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Calvin Jones Jackson
Des Moines County
Born in Union County, Ind., December 2, 1820, and is the son of Joseph and Lydia (Jeffrey) Jackson. The subject of this sketch, C. Jackson, removed from Indiana to Des Moines County, Iowa, landing at Burlington Nov. 14, 1842, and resided there until the year 1864, when he removed to his present home in White Oak Township, this county. Jan. 14, 1841, Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Ella Hood, a daughter of Martin and Rhoda (Brown) Hood. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Christian Church. In his political affiliations he is a member of the Republican party. During the residence of Mr. Jackson in Des Moines County he was elected a member of the Legislature and served in the regular session of 1861-62 and in the called session of the year 1863 as a member of the House of Representatives. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors of this county three terms, and has also officiated as Justice of the Peace two terms.
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