John Jay Jackson Sr.

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John Jay Jackson senior (born February 13, 1800 in Wood County , Virginia (now West Virginia ), † January 1, 1877 in Parkersburg , West Virginia) was an American officer in the United States Army , lawyer and politician .

Career

John Jay Jackson Sr., son of Frances Emelia Triplett and the US MP John George Jackson , spent his youth in Parkersburg. His upbringing began under Dr. David Creel, who later in Chillicothe ( Ohio settled). Then he was led by Dr. Tower of Clarksburg , who ran one of the best schools in Virginia at the time. Young Jackson was a docile student, so when he was thirteen he was admitted to Washington College , Pennsylvania . Jackson stayed there for a year. He was then appointed as a cadet at West Point by the later US President James Monroe in 1815 , where he graduated in 1818. After he had received his officer license to second lieutenant in the United States Army , he went to his artillery corps in Norfolk ( Virginia ), where he performed his garrison service until the end of 1819. He was then transferred to the 40th Infantry Regiment . Between 1820 and 1821 he did his active service in Florida in the Seminole War . Jackson was then transferred to the regimental headquarters in Montpelier (now Blackshire, Alabama ) as an adjutant . He was a member of Major General Jackson's staff there and later in Pensacola . In 1822 Jackson was given a six month vacation so he returned to Parkersburg. Around January 1, 1823, he then returned his officer's license and from then on devoted himself to a legal career.

Jackson completed his prep course and was admitted to the bar on April 28, 1823. (Engl. He was appointed in 1826 to the Attorney Prosecuting Attorney ) at the District Court of Wood County and 1830 Public Prosecutor at the Superior Court of Wood County. He held this position until his resignation in 1852. He was also a district attorney in the Supreme Court of Ritchie County . Jackson also decided to pursue a political career. He represented Wood County in the Virginia House of Representatives for six terms . In 1842 he became a brigadier general after 32 militia brigade of Virginia appointed, a post he held until the outbreak of the Civil War held. Jackson belonged to his political views after the Clay and Webster school , which gave man the power of self-government. In this context he took part in 1861 as a delegate at the so-called Wheeling Convention , in which the founding of the state of West Virginia was decided. He spoke out against the hasty secession . It was his last public appearance, although he spoke out in various speeches during and after the war for patience and reconciliation.

Jackson was active in every community service. When the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was looking for a suitable route from the Potomac to Ohio, he pushed the required legislature and was one of the first and largest donors to raise funds for the construction of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad . In later years he spent most of his time and money developing the Little Kanawha River . Jackson founded his own company that built locks and dams to make the river navigable all year round. He also established the Parkersburg Second National Bank , of which he was also President. He was also a member of the municipal council and mayor of the city at different times.

family

Jackson was married twice. He married Emma G. Beeson (1800–1842), daughter of Colonel Jacob Beeson , on June 29, 1823 . The couple had seven children together:

  • John J. Jackson Jr. (August 4, 1824 - September 1, 1907), federal judge at the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, United States District Court for the District of West Virginia and United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
  • James Monroe Jackson (born December 3, 1825 - February 14, 1901), US MP and judge in the Fifth Judicial District of West Virginia
  • Eliza C. Jackson (October 22, 1827 - March 7, 1850)
  • Jacob Beeson Jackson (April 6, 1829 - December 11, 1893), sixth Governor of West Virginia
  • America Jackson (born February 2, 1857)
  • Emma Beeson Jackson (* 1841; † 1870)
  • Annie E. Jackson (* 1842)

After the death of his first wife, he married Jane Elizabeth Beeson Gardner (* around 1820) on July 17, 1843. The couple had four children together:

  • Frances Belle Jackson (* about 1847)
  • Henry Clay Jackson (born September 30, 1847 - August 1931)
  • Columbia O. Jackson (* about 1853)
  • Andrew Gardner Jackson (born March 1857)

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SURNAME Jackson, John Jay Sr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer in the United States Army, lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Wood County , West Virginia
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1877
Place of death Parkersburg , West Virginia