"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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HARRY JACKSON was born May 29, 1843, in Jefferson County, Ind., and is the
fifth of the eight children of Samuel and Jane (Hillis) Jackson, the former
a native of North Carolina, the latter of Indiana. Harry remained with his
parents on the farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he began the
struggle of life for himself, working by the month until August 12, 1862,
when he enlisted in Company I, Seventieth Indiana Voluntary Infantry,
serving in the battles of Dallas, Resaca, Marietta, Savannah, New Hope
Church, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek and Bentonville, where he was captured and
sent to Libby Prison, being made to march 170 miles, and with but one meal
in three days. He was held captive from February, 1864, until the day
before Mr. Lincoln's assassination, and was discharged June 30, 1865. After
his return, he purchased a farm in Johnson County, and September 26, 1867,
married Miss Ollie F. Miller, who died, leaving four children--Rosa, Guy,
Roy and Eddie; she was a member of the Christian Church. His second wife
was Miss Sarah A. Lake, whom he married February 27, 1880. Until the fall
of that year, Mr. Jackson followed farming and buying and selling stock, but
afterward came to Morgantown and engaged in the keeping of a bakery and
butcher shop. Mr. Jackson is a Republican, and he and wife are members of
the Christian Church.
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