Person:Frank Jackson (31)

Notes contributed by Frank M. Jackson Jr.:

"Section 11, grave 341

"Birth Certificate # 7433 for Frank Malcolm Jackson reports that he was born 1 March 1907 at 264 84th Street in Brooklyn, NY to Frank Fletcher Jackson and Florence T. Jackson both of whom were 26 years old. They were both born in the U.S. and the father was a salesman.

"Frank attended the Manlius Military Academy (now Pebble Hill School) along with his brother William in 1923-25. William graduated but Frank did not.

"In the 1930 US Census Frank M. Jackson is listed as head of household at 33 Monroe Street, Lynbrook, NY, age 23. The dwelling is rented for $70 a month. Elizabeth is listed as wife, age 26 with her mother having been born in PA. All other parents and child, Audrey age 4 months were born in NY. They own a radio.

"Frank Malcolm Jackson, Sr. co-owned Jackwill Motors in 1930 (which sold Graham Paige automobiles) at 262 Merrick Rd., Lynbrook, NY with Uncle Herbert Williams. He then lived at 185 Atlantic Ave., Lynbrook, NY. (Certificate of incorporation: 1 Feb 1929, Lynbrook, NY; subsequent increase of capital stock: 26 Feb 1930). The incorporation was announced in the New York Times 8 Feb 1929 (p.44) capitalized at $10,000.

"Social Security # 099-01-8527. According to the application for a Social Security card on 24 Nov 1936, Frank Malcolm Jackson and presumably his family including Frank Malcolm Jackson, Jr. lived at 7101 Colonial Road, Brooklyn, NY and he worked at the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn at 9 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn. His mother is listed as Florence Sophia Tuthill and his father as Frank Fletcher Jackson. He signs his name as F. Malcolm Jackson which is consistent with the practice of calling him 'Malcolm' at that time rather than Frank.

"Frank Malcolm Jackson, Sr. entered the U.S. Army at Fort Dix, NJ on 31 Jan 1944 and separated as a Tech Sgt. on 11 Sept 1945. According to the Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File at the National Archives of enlistment records from 1938-1946, Frank M. Jackson enlisted in the US Army on 10 January 1944 in New York City while a resident of Suffolk County, NY. He is listed as Òseparated, with dependentsÓ. His civil occupation was carpenter. He enlisted as a private and was given serial number 42064987. The file indicates that he had three years of high school and was a white citizen who had been born in New York.

"In 1950 he lived at 50 Culver Ln, East Moriches, NY while married to Genevieve Hawkins. They had one son- Terry Allen Jackson. Frank Malcolm married (?) Hope Skarka circa 1951 and had eight children with her.

"On 22 August 1964 Frank was issued a NASCAR license numbered MO-73 with a postal address of Box 823- R.R. #1, Pennington, NJ.

"His death certificate # 36153 (NJ) indicates that Frank M. Jackson died at 4:40 p.m. on 29 July 1983 of pneumonia in the right lower lobe and chronic obstructive emphysema complicated by diabetes, decubitis ulcers and malnutrition. He died at the Princeton Medical Center and lived on Route 31 in Pennington, NJ. His last employer is listed as the Carpenters Union of Princeton, NJ. He is buried in the Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY.-section 11, grave 341."

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Frank M. Jackson research and family records, "Ancestors of Frank M. Jackson".
2. ↑ Family Tree DNA website. (http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Jackson/default.aspx?section=results#hempstead).