History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ridge Board, a direc-tor of the Bank of Pittsburgh, member of CommonCouncil, president of Select Council, and after the greatfire of 1845 served on the relief committee charged withdistributing the funds contributed by outside communi-ties. Originally a Democrat, he was strongly anti-slaveryand joined with the movement which resulted in theforming of the Republican party. He sat as a delegatein the convention of that party which nominated JohnC. Fremont as its first candidate for presiden
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ridge Board, a direc-tor of the Bank of Pittsburgh, member of CommonCouncil, president of Select Council, and after the greatfire of 1845 served on the relief committee charged withdistributing the funds contributed by outside communi-ties. Originally a Democrat, he was strongly anti-slaveryand joined with the movement which resulted in theforming of the Republican party. He sat as a delegatein the convention of that party which nominated JohnC. Fremont as its first candidate for president in 1856,and was actively interested in the colonization projectwhich resulted in the Kansas conflict and hastened warbetween the states. He was very charitable and gavelargely to philanthropic causes, and a member of Protestant Episcopal Church. George W. Jackson married, in 1836, Mary Beard,daughter of Peter and Ann (Coffey) Beard, paternalgranddaughter of Edward and Mary (Coleman) Beard,of West Hyde, Hertfordshire, England, and maternalgranddaughter of Cornelius and Matilda (Montgomery).
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