Edgar S. Jackson (1865-1931)

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Date: 10/3/2022 at 09:05:00

Edgar S. Jackson
(October 18, 1865 – October 1, 1931)

Prominent among the business men of Calhoun County is numbered Edgar S. Jackson, the junior member of the firm of Jackson & Son, well known dealers in full-blooded Galloway cattle. For twenty years he has now been a resident of Garfield Township, and all of his interests from boyhood have been closely associated with this locality. In his special line of business he has met with great success, and by the energy and zeal which he has manifested he has won the confidence and esteem of the public. Mr. Jackson was born in Syracuse, New York. October 18, 1865, and is a son of James J. and Sarah (Seaman) Jackson, also natives of the Empire state, the former born near Syracuse, New York, the latter in the same state. Throughout his active business life the father followed agricultural pursuits, being engaged in farming in New York and Illinois prior to coming to Iowa in 1882. Believing Calhoun County to be a desirable
location, he purchased land in Garfield Township and was there successfully engaged in general farming and the breeding of fine cattle for several years, but now makes his home in Sac City, Iowa. Upright and honorable in all his dealings, he commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he is brought in contact, and has a host of warm friends in this county. In his family are
three children: Carrie, Edgar S. and Winifred.
The subject of this sketch was principally reared in La Salle County, Illinois, being seventeen years of age when he came to Iowa. He attended the public schools of both states and under the able guidance of his father soon gained an excellent knowledge of agricultural pursuits. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Garfield Township, and in connection with its cultivation
he also operates his father's farm of one hundred and sixty acres. Soon after locating here the father became interested in the breeding of Galloway cattle, starting with only one male and one female, but at the present time he and his son are among the best known men in northwestern Iowa engaged in that business. They have given to
it their special attention and have met with marked success. Their herd today consists of about one hundred and twenty-five head, one hundred of these being full-blooded animals. They have made shipments to many points throughout the northwest and their trade is constantly increasing as the firm of Jackson & Son becomes more widely known. They have some fine animals upon the farm and our subject takes a just pride in his stock. In connection with cattle breeding he carries on general farming and raises about seventy-five acres of corn and forty acres of small grain, the remainder of the farm being pasture and meadow land. On the 19th of September, 1894, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage with Miss Bessie Mosier, who was born in Polk County, lowa, March 4, 1876, a daughter of Ely and Clarkie (Crum) Mosier. One child has come to bless this union, Forest Lynn, who was born September 24, 1899. In his political views Mr. Jackson is a stanch Republican. He is a wide-awake, energetic business man of known reliability, and stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens. [Source – Biographical Record of Calhoun County, Iowa, by S.J. Clarke, 1902, p.370]