ALFRED JACKSON

ALFRED JACKSON, an old settler of Grove Township, was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, July 9, 1841. He is the son of Lewis and Margaret (Crandall) Jackson, natives of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and pioneers of Iowa. Lewis Jackson is still living in Monona County, Iowa, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. His worthy wife has been deceased a number of years. They were the parents of nine children, three of whom are still living - Sarah Willson, of Monona County; Mary J. Tacy, residing in Dunlap, and Alfred, the subject of this sketch. When Alfred Jackson was about seven years old his parents came to Shelby County, Iowa, and settled in Galland's Grove, Grove Township. His father was one of the pioneer settlers, and made Shelby County his home for thirty-five years. He improved three farms in the township, and was very prominently identified with the early political history of the county. He was a member of the Democratic party. He was a great hunter, and was very familiar with the surrounding country. He was an elder in the church of the Latter-Day Saints. Alfred Jackson is the oldest settler now living in Grove Township. He was reared there and received his education in the old log school-houses of pioneer days. He was married to Miss Martha M. Holcomb, daughter of O. E. and Sallie Holcomb, who was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, June 20, 1849. They are the parents of nine children - Nettie A., engaged in teaching; Willard L., Almond F., Andrew L., Frederick F. and Dora M., all at home. Corda, Lewis and Claudie W. are deceased. The first investment he made was in forty acres in section 25, Grove Township. He has added to his farm until he now has 120 acres which he has placed under good cultivation. Politically Mr. Jackson is non-partisan, casting his vote for the man best fitted in his estimation to fill the office. The family are members of the Latter-Day Saints church. Mr. Jackson enlisted in the service of his country, in Company F, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, November 5, 1864, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.

Source: 1889 Biographical History of Shelby County, Iowa, pg. 472. Transcribed and submitted by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs