In 1877 J. C. Terhune and Mr. Jackson bought Mr. Fisher’s interest, and under the subsecjuent re-organization it was known as the Farmers Bank, with a capitalization of fifty thousand dollars. In June, 1884, this bank was merged into the First National Bank, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. In 1886 Mr. Terhune sold his interest to some St. Joseph bankers, and in 1904 Mr. Jackson bought their stock, being then in full control. Joseph Jackson, Jr., having secured stock at this time, became cashier, which position he still very worthily holds, the elder Jackson being president.
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On April 29, 1866, Mr. Jackson married Amanda Broyles, daughter of William W. and Sarah Broyles, natives of Tennessee, from which state they migrated to Missouri, and came to Nodaway county as early as 1845. Mrs. Jackson was born in Andrew county, this state, December 9, 1847. This union resulted in the birth of six children, one dying in infancy, named as follows. Lola C. is the wife of J. F. Colby, of Maryville; Laura is the wife of Miles Saunders, of Pueblo, Colorado; Mary is the wife of Paul Ream, of Kansas City, Missouri; Nellie is the wife of George E. Alexander, of Denver, Colorado; Joseph, Jr.
Mr. Jackson is a Republican in politics and he belongs to the Presbyterian church. Public-spirited and liberal, he has ever been in the forefront of all plans for improvement and the betterment of Maryville and Nodaway county, where he is widely known and esteemed for his life of industry, public service, honesty and integrity of purpose.
As printed in Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: John Jackson
Their biographies name Joseph Jackson: Berryman K. Davis (b. 1839) Henry Ross
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