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David S. Jackson is a Wayne County Tennessean, born in 1847, son of John and Susan (Skillern) Jackson, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. John Jackson was a tiller of the soil, and for two terms served as county trustee, holding minor offices in the county also. He was a successful stock trader, and has always been a stanch Democrat. He and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. David S. resided with his parents until twenty-five years of age, when he married and began carving out his own fortune on the farm of 152 acres where he now lives, the principal productions of which are corn, grass and stock. In September, 1864, he enlisted in the Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, under Col. Biffle, and served until Hood’s raid into Tennessee, when he was captured, while on a visit home, and retained at Nashville about fifteen days. He took the oath of allegiance and was allowed to return home. He participated in all the battles fought during Hood’s raid, the principal one being at Franklin. He belongs to the Democratic party, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mahala R. Merriman, daughter of Eli and Rachel Merriman, became his wife December 24, 1875. She was born in 1848.