Colusa County Biographies

A. A. Jackson

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            A. A. Jackson is a native of the Pine Tree State, born December 27, 
1842.  He spent his early life on his father�s farm, and secured a common-school 
education.  In September, 1863, he came to California via Panama.  After 
spending one year on a ranch, he went to Puget Sound and worked in a saw-mill.  
In 1865 he engaged in mining, following that pursuit in Montana and Nevada.  In 
1873 he came to Colusa County and purchased an interest in a lumber yard with W. 
D. Dean, and the business was run under the firm name of W. D. Dean & Co.  Two 
years later the firm purchased the lumber yard at Princeton, which was conducted 
under the name of A. A. Jackson.  In 1879 the Colusa Lumber Company was 
incorporated, with yards at Colusa, Princeton, Williams and Willows, when Mr. 
Jackson moved to Willows, where he has ever since resided.  In 1888 he engaged 
in the lumber business at Modesto under the firm name of A. A. Jackson & Co.  
Mr. Jackson is a leading Republican of the county, takes an absorbing interest 
in public affairs, and is always forward in aiding enterprises for public good.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 440-441