Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde I found many more Jackson people and places in The West Virginia Encyclopedia and have updated the December 31, 2022 […]
Continue reading → Col. Thomas Moore Jackson, age 60, died Feb. 3, 1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. He was a descendant of Col. George Jackson. His line: Thomas Moore Jackson(5), James Madison Jackson(4), John George Jackson(3), George Jackson(2), John Jackson Sr(1). Here is an excellent article about Col.Thomas Moore Jackson’s death, his life, and […]
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Entries that mention a member of the Jackson Family in the County Court Records for Harrison County, West Virginia (1784–1827). Transcribed from the book History Of Harrison County West Virginia by Henry Haymond, 1910. Commentary by the author (Henry Haymond) is in italics. Compiled by Dan Hyde from http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/countycourts.html. Suggested by Nancy Jackson. […]
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Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde 1. Jackson Family written by Stephen W. Brown. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/932 2. John George Jackson written by Stephen W. Brown. John […]
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Jonathan Darrel Coker Nancy Jackson has been working on completing the John Jackson, Jr. line and leaving no stone unturned. A few days ago, she overturned one stone and found a fascinating relative previously hidden–Jonathan Darrel Coker. Nancy identified a potential candidate–Jonathan Coker–and wondered because of the same surname if Jonathan was related […]
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Garol R. Spindler, Jr. awarded Distinguished Engineers of Mines Award from Mining Engineering Department, West Virginia University on May 15, 2010. Garol R. Spindler, Jr. is chairman and CEO of Imagin Minerals, Inc. as well as Zeox Corporation. Spindler’s career includes a number of senior-level positions within the United States, Canada and Australia. […]
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Henry Jackson (1774-1852), the youngest child of John Jackson and Elizabeth Cummins, had at least 23 children by his two wives — Mary Hyre and Elizabeth Shreves. This post is about one of Henry and Mary’s sons Hyer Jackson from material submitted by Nancy Jackson. Hyer3 Jackson (Henry2, John1) was […]
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The new fencing around the Henry Jackson Cemetery as the sun rises one morning. Photo taken November 2021. The Jackson Brigade Corporation is proud to announce the completion of the new fencing around the historic Henry Jackson Cemetery. The cemetery is in Hall, Upshur County, WV, about six miles northeast of Buckhannon, WV. […]
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Who is Jackson Rathbone? Ask any pre-teen girl and she will tell you that he is one of the “hotties” in The Twilight Saga films. Jackson plays the vampire Jasper Hale. His full name is Monroe Jackson Rathbone V and he is the fifth generation to be named after his great-great-great-great-grandfather Judge James Monroe Jackson. […]
Continue reading → October 5, 2020 Reference: Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8427899/john-jay-jackson Judge John Jay Jackson Jr. was an American lawyer, Whig politician, United States District Judge and, later, the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia. He ended his career as the first judge of the United States District […]
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