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George Jackson

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George Jackson

Birth
Blyth, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England
Death
7 Mar 1873 (aged 59)
Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Burial
Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A
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Son of John Jackson and Susannah Cottam.

Married Hannah Clayton, 22 Sep 1834, Handsworth, Yorkshire, England. She died 30 Nov 1843, Upper Heeley, Yorkshire, England.

Children - Harriett Jackson, Susannah Jackson, George Thomas Jackson, Ellen Jackson (1839), Ellen Jackson (1843).

Married Ruth Marsden, 14 Oct 1849, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

Children - Sarah Ann Jackson, Lorenzo Barnes Jackson.

Deseret News September 3, 1862

Arrival of Capt. "Brunson" Company


On Friday last, [29 August 1862] about four o'clock, Capt. Lewis Brunson's company of Saints, arrived in this city, and camped on the Public Square, in the 8th Ward. The company consisted of 212 persons, with 48 wagons, 75 yoke of oxen, 68 cows, 17 horses and 10 mules.

The following is the organization of the company, as furnished by the clerk: Lewis Brunson, captain; John Henderson chaplain; Joseph S. Wing, clerk and captain of the guard; Samuel Williams, O. C. Hoskins, John H. Robertson and Thomas Hunt, captains of tens.

In the company were natives of England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, the Canadas and other British American Colonies, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.

The following is a list of the principal members of the company: ... Geo. Jackson and family... There were only two deaths in the company while crossing the plains - Mercy Ross from England, aged 21 years, and Wm. Mails, aged 16 years, from Indiana. One birth reported. We understand that no accident worthy of note transpired during the journey.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Lewis Brunson Company (1862); Age at departure: 49
Son of John Jackson and Susannah Cottam.

Married Hannah Clayton, 22 Sep 1834, Handsworth, Yorkshire, England. She died 30 Nov 1843, Upper Heeley, Yorkshire, England.

Children - Harriett Jackson, Susannah Jackson, George Thomas Jackson, Ellen Jackson (1839), Ellen Jackson (1843).

Married Ruth Marsden, 14 Oct 1849, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

Children - Sarah Ann Jackson, Lorenzo Barnes Jackson.

Deseret News September 3, 1862

Arrival of Capt. "Brunson" Company


On Friday last, [29 August 1862] about four o'clock, Capt. Lewis Brunson's company of Saints, arrived in this city, and camped on the Public Square, in the 8th Ward. The company consisted of 212 persons, with 48 wagons, 75 yoke of oxen, 68 cows, 17 horses and 10 mules.

The following is the organization of the company, as furnished by the clerk: Lewis Brunson, captain; John Henderson chaplain; Joseph S. Wing, clerk and captain of the guard; Samuel Williams, O. C. Hoskins, John H. Robertson and Thomas Hunt, captains of tens.

In the company were natives of England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, the Canadas and other British American Colonies, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.

The following is a list of the principal members of the company: ... Geo. Jackson and family... There were only two deaths in the company while crossing the plains - Mercy Ross from England, aged 21 years, and Wm. Mails, aged 16 years, from Indiana. One birth reported. We understand that no accident worthy of note transpired during the journey.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Lewis Brunson Company (1862); Age at departure: 49


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