Jackson, Jacob H.

JACKSON

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JACOB H. JACKSON
born Feb 16, 1838, Ohio

J. H. Jackson, a farmer of section 10, Lincoln township, Warren county, was born in Washington Fayette county, Ohio, February 16, 1838, a son of John and Elizabeth (Rouse) Jackson. The father was a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty-seven years, he emigrated to Ohio, locating in Fayette county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was one of the early pioneers of that region, was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the public- spirited and influential men of his day. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In later life Mr. Jackson became Sheriff of Fayette county, holding that position continuously for seventeen years, and during that time was also engaged in the hotel business at the county seat. He was a life-long Democrat, and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His death occurred suddenly, in middle life. His wife was also a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Rouse, of that State. They were a family of prominence, and their ancestors came to this country from Scotland at an early day, locating in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Rouse lived to the age of eighty-nine years. The ancestry of the Jacksons is traceable to the old Colonial stock of the New England States.
J. H. Jackson, the subject of this sketch, remained in his native State until sixteen years of age, when he came West with his mother and sister locating in Marion county, Iowa. They purchased a homestead, and Mr. Jackson claimed Marion county as his home until 1880. In August, 1861, he enlisted for service in the late war, entering Company G, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Pursell. They were sent immediately to the front, and from Cape Girardeau went on the Bloomfield expedition after General Price and on to Charleston, Missouri. Under General Pope, they went to New Madrid, and were present at the surrender of Island No 10, at Tiptonville, Kentucky, where Mr. Jackson's Division took 2,500 prisoners. From there they went to Pittsburg Landing, under General Halleck, took part in the Corinth campaign, at the battle of Farrington, where the regiment lost heavily, at the evacuation of Corinth, at the battle of Iuka, and at the battle of Corinth under Rosecrans, where the regiment again met with serious losses. Later they were in the Oxford campaign under Grant, returned to Memphis, Tennessee, went up Yazoo Pass on that campaign, returned to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, thence to Grand Gulf below Vicksburg, took part in the Jackson campaign, witnessed the evacuation of that city, and on the following day fought in the battle of Champion Hill, where the regiment lost 168 men killed or wounded; his company lost eighteen men. Mr. Jackson was then in the general engagements in closing up the lines on Vicksburg, took part in the charge on that city May 19, where the regiment met with a severe loss; but the fighting was continued until June 18, when the brigade was removed to Black River, under Sherman, to watch General Johnston. From there they took an ammunition train to Jackson, Mississippi, and returned to Vicksburg, where they remained until they started on the Chattanooga expedition with Sherman. They participated in the battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge, the regiment having lost forty-eight men at the latter engagement, went with Sherman to Knoxville, and later to Huntsville. Mr Jackson then requently enlisted in the veteran service, and subsequently returned to Iowa on a furlough of thirty days. Joining the command at Kingston, Georgia, he was engaged in guard duty until the surrender of Atlanta. He participated in the engagement at Resaca, and later went with Sherman to the sea, their last engagement being at Bentonville, North Carolina. From there they went to Goldsboro, that State where General Johnston surrendered, took part in the Grand Review at Washington, and were mustered out of service at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 14, 1865. Mr Jackson spent four years to a day in the service of his country, and took part in twenty battles and numberless minor engagements. He was only once wounded, and that was at Chattanooga. After suffering untold hardships and privations he returned to private life, with a record to which his descendants can point with pride.
Mr Jackson followed farming in Marion county until 1880, when he located on 200 acres of land in Lincoln township, Warren county. He was married October 6, 1865, to Mary J. Hicks, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of James and Zilpha Hicks, natives also of that State. She was born in Belmont county, Ohio, February 2, 1845, and came to Iowa with her parents in 1851. Her father, James Hicks, was born October 17, I823, and married Zilpha Vernon in 1843. During the late war Mr. Hicks enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and died in the service of his country, December 20, 1862. His father, also named James Hicks, moved from Virginia, his native State, to Ohio, where he married Bethona Bailey, a Carolinian of Scotch-Irish descent, and in 1854 moved to Iowa. His father, Clemens Hicks, a native of England, settled in Virginia. Zilpha Hicks’ parents were Robert and Deborah (Stubbs) Vernon, the former a native of North Carolina, born February 2, 1777. Previous to his marriage to Deborah Stubbs he had married Ann Patten, who died shortly after marriage. Mr. Vernon emigrated to Marion county, Iowa in 1854, and both himself and wife died very suddenly, and not more than two days apart, in 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have had six children, viz: James M., of St Louis; Emma F., wife of W. W. Anderson, of Warren county; J. R., of West Liberty, Iowa; William K., a teacher by occupation; Letha, at home; and one son, deceased in infancy. In early life Mr. Jackson was identified with the Democratic party, having cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas, but since the war he has been a stanch Republican. In his social relations, he has been a member of the Masonic order since 1872, affiliating with Warren Lodge No. 53, of Indianola. Mr. Jackson is well known as one of the successful, broadminded and public-spirited men of Warren county. Source: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1896, vol.1, p.374