Will H. Jackson

As printed in 1912

WILL H. JACKSON.

One of the successful farmers of Milford township, Knox county, and one of the worthy native sons of the locality of which this history treats, is Will H. Jackson, a representative of a highly-respected family which has been known here for many decades.

Mr. Jackson was born in the west side of Milford township, this county, on October 24, 1861. He is the son of Van Buren and Orlena (Jackson) Jackson. The paternal grandparents were George and Mary (Hobbs) Jackson, he a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, born in 1782, died June 6, 1848, and she born at Aliquot Mills, nine miles from Baltimore, March 17, 1793, and died August 5, 1877. They were married in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and in 1835 came to Knox county, Ohio, and located in Milford township, where he bought a farm and here they spent the rest of their lives, having become very well established. The elder Jackson was the father of nineteen children, fourteen by his first wife and five by his second.

The maternal grandparents, Ephraim and Nancy Ellen (Cook) Jackson, natives of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, he of Uniontown, and she of Big Red Stone, Tippecanoe township. Ephraim Jackson came to Ohio about 1820 with his father, Abraham, who entered land here in 1825. Abraham Jackson was the son of an Irish nobleman and he emigrated to America during the Revolutionary war. A year after coming here Ephraim Jackson returned to Pennsylvania and there married. He returned to Ohio with his bride, making the trip on horseback, and built a cabin on his farm, the building. at first, having neither window nor door, and there he and his wife spent the balance of their lives. He was born February 16, 1805, and she on June 5th of the same year; his death occurred on November 22, 1872, and she on January 17, 1870.

The father, Van Buren Jackson, was born in this township, March 17, 1836. and the mother on the farm occupied by1 the subject on October 25, 1833, and here these parents grew up as pioneer children, he being the eighteenth child of his father and the fourth of his mother, and she the fifth child of her parents. Here they were married on October 28, 1858. Van Buren Jackson devoted his life to farming, operating the home place most successfully. He bought the interests of his wife’s brothers and sisters and at one time owned two hundred and eighteen acres, but most of the place has been sold and divided. He lived a quiet and retired life, but took an interest in public affairs and led an exemplary life. He and his wife were members of the Disciples church. He is still living and has the respect of all who know him. The death of his wife occurred on October 13, 1898. They were the parents of three children, namely: Will H., of this sketch; Theo. A., and

Lillian B., now the wife of W. C. Riley. The father was stricken with paralysis on March 3, 1911, and has been very poorly ever since.

Will H. Jackson grew up on the home farm and worked there during his boyhood days in the summer months. He received his education in the common schools and the Tri-State College at Angola, Indiana. He has been managing the home farm for some time and is very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. Politically, he is a Democrat, and in his religious life belongs to the Disciples church.

As printed in Past and present of Knox County, Ohio (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.