Charles Clay Jackson

COURTNEY, JACKSON

Posted By: Kent Transier (email)
Date: 1/11/2010 at 23:08:31

“History of Madison County Iowa and Its People”
Herman A. Mueller, Supervising Editor
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1915

Charles Clay Jackson was born April 5th, 1859 in Warren county, Iowa, and was reared in the county of his nativity. He remained with his parents on the home farm until about 1879, when he and a brother drove across country to Madison county, arriving here with practically nothing save a team of horses and a wagon. He cultivated rented land in Penn township for several years and eventually purchased an eighty-acre tract on section 18, Madison township, beginning its improvement.

On March 7th, 1883, In Warren county, Iowa, Charles was united in marriage with Julia Ann Courtney. Julia is the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Hoover) Courtney, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively. To this union was born one son, Givin DeVere Courtney, the subject of another biography herein.

As the years passed, Charles’ financial resources increased, owing to his untiring industry and capable management. He augmented his holdings by additional purchase from time to time until he now owns 460 acres of rich and productive land, constituting one of the finest farms in the county. In connection with the production of cereals he devotes considerable attention to live stock, feeding about one hundred head of cattle annually. Himself and his brother, Harve Jackson, showed beef cattle at the International show in Chicago in 1900. Since that time the firm of Jackson Bros. won many blue ribbons against world wide competition and it is generally believed that they were among the first to introduce to the stock men of the country, the feeding and marketing of "baby" beeves.

In connection with his brothers he is the owner of one of the most remarkable barns of Madison county, it being eighty by thirty-seven feet in dimensions and built entirely of brick. It is used exclusively for feeding cattle. Charles C. Jackson's property is known as the North Branch Stock Farm and in its operation he has gained a measure of prosperity that has won him recognition among the substantial and representative agriculturists of the community. The period of his residence in this county covers more than a third of a century and he enjoys an extensive and favorable acquaintance within its borders.
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Transcriber's note: This biography was extracted from one written about Givin D. Jackson. Additional information came from Charles' obituary.

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