. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. d by his fellows as aleader in the affairs of hiscounty, having held amongother offices that of com-missioner of Hamilton dis-trict. Mr. Sidney S. Jack-son received some educationin Long Island before com-ing west,but it was limited,as he was but ten yearsold when he left for Ohio, which was buta barren wild region for great schools or col-leges ; nor had he ample opportunities for receivingmuch of the log cabin instruction then in vogue,but was compelled to be content with what he couldobtain from contact with t
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. d by his fellows as aleader in the affairs of hiscounty, having held amongother offices that of com-missioner of Hamilton dis-trict. Mr. Sidney S. Jack-son received some educationin Long Island before com-ing west,but it was limited,as he was but ten yearsold when he left for Ohio, which was buta barren wild region for great schools or col-leges ; nor had he ample opportunities for receivingmuch of the log cabin instruction then in vogue,but was compelled to be content with what he couldobtain from contact with the world and by readinggood books and papers. He remained with his father until the age ofmaturity and in the year 1826 married Miss Eliza-beth Hutchinson, whose father, John Hutchinson,was an early settler of Whitewater near Harrison;he came to Cincinnati about 1807, and to this placeone year before she was born; she is now in theseventy-fourth year of her age. In 1830 Mr. Jack-son began the nursery business, and his green-houseestablished then is now one of the oldest in the. United States. He deals extensively in rareexotic plants, and is a widely and well knownhorticulturist of the great west. He was one of thefounders of the Horticultural society of Cincinnati,and has been identified with it many years. Hisfarm consists of about eighty acres of which hisnursery comprises thirty plat of this acres, andcontains three green-houses. He has also oneof the best amateur workshops in the country;formerly he was divided in his inclinations for fol-lowing the floral business with that of the mechan-ical ; being of an ingenious turn of mind he wascapable of handling tools in many kinds of man-ufacture, and has his shop well supplied withthem. Mr. Jackson has now but two childrenliving—having lost threesons, two of whom, John Isaac H., born July 22,1836, were twins, and weremuch alike, the family al-ways found difficulty indistinguishing them were much in eachothers
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