Person:Josiah Jackson (11)

This Jackson family was mis-recorded by the enumerator by his continuing ditto marks from the previous Baker family! So the whole Jackson family is indexed as Baker but I will put the correct surnames in this transcription. 1850 Census Adams Twp, Seneca Co., Ohio Frances Baker/Jackson 54 F 5,000. PA Lucinda Baker/Jackson 28 F PA Harriette Baker/Jackson 25 F PA Josiah Baker/Jackson 16 M laborer OH Mary Baker/Jackson 20 F PA Amanda Baker/Jackson 9 OH

Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 at ancestry.com Name: Jackson, Josiah Spouse: Beard, Mary A. Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1856 County: Seneca State: OH

1860 Census Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois Josiah Jackson 25 M carpenter OH Mary Ann Jackson 22 F OH Eva Dill Jackson 3 F IL Ruben Be....... 26 M bridge carpenter OH Robt Phares 35 M bridge carpenter OH

1870 Census Mason, Mason Co., Illinois Jackson, Josiah 36 M W Carpenter OH Jackson, Mary A. 33 F W keeping house OH Jackson, Eva D. 12 F W IL Jackson, Fuller B. 9 W M IL Jackson, Sherman 6 M W IL

1880 Census Forest City, Mason, Co., Illinois Jackson, Josiah W M 46 married Carpenter & builder OH PA PA Jackson, Mary A. W F 43 wife married keeping house OH MD NY Jackson, B. Fuller W M 19 son S farm laborer IL OH OH Jackson, Sherman G. W M 15 son single farm laborer IL OH OH Jackson, Rutherford W M 3 dau struck thru single IL OH OH (gender error)

1900 Census Dist 57, Forest City, Mason Co., Illinois Jackson, Josiah J. Head W M May 1834 66 M44yrs OH PA PA Carpenter Jackson, Mary A. Wife M F Feb 1838 62 M44yrs 4ch/4 lvg OH MD NY housewife A few households down same census page is their son Benjamin F. Jackson and his family.

There is a separate grave marker at Josiah's grave site inscribed: "Josiah Jackson, Co. B. 169 Ohio Inf."

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about Josiah Jackson Name: Josiah State Filed: Illinois Widow: Mary A Jackson Roll Number: T288_238

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Josiah Jackson Name: Josiah Jackson Age at enlistment: 30 Enlistment Date: 5 Feb 1864 Rank at enlistment: Private State Served: Ohio Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Ohio 169th Infantry Regiment on 15 May 1864. Mustered out on 04 Sep 1864 at Camp Cleveland, OH. Birth Date: abt 1834 Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

American Civil War Soldiers about Josiah Jackson Name: Josiah Jackson Enlistment Date: 2 May 1864 Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 May 1864 at the age of 30. Enlisted in Company B, 169th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 15 May 1864. Mustered Out Company B, 169th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 4 Sep 1864 at Camp Cleveland, OH. Sources: 17

Biography copied from :The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1879; page 849

Josia Joackson, carpenter and builder, Forest City; was born in Seneca Co., Ohio, May 8, 1834, where he remained until he arrived at manhood. He married Miss Mary A. Beard Jan 6, 856. In the spring of 1857, they left their home in Ohio and came to Illinois, locating in Vandalia, where he worked at his trade as carpenter for four years. He then removed to the place where Forest City now stands, and immediately went to work at his trade. Mr. Jackson built the first two dwelling houses in Forect City. He continued to work at his trade here for a year and a half, when he returned with his family to his old home in Ohio, and resumed his accustomed occupation. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Co., B, 169th Ohio V. I., and was mustered out of the service in the following September; he then returned to his family in Ohio. Again the little family took their way to Illinois, where he found employment as a school teacher, immediately after his arrival. Mr. Jackson entered into the mercantile business, but met with reverses that caused him to abandon it, and resume his old occupation of carpenter and builder, in which he is still engaged. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1866, and again in 1874; he has held a commission as Notary Public for twelve years in Forest City; for the last ten years, he has devoted all his spare time to the study of the law, and is occasionally engaged in the practice of that profession, with a fair degree of success. With the usual amount of study and practice, he is bound to succeed in this profession. Mr. Jackson has just been awarded the contract for building the schoolhouse at Manito, which is a capital indorsement of his capacity and energy as a business man. They have been blessed with four children--Eva D., born May 28, 1857; B. Fuller, Aug. 28, 1860; Sherman G., Jan. 22, 1865; Rutherford, Oct 3, 1876.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave
   Memorial# 87223914.
2.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Adams Twp, Seneca Co., Ohio.
3.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois.
4.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Mason, Mason Co., Illinois.
5.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Forest City, Mason, Co., Illinois.
6.   United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   Dist 57, Forest City, Mason Co., Illinois.