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John J. Jackaon waaborn inOuego county, N. Y., February 1,1792, and re* moved thence with hi# father* family to Erie county, Pennsylvania, v. hen about 10 years old. Early in the l.v-t war with England, he w os one of the volunteers defending the frontier. Afterwards at Pittsburgh, Pa., he enlisted in the 4th U. Kitten, and served along iho Mir-iissippi as far north a- Prairie da Chicu,—then far beyond civilization —until 1810, when he wm honorably discharged. The same war ho wiu* married at Ilellcfi-ntainu. Mo, to Sarah Howard I jams, daughter of Wm. |Ijains, She died in the rear 182o, nod by her he had seven children fottr of whom Ntiit survive. After her death, he married Mary (irate, daughter of Joseph (irate of Franklin county, O, by whom be had six children—four of whom are still living.In 1817, he with hi* wife, and her brothers Joseph, William nod Frederick Ijams, moved from Bellefontaiuc to Hearhfld township in ibis county, then, as was nearly the whole route from Missouri, almost a complete wilderness.Some years afterward?, he removed to near West Rush vi lie, Fairfield county, where he resided until 1839, when he moved upon the farm where he died.Mr. Jackeon was a man well up in the aflaira of the world and his love of country and patriotic ardor were among his most conspicuous virtues, and until ren Me red infirm by age and disease, he took great interest in all important matters of a public or general nature. Among the incidents that impressed them-elves upon his mind a? a child, and which seem* to connect him with an agelong since gone, were the funeral celebrations and public mourning in the county of hi? birth at the liras Washington died: These seeni to hare been conducted even in central New York in 1799 with great expression* of public nod private regret.
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The Somerset Press
Somerset, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 29, 1876
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