Source: Jackson, Merrick. "Out of the Attic." Potter-Leader Enterprise (Coudersport, Pennsylvania), undated clipping, c. 2000s. Original privately held by Joyce Jackson Bailey, address unknown. 2004.
How Related: Brother of my 2nd-great-grandmother, Lura Ann JACKSON
Born: 26 April 1822 in Pennsylvania
Parents: Joshua JACKSON (c. 1780 - c. 1828) and Elsie ROUNDS (1790 - 1869)
Siblings: older paternal half-sister, Asenath "Cena" JACKSON (c. 1800 - 1875); Lucina (1810 - 1882), Joshua T. (1814 - 1883), Prudence (b. 1820), Harriet A. (1820 - 1891), Jane Cordelia (b. 1824), Lura Ann (1826 - bef. 1900; my ancestor), and Noble Victor JACKSON (1827 - 1906).
Children: Adelaide (b. c. 1848), Elsie (b. c. 1851), Lura Ann (b. c. 1853 - named for his sister/my ancestor), William B. (b. 1858), and Orlando Joshua JACKSON (1860 - 1929).
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Source: Civil War Pension Index Card of Merrick Jackson. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. National Archives and Records Administration. Publication T289. Digital image purchased at Footnote [http://www.footnote.com/].
Enlisted: 13 September 1861 in Co. H, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry; private. Promoted to Full Sergeant on 30 October 1862. Promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on 17 June 1863.
Side served: Union
Dismissed: 2 May 1864Biography or Information of Interest: Since Merrick was a soldier who worked his way up the ranks from a private to a second lieutenant, I was surprised not to find information on him beyond his military service, or even a photo online. His namesake was my great-great-grandfather, Angelo Merrick ROBBINS, his grandnephew. I find it curious that Merrick's Civil War Pension Index Card lists his "late rank" as private, and not second lieutenant.
Died: 3 April 1908
2 comments:
Merrick Jackson is buried in Summit Cemetery, Potter County, PA. The author of the newspaper article on Merrick was Michael Reeves, g-g-grandson of Merrick.
Thank you so much! We are cousins, then. Fourth cousins, twice removed, to be exact. :-)
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