Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania, containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families .. . ve member ofthe organization in the county, assisting in theyearly canvass with the force and effect that apositive man always exerts. His influence wasalso strong in its bearing on the borough gov-ernment, and as a member of the council heserved a number of terms to the advantagealike of the corporation and the taxpayers. In a business way he was a man possessedof more than ordinary good j
Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania, containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families .. . ve member ofthe organization in the county, assisting in theyearly canvass with the force and effect that apositive man always exerts. His influence wasalso strong in its bearing on the borough gov-ernment, and as a member of the council heserved a number of terms to the advantagealike of the corporation and the taxpayers. In a business way he was a man possessedof more than ordinary good judgment, andamassed a large property. From its incep-tion he was a director of the First NationalBank, being a considerable stockholder thereinand the attorney thereof. He was a trustee onbehalf of the State of the Normal School atBloomsburg. He stood well up in the Ma-sonic fraternity, as a member of the Berwicklodge. He belonged to the Methodist Episco-pal Church for twenty-seven years, and wasa class leader therein a number of years. Mr. Jackson, in 1843, married Anne S. Gil-more, and their children were as follows:Charles Buckalew, who married Emma Camp-bell ; Anne Gilmore, wife of Andrew K. Os-. c^^ <S- M^c/^c^^^ COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES 625 wald; and Elmira, George and Robert, whodied young. Mr. Jackson had not known good health fora number of years, being a sufferer from dia-betes, and though it was thought possible thedeath summons might come it was by nomeans looked for at the time. Until near thetime of dissolution it was supposed that was simply suffering from one of hisoccasional attacks, the severity of which wouldwear off, and his normal condition be re-sumed in a few days. A meeting of the bar association of Colum-bia county was convened at the courthouse, inBloomsburg, on the 25th day of July, 1879,at 7 oclock p. M., John G. Freeze, vice presi-dent of the association, in the chair. JudgeElvvell, being called upon by the chair to statethe objec
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