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He was an episcopal clergyman of Wostcliester. N.Y., in 1843-71. He was the author of Suffering Here and (J lory Hereafter. He died June 28, 1871, in WestcliesMass.
N.Y. Jackson, Cliarles Loring, educator, nlicniautlior. wart born April 4, 1847. in BosHe discovered in 1883-84 a new ton. Muss. method for the pre'paration of borneol from camphor. Since 1S!I!) he lias been professor He of chemistry at Harvard university. is the nutlior of Lecture Notes in Chemistry. Jackson, Charles Samuel, journalist, publislicr. was born Sept. '), 1H«)(». in Jackson's Creek. Va. He was educated in the public ter. •st.
and private schools of V irginia and at Bryand Stratton's ant business
college
of
Md.
He
Haltiniore.
purchased the Kast Ore«;onian of Pendlcton made it a semiweekly in 1881; and publislied it as a dailv in 1888-1!K)3. In in(i>'2
pur<-lins«'d he t li e Portland Journal of Oregon. He is president niid chief ownei of the Kast Oregonian pultlisliiii;; eoinpjtny and general nuinager and chief owner of the .Journal publishing company He IS a member of nunierows clubs and societies; and is prominently identified with the business and public af-
fairs of
and state.
his city
Jackson, Charles Tenney, soldier, journalauthor, was Itorn Oct. 15, 1874, in St. Louis, Mo. In 181)8 lie served in the Spani»li-Anieri<-an war as a private soldier in the first Wisconsin volunteers. In 100.")-06 he was editor of the Modesto Evening News; and since liH)7 has been on the staff of the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the ist,
autlior of Loser's Luck: an<l
Charles Thomas,
Jackson, thor,
Day
of Souls.
auIMyniouth. His lab<»ratory for ri'search in ana-
was
Mass.
liorn .Inn*- 21.
180.1,
scientist, in
chemistry was the first of its kind the T'nited States. He was the author of Report on the (ieoh)gy of Maine; Minlytical in
eral
Lands
in
Ktheri/ation.
and Manual of Aug. 28, 1880, in
Michigan;
Me
died
Mass. Jackson, Claiborne Fox, soldier, state legislator. ;;ovi'rnor. was born .April 4. 1807, in Fleming county, Ky. He served as captain in the lllack Hawk war; and served for twelve year.H in tiie Kentucky state h'gislature, for a time as speaker. In 18G1 he >vas the tliirti'cnth governor of Missouri, He left the state on the approach of the federal army, and was deposed by a state convention. He afterward served for a sliort time as a general in tlu confederate armv. He died Dec. 6. 1802, in Little Rock,
Soinerville.
Ark."
Jackson,
Nov.
2'i,
lawyer,
was born
Dayton, Ohio.
In 1880 81
Clifford
18")7,
in
L.,
he vras deputy circuit clerk of Pettis county, Mo.; in 1887-88 was district attorney of the second judicial district of New Mexico; and in 1893-97 was United States district attorney of Indian Territory. He has been president of the Indian Territory bar association; presi»lent of the Muskogee bar association and president of the Oklahoma state bar association. Jackson, Conrad Faeger, soldier, was born Sept. 11, 1813, in Pennsylvania. In 18«2 he was made brigadier-general; and commanded the third brigade of McCall's diviHe [larticipated in the battles of sion.
.Mimntain and Antietam; and was head column of attack. He died Dec. 13,
South
killed at Fre<h'rick>burg while at the
of the
1S»(2, in Fn'dericksburg, Va. Jackson, Daniel Dana, chemist and sanitary engin»H'r of X<'w York City, was born
•Vug.
1.
1870.
in
(Jloucester, Mass.
He
re-
ceived the degree of B.S. from the Massachusetts institute of technology, and the degree of M..*^. from the New York university. He has lu-en chemist for the Boston water works, biologist to the Massachusetts state board of health, lecturer to the .Massachusetts institute of technology; and is now professor of sanitary engineering in Columbia university. He is the author of
numerous papers on Sanitary Engineering, and Bacteriology. Jackson, David, physician, congressman, was born about 1747 in Oxford, Pa. In UH-i-SU he was a delegate from Pennsyl-
Cli«'mistry
vania to the continental congress. He died in 18f)l in I'hiladelphia, Pa. Jackson, David S., congressman, was born in N<'w York City. In 1847-48 he was a representative from New York to the thirtictii
congress.
He
died in
New
Y^ork.
Jackson, Dugald Caleb, etlucator. consultengineer, author, was born Feb. 13. lS(l."i. in Kenn«'tts Square. Pa. In 1885 he graduated from the Pennsylvania state college; and in l88.')-87 took postgraduate stu<ly in electrical engineering at Cornell ing
university. He was vice-president and engineer of the Western engineering company of Lincoln. Neb. He was connected as assistant chief engineer of the Sprague electrical
railway
and motor company:
and
later as chief engineer of the central disof the Edison general electric com|>any. He has designed, built and operated many of the largest electric railway and trict
lighting plants: and is now advising engineer and expert for several large corporations. He is the author of a text-book on Electricity and Magnetism and the Conof Dynamos; and other works. >*t ruction He has been president of the society for the promotion of engineering education. In 1S91-1907 he was professor of electrical engincrring of the tiniversity of W'isconsin; filled the same chair in the Massachusetts iii^titiitf of technology. Jackson, Ebehezer, Jr., congressman, was born in Connecticut. In 1834-3.5 he was a
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