Left is Nancy Jackson’s brother Robert Lee Jackson, her mother Annie/Anna Grace (Stalnaker) Jackson, her brother William Andrew Jackson in front of house she grew up in starting at age four. Her mother descends from Col. Edward Jackson and her father Jacob Jay Jackson was a great grandson of John Jackson Jr. World War II […]
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Many Friends Mourn Death of Jake Jay Jackson (Nancy Jackson’s father) Veteran Printer, beloved by Craft, Succumbs After Gallant Fight. [He died on Dec. 19,1936] By Gene Collett Hundreds of friends in Clarksburg and elsewhere were bowed with grief today as word came of the death of Jacob J. Jackson, 47, printer, at 1:10 o’clock […]
Continue reading → Eleanor R. (Jackson) Cowgill (Nancy Jackson’s Sister) WESTON – Eleanor R. (Jackson) Cowgill, 92, of 226 Brown Avenue, Weston, formerly of 411 Duncan Avenue, Clarksburg, went home to the Lord at 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at home, following an extended illness. She was born in Pensacola, FL, on February 1, […]
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Don Harold Peterson, 83, of Horner passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at his residence with his loving family by his side. He was born in Horner, WV on August 16, 1937 to the late Ancil Peterson and Nell (Taylor) Peterson. Don was married to his loving wife of 62 years Mida (Bailey) Peterson […]
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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 […]
Continue reading → October 5, 2020 General John Jay Jackson Sr. was son of John George Jackson and Frances Emelia Triplett. Reference: Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8427911/john-jay-jackson “Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. ” by George Washington Cullum, published 1891. Born in Virginia, John […]
Continue reading → October 5, 2020 Reference: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Retro Member details JAMES MONROE JACKSON, ([son of General John Jay Jackson, Sr.,] cousin of William Thomas Bland), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 3, 1825; pursued an academic course and was graduated […]
Continue reading → October 5, 2020 Reference: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Retro Member details EDWARD BRAKE JACKSON, (son of George Jackson and brother of John George Jackson), a Representative from Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now West Virginia), January 25, 1793; attended Randolph Academy at Clarksburg; studied medicine and commenced practice […]
Continue reading → October 5, 2020 Reference: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Retro Member details JOHN GEORGE JACKSON, (son of George Jackson, brother of Edward Brake Jackson, and grandfather of William Thomas Bland), a Representative from Virginia; born in Buckhannon, Va. (now West Virginia), September 22, 1777; moved with his parents to Clarksburg in […]
Continue reading → October 5, 2020 Reference: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Retro Member details “Colonel George JACKSON, (father of John George Jackson and Edward Brake Jackson), a Representative from Virginia; born in Cecil County, Md., January 9, 1757; moved with his parents to Moorefield, Va. (now West Virginia), and in 1769 to Jacksons […]
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