Thomas J. Jackson

Thomas J. Jackson - a resident of Blue Creek township, where he settled in 1873, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, May 6, 1837; is a son of John and Rebecca (Stewart) Jackson. He was married in Gallia county, August 12, 1858, to Elizabeth Dupre, born in Gallia county, December 1, 1833, daughter of Abraham and Mary (DeMerric) Dupre, and their children are: John M., born May 17, 1859; Rebecca J., September 9, 1861; George W., September 12, 1863, died August 16, 1864; Juritta A. A., July 21, 1865; Emma Luella, January 27, 1868; Rufus Dupre, December 15, 1872; Arthur Hamilton, March 29, 1880. Thomas J. Jackson was Constable in this township in 1879 and 1881; was President of the School Board during the years of 1876 and 1877; held their first school meeting in the woods, on a log, with only four persons to vote. Mr. Stewart, Thomas J. Jackson’s grandfather, was in the war of 1812, under General Harrison, and his father, John Jackson, was in the war of 1861; was promoted to Wagon Master, and then Commissary Sergeant. Mr. Stewart was killed at the battle of Fort Meigs, near Maumee. John Jackson died of chronic diarrhea, March 14, 1864. Mr. Jackson is a farmer, and his postoffice address is Paulding, Paulding county, Ohio.