Person:Josiah Jackson (14)

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Josiah Ashhurst Jackson
 
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Name[1] Josiah Ashhurst Jackson
Gender Male
Marriage 1836 Kentuckyto Elizabeth Lewis Martin
Death[1] Oct 1863 Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United Statesdied of exposure
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in Lewis, William Terrell. Genealogy of the Lewis family in America, from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the present time. (Louisville, Kentucky: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1893)
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    E 4. Elizabeth Lewis Martin, daughter of Dr. Sam. D., was born in Winchester, Clark county, Ky. ; married Josiah Ashhurst Jackson, Sr., of Clark county, in 1836; lived a few years in Clark county, purchased an interest in the Red River Iron Works in Estill county and lived at the forge or furnace in said county until 1852, when he moved to Winchester. They have the following-named children : ...

    ... Mrs. Elizabeth L. Jackson is a pious and exemplary member of the Methodist church. Her husband, Mr. Josiah A. Jackson, Sr., died in October, 1863, occasioned by exposure on a trip through the mountains in company with the retreating Federal Army. He did not belong to the army, but thought it necessary to leave home when the Confederate forces came into Kentucky. ...