The Jackson Family � William J. Jackson

James Jackson and his wife, Sarah (Thompson) Jackson, came to this county about 1798, and settled two and a half miles east of Apollo. He was born in Ireland, and his wife in America. James, their son, was born September 4, 1806, and his wife, Jane McCartney, in Indiana county, August 31, 1811. They had nine children, as follows: Nancy Y., Sarah T., Martha Jane, Elizabeth, Walter F., William J., Maria J., James T., and an infant, not named. These children are all now dead except William John Jackson, who still lives on the old homestead farm, containing 270�acres of fine land, and is one of the best known residents of this part of the county. He was born March 1, 1845. On the 1st of August, 1866, he was united in marriage with Martha E. Watson, who was born June 1, 1846. They have had nine children, whose names, with dates of their births, are as follows: Walter F., born September 16, 1867; Ida I., October 29, 1868; Zilla M., February 18, 1870; Lizzie J., November 6, 1871; William B., March 25, 1873; James M., September 1, 1874; Horace P., February 24, 1876; Herbert W., February 18, 1878; and John Clifton, March 13, 1881. Mrs. Jackson's father and mother were William G. and Elizabeth M. (Brown) Watson. 'Squire Watson, as he was commonly called, was a justice of the peace for several years, and sheriff of Armstrong county for three years, being elected in 1850. He died December 5, 1881, at the age of sixty-eight. His wife, born in 1814, died May 1, 1864. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Mary J., Susan E., Martha E. and Nancy M. are living. Those deceased are Thomas M., Margaret J., and an infant daughter.

Source: Page(s) 614-615, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania by Robert Walker Smith, Esq. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883.
Transcribed December 2000 by Jeffrey Bish for the Armstrong County Smith Project.
Contributed by Jeffrey Bish for use by the Armstrong County Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/)

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