Person:Nathaniel Jackson (5)

Nathaniel and his first wife, Emily Allen, were cousins; both having Benjamin Jackson as a Grandfather.

1850 Census Milford, Knox Co., Ohio
N. M. Jackson 47 M Farmer NJ
Harriett Jackson 39 F NJ
Aaron Jackson 13 M OH
Albert Jackson 11 M OH
Japtha Jackson 7 M OH
Abigail Nitzer 13 F NJ (this shadow could be part of a 7 and not a 1, therefore age = 73. Yes, this is Harriett's mother.)

Robbins, pg 33: "On leaving Ohio in 1854, Nathaniel removed to Illinois, settling in Mt. Pleasant Township, Whiteside County where he purchased and improved a tract of land. He was associated with others in laying out the Town of Morrison, a part of which was situated on forty acres of land owned by him. In his later years he retired from farming and established his home in Morrison. In 1874-75 he was Mayor of Morrison. In the 1850 and 1860 Census his occupation was farmer and in 1870 and 1880 his occupation was a weaver of carpets."

1860 Census Mount Pleasant Twp, Whiteside Co., Illinois
N. M. Jackson 59 M Farmer 3300 900 NJ
Harriett Jackson 49 F NJ
Albert J. Jackson 23 M Lawyer OH
Aaron Jackson 21 M Clerk OH
Jeptha Jackson 16 M Farm Lab OH
Mitchell Jackson 8 M OH
Mary Dake 11 F Mich

1870 Census Mount Pleasant Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois
Post Office: Morrison
Jackson, Nathaniel 67 M W Weaver 6000 300 NJ
Jackson, Harriet 59 F W keeps house NJ
Jackson, Mitchel S. 18 M W attending school OH
Catlin, Martha 19 F W domestic servant OH

1880 Census Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois
Jackson, Nathaniel W M 77 married weaves carpet NJ NJ NJ
Jackson, Harriett W F 68 wife married Keeping house NJ NJ NJ
Hamilton, Kate W F 39 boarder widow works at sewing PA PA MD
In this 1880 record Harriett Nightser Jackson is living next hh to Rebecca Nightser who is her sister-in-law. Both Nathaniel and sis-in-law Rebecca are in the business of weaving carpet.

N.M. JACKSON: At his home in Morrison, Ill., April 20, 1891, N.M. Jackson, aged 87 years and 11 months. Mr.Jackson was born in Morris County, New Jersey, May 20, 1803. At the age of two and a half years his parents removed to near Pittsburgh, Pa., where the family resided until his tenth year, when they again moved westward to Knox County, Ohio. Here he resided until 1854. In 1825, he was united in marriage to Miss Emily Allen, who died about 1830. In 1836 he was married to Miss Harriet Nightseer, with whom he traveled life's pathway for forty-four years, when, in 1880, she laid down the cares of earth and passed to her final rest. Of six children three sons are now living; B. K. Jackson of Washington, A. J. Jackson of this city, and J. N. Jackson of Unionville. In 1882 he married Mrs. Sarah McGrew of Dewitt, Iowa, who survives him. He removed with his family to Logan Co., Ill., in the fall of 1854, and in January 1855 came to Mt. Pleasant township, locating on a farm adjoining Morrison. He followed the business of farming until about the year 1869, when he moved into the city, where he resided until his death. In 1870 he was elected Mayor of Morrison, and served one year. He was one of the twenty-two members who organized the Presbyterian church of this city at Unionville, March 28, 1855, and was elected at that time as one of two elders of the church, and exercised the functions of the office until failing health prevented. Through all his years in this community he led a quiet, unostentatious and christian life, and has gone to his grave leaving an unsullied name, honored and respected by all. The funeral services were held at the family residence, Rev. J.W. Skinner officiating. Obituary copied from Genealogy Trails: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/obitJ.html#nmj767

1.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   26, 33.
2.   Keifer, Sarah J. Harris (Sarah Jane Harris). Genealogical and biographical sketches of the New Jersey branch of the Harris family in the United States. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Photocopied by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 19--)
   chap 3.
3.   Virgil Allen's unpublished papers provided by his great-grandson to Jerry Gross.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Website: Genealogy Trails www.genealogytrails.com/.

   Obits for Whiteside Co., Ill: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/obitJ.html#nmj767

5.   Craghead, Dorothy Allen, Allen-Minton Family: Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Job Allen II (Revolutionary.
6. ↑ Find A Grave
   Memorial# 35817776.
7.   Craghead, Dorothy Allen. Allen-Minton Family: Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Job Allen II (Revolutionary Ancestor) and wife Mary M. (1971).
8. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Milford, Knox Co., Ohio.
9.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Mount Pleasant Twp, Whiteside Co., Illinois.
10.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
    Mount Pleasant Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois.
11.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois.