Person:John Jackson (408)

According to the book, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and her People, Vol. III

"He received his education in the public schools of Mount Savage, Maryland, and Johnstown, PA, and in 1860 began to work in a rolling mill in the latter place, remaining two years. On Aug 1, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company B., One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for nine months and participated in the latter part of the battle of Antietam as well as the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Jun 9, 1863, he was discharged at Harrisburg. Returning to Johnstown, he re-entered the Cambria iron Works and in 1865 went to Pittsburg, where he was employed in the Superior Works, Allegheny. In 1868, he moved to Reading, where he worked ten years in the mill of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, returning in Jan 1879, to Pittsburg. He was there employed in the National Tube Work for sixteen years after which he took charge of a portiion of the rolling mill for the Shoenberger Company until July 1900, when he retired. Twenty three years ago he built the house which has been his home since the time of its completion.

"Since Sep 1869, he has been a member of Lodge No. 62, Free and Accepted Masons, Reading. In politics he has always adhered steadfastly to the principles of the Republican party. He was brought up in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church. . . "

The author wrote in 1908 that "Mr. Jackson has never married again."

1850 Census Dist 5, Allegany Co., Maryland Steven Jackson 47 M Iron Master NJ Maria Jackson 41 F NJ Louisa Jackson 20 F NJ Rosalin Jackson 20 M NJ (note gender; this is Roswell M.) Laura C. Jackson 19 F NY (family temporarily in NY) Jotur R. Jackson 13 M NJ J. F. Winslow Jackson 6 M NJ Jas. S. Jackson 4 M NJ Alexander Jackson 1 M MD (now in MD) Alexander Thompson 29 M Physician PA Catharine Kenney 18 F Ireland

1860 Census Taylor, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Post Office: Johnstown Jackson, Stephen 57 M NJ Jackson, Maria 50 F NJ Jackson, Louisa 30 F NJ (state may be an error; 1850 was NY) Jackson, Jetur R. 22 M NJ Jackson, J. Winslow 16 M NJ Jackson, James 13 M NJ Jackson, Alexander 10 NJ (state may be an error; 1850 was MD) Jackson, Francis E. 7 NJ

1. ↑ Boucher, John N. (John Newton), and John W. (John Woolf) Jordan. A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1908)
   3:270.
2.   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)
   16.
3.   Boucher, John N. (John Newton), and John W. (John Woolf) Jordan. A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1908)
   3:270, 3:271.
4.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Dist 5, Allegany Co., Maryland.
5.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Taylor, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania.