BIOGRAPHIES
(Source:
Schenectady County, New
York : its history to the close of the nineteenth century
unknown: New York History Co., 1902 - Yates, Austin A.)
Transcribing by Sharon Wick
Jackson, Allen Hever
Jackson, Samuel W., Hon.
Jarrard, George W.
Jenkins, Zerah |
Jewett,
John
Johnson, Allen W.
Johnson, Latin A. |
Jones, Alexander L.
Jones, John N.
Juno, John S. |
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Hon. Samuel W. Jackson was born
in the town of Palatine, Montgomery County, N. Y., June 28,
1821. His father, Allen H. Jackson, a native of the same
county, was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a
graduate from West Point, was by profession a civil engineer,
and was a one time chief of the corps of engineers of the New
York & New Haven Railroad, and subsequently the Central Railroad
of New Jersey. The progenitor of this branch of the
Jackson family was Colonel Samuel Jackson, an Englishman, who
came to America about 1790 and settled at Florida, Montgomery
County. He served honorably in the war of 1812 and died in
1846. Samuel W. Jackson's mother was Diana (Paige)
Jackson, sister of Judge Paige, of Schenectady.
After receiving an academic education he entered the
Sophomore class of Union College in 1840, and, after a highly
creditable course, was graduated in 1842 with honors.
Having begun a course in legal reading in the office of
Alexander Sheldon previous to entering college, he resumed this
study after graduating, and completed his legal course in the
office of Paige & Potter in Schenectady. He was licensed
as an attorney under the old regime in 1843 and as counsellor in
1846. Upon being admitted to the Bar in 1843 he began the
practice of his profession at Gilboa, Schoharie County, N. Y.,
and continued thus occupied until 1850, when failing health
forced him to retire for a time from active work. In 1856,
however, his health being re-established, he resumed his
professional duties, practicing in New York, but in 1858 he
returned to Schenectady, where he has since remained, and where
he has achieved a high reputation as a jurist.
He was appointed by Governor Hoffman in 1867 to fill
the unexpired term of Judge E. H. Rosecrans of the Supreme
Court. In 1872 he was appointed a member of the
Constitutional Convention, and is now attorney for the New York
Central Railroad for his locality.
Mr. Jackson, although an octogenarian, is still
actively engaged in the practice of his profession, and owing to
his fine legal attainments has long enjoyed a large and
desirable clientele. He is a man of varied acquisitions,
cultured and liberal, and has been called upon to occupy
important official positions. |
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John Jewett was born in
Albany County, N. Y., May 31, 1859. His parents were Jacob
and Nancie (Setterly) Jewett. Mr. Jewett has lived in the
town of Naskayuna, Schenectady County, N. Y., since he was ten
years of age, and has always been engaged in general farming,
but for the last seven years has also conducted a dairy
business. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of
Schenectady Lodge No. 319, Knights of Pythias. On January
12, 1889, Mr. Jewett married Nancy E. Mudge. The Jewett
family is of Holland Dutch descent. |
John N. Jones was born in Albany,
N. Y., Feb. 15, 1860, but has resided in Schenectady County
since 1884. After his school days, he worked as a clerk in
the bookstores of S. R. Gray, Albany, N. Y., for five years, and
was in the pork packing business in that city for two years.
He was also collector for the Albany Argus for about a year, and
spent a year on a stock farm in Kansas.
In 1884 he came to Schenectady County and settled in
the town of Princetown, where he has since followed the
occupation of farmer. He is a member of the Grange and of
the United Presbyterian Church, and represented the town of
Princetown on the Board of Supervisors for four years.
On March 24, 1884, John N. Jones married Mary Tinning,
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Counter) Tinning. They have
three children, Ellen, Miriam and John. Mr. Jones is of
English descent. His parents were John and Harriet
(Spencer) Jones. |
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