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HARRISON B. JACKSON was born in Jasper county, Mo., April 8, 1852, and raised in this county. His father, Joel, died in 1865 at Ft Scott, Kan. During the late Rebellion the family were compelled to flee the country, and took up their home at Ft. Scott, Kan., until the war ceased returning in 1867 to this county. Was married in June, 1873, to Eliza Stump, of Cherokee county, Kan., who was born in Mo. She died in June, 1874. Married the second time Dec. 25, 1876, to Sarah A. Vanbeber, who was born in Logan county. Tenn. She died in June, 1877. Was again married in June 1879, to Eliza J. McQueen, who was born in Osage county, Mo., in 1860. Names of children are Edith and a baby, George. Both are members of the Baptist Church; has a farm of sixty-three acres; had twenty-eight acres in wheat averaging twenty-eight bushels, and ten acres in corn averaging forty bushels. There are 100 young bearing trees on the farm. Mr. Jackson is prospecting for mineral on a farm nearby. His father was one of the earliest settlers of the county, and realized some of the early dangers and hardships of the county. There were plenty of Indians and wild game, as turkeys, wild-cats, panthers, and deer. This farm is about one-half mile south of Smithfield, in township 28, range 34, and section 12, near the banks of Spring River.