James Jackson

James Jackson, son of Jonathan and Mary (Pellington) Jackson, was born in Orange county, N. Y., July 21, 1812. The family moved to Clermont Co., O., in 1819, and ultimately to Stark county. Ill., where his parents died. James resided in Ohio until 1838, when he traveled westward and selected the neighborhood of Lafayette for his home, working here at various employments, sometimes farming and again assisting in his brother's store. In 1841 he moved to Knox county, where he resided until 1869. In that year he purchased lands near Lafayette at $100 per acre. He now owns 230 acres in Knox county and 26 acres surrounding his present residence, he married Miss Amelia, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Coleman)Fraker, well-known pioneers of Knox county, who settled among the Indians, and were twice driven from their homes during the Indian troubles. This Michael Fraker was the father of twenty-four children by three wives. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are the parents of Andrew (still living), and Mary E., who is gone with the majority. Mr. Jackson cast his first vote for "Old Hickory," and has been an advanced Democrat down to our own times. He has never been a member of secret or religious societies, and revels in the ideas of free citizenship. His wife is an exemplary Christian lady of the Methodist faith, and his son is a member of the Masonic society of Lafayette.