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JOHN JACKSON  John Jackson is numbered among the self-made men of Wallingford
with a record that redounds to his credit and honor, for it has been
through persistent purpose, indefatigable energy and perseverance that
he has won the success that now enables him to live retired. He was
born in Scotland, August 20, 1860, and his parents, George and Anna
(Carrol) Jackson, were also natives of that country, where the father
was a shepherd. In their family were twelve children.
Reared in the land of hills and heather, John Jackson remained there
until twenty-three years of age, when the reports which he heard concerning the opportunities of the new world led to his determination to
try his fortune on this side the Atlantic. He came alone to America and
made his way to Bismarck, North Dakota. Soon afterward he became
identified with the sheep and cattle industry there, working for others
for four years, on the expiration of which period he purchased a homestead right in Emmons county, North Dakota, where he lived for fifteen
years. In 1899 he came to Emmet county, Iowa, after having paid a
visit to his old home in Scotland. The following spring his mother, two
brothers and two sisters came to the United States, two older brothers
having previously crossed the Atlantic. All went to North Dakota and
with the exception of Mr. Jackson of this review none of the family ever
became residents of Iowa. His father had died in Scotland in 1896 ere
the mother and four children came to the new world. Mrs. Jackson still
makes her home in Bismarck, living with her son Hugh, and is enjoying
good health at the age of eighty-three years.
After taking up his abode in Emmet county, Iowa, John Jackson
joined Benjamin Allen in the purchase of land in Twelve Mile Lake township. Seven years later they divided their land interests, Mr. Jackson
becoming the owner of the east half and the southwest quarter of section
23. Since that time he has sold one hundred and sixty acres but still
retains the east half of the section, upon which his son, Charles P. Jackson, now resides. It constitutes a valuable property of three hundred and
twenty acres of rich Iowa farm land which he converted into very productive fields, annually gathering therefrom abundant harvests as a reward for the care and labor bestowed upon the land. He also added
many substantial improvements to the place in the way of good buildings, well kept fences and modern machinery and his progressive farm
work made him in time one of the men of affluence of Emmet county.
On September 5, 1887, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Keith, a daughter of Archie and Kate (McArthur) Keith,
natives of Scotland, where they passed away, the mother in 1870 and the
father in 1901, never having come to the United States. To their union
were born nine children. Following the death of his first wife Mr. Keith
married Mary Quantin and they became the parents of five children, of
whom two survive. Six of the children of the first marriage are still
living but Mrs. Jackson is the only one who has come to the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have two children. Charles P., who is farming
the old home place in Twelve Mile Lake township, was married September 18, 1912, to Miss Mabel Andahl, a daughter of George and Anna
Andahl, of the same township, and to this union has been born a son,
Bernard Francis, whose natal day was June 17, 1916. Janet K. was
married on the 26th of November, 1913, to Arthur Andahl, who is also
engaged in farming in that township, and they have a daughter, Goldie
May, born October 20, 1915.
Mr. Jackson continued upon the farm until 1912, when he put aside
the cares of business life and established his home in Wallingford, where
he is now comfortably located. He gives his political endorsement to
the men and measures of the republican party and he and his wife are
consistent members of the Presbyterian church, their well spent lives
having gained for them the goodwill and kindly regard of those with
whom they have been associated.
Source: Page 380 of HISTORY of EMMET COUNTY and DICKINSON COUNTY IOWA, A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement - Chicago, Illinois, The Pioneer Publishing Company, 1917. George was born to Jacob H. and Magdalena Vetter Jangula on 21 February 1932 in North Dakota.
George enlisted in the U. S. Army on 17 November 1949 and reached the rank of Sergeant serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman in the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. George was killed in action on 30 March 1952 in North Korea. He received the Purple Heart posthumously.
Korean War Project Memorial
Burial, Portrait, Tombstone Photo
DR. ABIA COMLY JOHN He was born 28 December 1831 in Pennsylvania and died 19 April 1899.
He is listed in the Emmons County 1890 Federal Veterans Census.
He enlisted in Jordan, Illinois on 9 July 1861 as a Private and mustered in Company A, Illinois 34th Infantry Regiment on 7 September 1861. He was promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 23 December 1861. He reenlisted in September 1864 after his three year commitment and then mustered out at the end of the war on 12 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. He started receiving a pension in Dakota Territory on 2 December 1889 and then his wife Kate started receiving his pension on 13 September 1899 in Illinois.
He moved to Emmons County in 1883 and secured a land patent in Section 10, Township 129, Range 77 (Dale area).
He is listed in Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 which indicates he was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois. Obituary and Picture of Tombstone.
William was born on 30 May 1865 to Griffith [Obituary] and Margaret [Obituary] Jones at Blue Earth County, Minnesota. Known siblings include Emma Jane (1855), Margaret, John, Sarah, and Thomas.
Some resources differ but census records show that Griffith arrived in New York, New York on 28 May 1842 from Caernarfon, Wales on the ship Hindoo. In 1850 Griffith is a laborer in Harmony, Rock County, Wisconsin. In 1860 the Griffith family is in Watonwan, Blue Earth County, Minnesota; in 1870 and 1880 they are in South Bend, Blue Earth County. Sometime after the Dakota Territory census of 1885, Griffith settled in Emmons County in Township 132, Range 77.
The following is from the Emmons County History, 1976:
"William Jones, one of the county's most colorful pioneers, was Linton's 1st mayor, county sheriff for several terms, and district game warden from 1928 to 1932.
In the early 1880s, he worked in the harvest fields in eastern North Dakota. Later, about 1885, he came to Emmons County and the next year homesteaded 8 1/2 miles southwest of what is now Linton. With his brother Tom, he operated a stock and grain ranch in that area until 1897. At that time settlers were coming in and the free grazing range was being taken up. Living in those days was not the complicated matter it has become.
His stories of his experiences as a peace officer and his early days in the county were enjoyed by everyone. His time as Sheriff was especially interesting in that those were the days of cattle and horse thieves. Running down criminals took Bill into Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, etc.
In an interview on his last visit to the county, Bill spoke of the prices for farm products. He recalled hauling wheat to Eureka, a distance of 65 miles, for 35 cents a bushel. And he thought he was fortunate to get 4 cents a pound in 1903 for 22 steers
driven to Braddock for shipment."
William and his brother Thomas retired to California where they both died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
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