Came to Toledo in April, 1856, in company with Nathan C. Wieting. Being both admitted to the practice of law, they at once formed a partnership and opened an office. Jackson was a native of West Troy, New York, and was about twenty-two years of age at the time of coming here. He and Mr. Weiting had been school acquaintances in a New York seminary. He built up a very extensive practice and became very popular in the new country. In 1857 he was elected to represent his district in the Legislature, and was recognized as the most able and powerful orator in that General Assembly. When the war broke out Mr. Jackson enlisted and served for a short time. In a few months he returned to his old home in West Troy, New York, having been married while here and engaged in practice there. He was afterward an attorney in some of the largest and most important cases in Albany, New York.