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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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David A. Jackson, M. D. The calling of the physician, when properly conducted, is the noblest to which a man can devote his life, and it is but stating the simple facts when we say that Dr. Jackson has made good use of his knowledge of medical lore, and has been the means of bestowing health, and consequently happiness, on many of his patients. He was born in York County, S. C, June 30, 1851, and is a son of Andrew Jackson, who was born in the same county, his birth occurring March 13, 1832, and died there in 1887, having been a farmer throughout life. He was married, in South Carolina, to Miss Mary Jane Campbell, who was born in York County, in 1834, and died of typhoid fever in her native State in September, 1885. Of three sons and three daughters born to them two sons and three daughters are living, Dr. David A. Jackson being the eldest of the family. After obtaining a common-school education, he entered the Medical Department of Tulare University of Louisiana, and was graduated as an M. D. from this institution in 1877, and the same year began practicing his profession where he now lives, this county having been his home ever since, with the exception of the time, from 1879 to 1883, when he was in Calhoun County. He is a well-known and successful practitioner of the county, and commands the confidence of all with whom he comes in contact. Politically, he is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for Horace Greeley. The paternal grandfather, David Jackson, was born in South Carolina and spent his life in that State.

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This family biography is one of 64 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Bradley County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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