Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

4'74 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCRNCES
moved to New Yorlr state, ancl in IS37 to what is now Penn township
of Stark county. Their children are nainecl as follo~vs : Melinda, married,
a resident of Henry county ; James M., a resident of this township
; Sylvia, 11~ho cliecl in 1815 ; Sylvester, married, a citizen of Iowa ;
Andrew, married, also in Io~va, and Clarissa, married, a resident of this
county. The father. resided in Penn township until llis death in DiIarch,
1844, ancl the rnother died in litter years as in pioneer history.
Jaines M. came with his parents to this State ancl shared their pioneer
labors until after his father's cleath. On August 11, 1844, lie married
Miss Elizabeth, claughter of Henry and Catherine (Dall) Stlurms, also
pioneers of this county. They are the parents of ten children, namely :
Henry, of this township, i~iz~rried ; Cvrus, of Ringolcl county, IOIV~,
single; John, of the same county, married ; Brady F. ancl Walter, of
the same county, married ; Rebecca, married in Tonlon township ;
Washington, of Il ayes county, Neb., married ; Tilly, married, a resiclent
of Touion tlownsliip; Ella, married, residing in this township and
Ernest, single, resicling with parents. Nr. Jackson at one time was n
inelnber of the United Brethren Cl~urcli, but of late years has atteucletl
the American Presbyterian Cl~urcll. For over 15 years he has served
as school director and in po1itic:~l life is a Douglas Democrc~t. I3is
agricultural and stoclr-growing interests clainl 11 is sole atten tion.
Col. Will.ia912 Jc~7c~on, born in Rosshire, Scotinncl, May 11, 1834, is
the son of Thomas and Isabella (IIyslop) Jaclcson, the former born in
Roxburghsliire, Scotland, in 1800, was the son of Adam ancl Ellen
Jackson, descended fro111 a. f alnily (in Scotlnncl) of shepherds. Admn
Jackson was in his day a, famous hunter, earning the title of " King of
the Hunters." Adam ancl Ellen hall a faililly of seven chilclren,
Thomas being the third son. IIe married Miss Isabella Ilyslop in
1827 in Roxburghsliire, ancl remorecl to the Higl1lancls of Scotland in
1833, still folloiv~ng the vocation of shepllercl. They hacl, when they
emigrated to the Highlands, two children, nan~ely, Elizal~eth and
Adan]. Isabella, the wife of Tho111as Jacltson, was the daughter of
Adam and Elizabeth (Ihlentine) Ilyslop, both natives of Scotland,
Adam I-Iyslop being a laborer, and the Ealentines, like the Jacksons,
being sllephercls. Tllo~nas Jackson reinainecl in the I-liglilands for
eighteen years, where six Inore children were born to them, namely,
W~llialn, now colonel of the Fourth Illinois National Guards; John:
James, Walter, Davicl and Ellen. Thomas emigmtecl to America in
1550, and settled in El~nilr~ to~vnship, where lie purchasecl 107 acres
from Thomas Turnbull on northwest quarter-section 27. There he
engaged in fitrming, and remained on his first purchase until his cleath,
whlch occurred August 6 1855. IIis wife still survives him, living at
the atlranced age of eighty-three in Ehnisa with her son Willlain.
Williarn Jaclcson rernainetl with his father cluring his boyl~oocl as a
sheep-herder, receiving a, part of his eclrlcation in Scotland. IIe came
with his parents to America in 1860, ancl engaged in fiirining up to the
beginning of the rebellion of 1861. On the 12th of June, 1861, he
enlisted in what was linown as the El~nira Rifles, colnmancled by Capt.
Charles Stua~t, and went into Camp Douglas, Chicago, June I %th, where
the command was mustered into the service by Capt. Pitcher on the