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Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Extracted from Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, 1894 Reprinted by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Massachusetts, p. 201

EDWARD R. JACKSON, M. D., a physician and surgeon engaged in practice in Dubuque, is numbered among the native sons of Iowa. He was born in Hopkinton, Delaware County, on the 29th of October 1848,and is a son of Leroy and Jerusha M. (Wright) Jackson. The mother was a native of Connecticut and the father of Kentucky. He became one of the pioneer settlers of Iowa, having located in Dubuque in 1833. For seven years he there made his home, after which, in 1840, he removed to Delaware County. There he lived for many years, becoming one of the well-known and prominent citizens of the community. His death occurred in 1883, but his wife is still living and makes her home in Hopkinton. In the family of this worthy couple were eleven children, nine of whom grew to mature years, One brother, who was a member of Company K, Twenty-first Iowa Infantry, died during the late war.

Dr. Jackson is the sixth of the family. He spent the days of his boyhood and youth in Hopkinton, being reared to manhood in his parents' home. For a time he attended the public schools, and after having mastered the common branches there taught, he entered Lenox College, where his literary education was completed. He took up the study of medicine with Dr. R. L. Hill, of Dubuque. He later entered the College of Medicine and Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in the Class of '74. He then returned to Dubuque and formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Hill, the connection continuing for a period of seven years.

Wishing to further prosecute his studies in the line of his chosen life work, Dr. Jackson went to Philadelphia and entered the Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1881. He then again came to Dubuque, and has since continued in general practice in this city, doing a good business, such as is a fitting reward for his skill and expert work. He is an enterprising and progressive citizen and in addition to his practice he is connected with several of the important manufacturing industries of Dubuque, thus aiding in the up building and prosperity of the city.

On the 29th of November 1881, Dr. Jackson was united in marriage with Miss Etta J. Hancock, of Dubuque, daughter of Edwin and Ellen Hancock. They have one daughter, Lucile. The Doctor is connected with several societies, holding membership with the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Western Academy of Homeopathy and the Hahnemann Association of Iowa. He is also Vice-President of the Buettell Brothers' Company, wholesale dealers in books and stationery. In politics he is a Republican.