Person:Edward Jackson (63)

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Edward Jackson
m. 15 Oct 1839
  1. Edward Jackson1840 - 1918
  2. Eleanor 'Nellie' Jackson1841 - 1842
  3. Samuel Jackson1842 - Aft 1920
  4. Spencer Blatchley Jackson1844 - 1849
Facts and Events
Name Edward Jackson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Jul 1840 Lewis Co., VA (now West Virginia)
Marriage 27 May 1866 Calhoun Co., West Virginiato Susannah Johnson
Residence? Big Springs, Calhoun Co., West Virginia
Death[2] 17 Dec 1918 Calhoun Co., West Virginia
Burial[3] #7 Nobe Cem, Five Forks, Calhoun Co., West Virginia

Edward and his brother Samuel both found on the Census of 1860, listed as single men being from Lewis County, Virginia. In 1860 they were both living with a family, Franklin B. (60) and Elizabeth (41) Ferrill. Subsequent research indicates Elizabeth is Edward and Samuel's mother, Franklin B. Ferrell is their step-father, their father, Benjamine having died.

On March 1, 1864 Edward enlisted as a private in the 19th Cavalry of Virginia; Capt. George Downs' Company "A". He would have been nearly 23 yrs. old and was still single. He enlisted at Williamsburg, VA, and was signed in by Col. Wm. L. Jackson for three years.

On the Marriage records (1856-1875) Samuel and Edward both listed their parents as Benjamin and Elizabeth Jackson. At the time of his marriage Edward was 25 and Susannah was 18.

By the 1870 Census the brothers were both married and no longer living with Ferrill's. Edward’s family and Samuel’s family were the only two Jacksons in the district on the 1870 Census. Edward and Susanna (ages 30 & 23) were found in the 1870 census of Calhoun Co. On the 1880 census Edward's family lived in Center District. "History of Calhoun County" mentions that Edward had a farm near Big Springs as of 1869.

Edward and his wife joined the Methodist church in 1878 or 1879. Obit for Susannah says "When they didn't have church buildings they worshiped in the old Jackson schoolhouse and homes."

Edward's obit states that he was "born July 25th, 1840 on the old Stalnaker homestead near the mouth of Leaf Bank. The area was still Virginia then." Both Edward's obit and headstone in Nobe Cemetary give his date of death Dec 17, 1918.

There is a deed dated 19 Aug 1848 wherein Isaac Collins sells to Edward, Samuel and Spencer B. Jackson 125 acres, Gilmer County, Yellow Creek. This brings into question Spencer's death date.

1860 Calhoun, VA FERRIL, 754 Franklin B. Ferril...60...Monongalia...Farmer Elizabeth...41...Lewis Robert M...10...Gilmer Philip S...7...Gilmer Mary E...4...Gilmer Nancy S...2...Calhoun Franklin P...2/12...Calhoun Edward JACKSON...19...Lewis...Farmer/Serving Samuel JACKSON...18...Lewis...Farmer/Serving

References
  1. Death Certificate.
  2. Obituary.

    Copy recd. from Bill Jackson

  3. Published by Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1985, West Virginia, Calhoun County Cemeterie
    Page 171.
  4.   Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
    27.