[p. 496] residing on a farm of 135 acres in North Beaver Township, on the New Castle and Moravia highway, one mile north of the latter place, carries on general farming, trucking and dairying. Mr. Jackson was born May 9, 1862, in Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of David and Mary Ann (Bell) Jackson.
David Jackson was born in Shenango Township, Lawrence County, and was a son of Samuel Jackson, who was born in Ireland. The grandfather was one of the pioneers of this section, and his farm was located on Sheep Hill. When he came to Shenango Township the country was so wild that frequently wolves could only be driven from the door by throwing burning brands among them. The grandparents died on their farm in middle life. David Jackson was the youngest of their family and was seven years of age when his father died. He grew to manhood on the old farm and then married a daughter of Robert Bell, who was born in Allegheny. After marriage, David Jackson and wife bought a farm of 115 acres in Wayne Township and resided there until the death of Mr. Jackson, in 1882, at the age of fifty-two years. Mrs. Jackson now resides at Mahoningtown, aged seventy-eight years. Of their seven children, six survive, namely: Robert B., who is a prominent farmer of North Beaver Township; John C. F.; Nettie, who is the wife of R. C. Reed; Emma, who is the wife of A. R. Mornes; Edwin D., M. D., a practicing physician in Mahoningtown; and Bessie, who is the wife of Charles Bannon. Annie, who was the wife of Scott McCaslin, is deceased.
John C. F. Jackson was reared and educated in Wayne Township and remained with his parents until his own marriage, which took place March 27, 1888, to Mary Jane Steffler. She was born and reared in Wayne Township, and is a daughter of George H. and Christena (Wilson) Steffler. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have seven living children, namely: Mary, Christina, Oscar and Orlo, twins; John, George, and Robert Bell. Little Helen died in September, 1906 aged two years and three months.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson lived for six years in Shenango Township on a farm of eighty acres, which Mr. Jackson had acquired before his marriage. In 1894 he sold that farm and bought the one on which he resides. This property he sold in 1904 to a New Castle syndicate, but he has rented it ever since. It is the intention of the owners to plat it and sell it in lots.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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