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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Jefferson County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Frank Jackson, well known in this section of country, and especially in Jefferson County, where he resides, is a native of South Carolina, having been born in Abbeville September 13, 1853. He has been a public servant in Jefferson County for some years, having given eight years of his time as magistrate and five years as school director, and is one of the leaders in Republican politics. In 1858 Mr. Jackson came to Arkansas with his parents, Marshall and Hattie Jackson, natives of South Carolina, who settled in Jefferson County. He received his education in private schools, and at the age of twenty-one married Miss Clara Perry, a native of Perry County, Ark., by whom he is the father of three children: Ella (aged seventeen), Havis (aged fifteen) and Hallie. Mr. Jackson owns sixty acres of valuable land, which is now planted to corn and cotton. He belongs to several societies, the principal one being B. & O. A. S., of Pine Bluff, Ark. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. For six years he has followed the vocation of a school-teacher, and has become a prominent citizen.
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