PARENTS: John Jay Jackson & Mary Emeline Rose.

John Jay, b. 5 Jan 1833, Nashville, Davidson Co. Tenn; d. 6 June 1918, Canyonville, Douglas Co., OR.

Mary Emeline, b. 20 Nov 1845, Schuyler Co., Illinois; d. 15 Jan 1939, Canyonville, OR.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Abraham Jackson & Nancy Hager.

Abraham, b. 1800, Nashville, Davidson Co., Tenn; m. Nancy Hager 23 Jan. 1825, Davidson Co., Tenn; d. 1846, Mascoutah, St. Clair Co., Illinios.

Nancy, b. 1805, Davidson Co., Tenn; d. 1845, Mascoutah, St Clair Co., Illinois.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Commodore Stephen Decatur Rose (1818 -1899) & Elizabeth A. Peckenpaugh Rose (1821-1848).

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1860 U.S. Census for Canyonville Prec., Douglas Co, Oregon:
William Craig M 27 Scotland
John Jackson M 26 Tennessee (aka Thomas)
Wm Jackson M 33 Tennessee

It appears that the above were boarding w/Andrew Thomas & his family. Andrew Thomas was a blacksmith; Wm Craig is a gardner; John Jay Jackson & his brother William Jackson were farmers.


John Jay Jackson m. Mary Emeline Rose 27 Oct 1861, Canyonville, Douglas Co., Oregon.


1870 U.S. Census for Canyonville Prec., Douglas Co., OR:
John Jackson M 35 Illinois
Mary Jackson F 24 Illinois
William Jackson M 7 Oregon
Dellah Jackson F 5 Oregon
Comadore Jackson M 3 Oregon
Elizabeth Jackson F 1 Oregon

John is a farmer. His birth state is listed incorrectly. He was b. in Tenn. His brother William Jackson, 41 (b. Tenn), his wife Harriett, 23 (b. MO) & their child, Mary, 2 mos, reside next door. William is also a farmer.


1880 U.S. Census for Canyonville Prec., Douglas Co., Oregon:
John Jackson Self M 47 Tennessee
Mary E Jackson Wife F 40 Illinois
Wm Jackson Son M 17 Oregon
Della Jackson Dau F 15 Oregon
C D Jackson Son M 13 Oregon
Elizabeth Jackson Dau F 12 Oregon
John Jackson Son M 10 Oregon
Eunice Laswell Other F 18 Missouri

Father John is a farmer. The younger John is Thomas John Jackson.


Thomas' parents divorced 6 Dec. 1895 in Douglas Co., Oregon. Mary moved to Salem, Marion Co., OR by the time of the 1900 census on July 5, 1900 which shows her residing w/the Silas G. Pugh & his family. Her sister Sarah is married to Silas.


Thomas J. Jackson m. Zenna Etter in Salem, Oregon on Dec 24, 1898. He was a Indian school teacher at the Chemawa Indian School, Keizer, Marion Co., OR. After leaving Salem, he went on to teach American Indians for the government at Indian reservations in Nevada, South Dakota and lastly Marshall Co, Minn.


1900 U.S. Census for Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, Washoe, Nevada (near Reno):
Thomas J Jackson Head M 29 yrs, b. Feb. 1871 Oregon
Zenna Jackson Wife F 19 yrs, b. July 1881 Kansas

Zenna has had no children. His parents were b. in Illinois (inaccurate). Zenna's father was b. Switzerland & her mother in Iowa. Thomas is a govt-employed teacher.


1910 U.S. Census for Fort Berthold Indian reservation, McLean Co., North Dakota:
Thomas J Jackson Head M 29 Oregon
Renna Jackson Wife F 29 Kansas
Paul B Jackson Son M 9 Nevada
Esther M Jackson Dau F 5 South Dakota

Zenna had 2 children, both living. Thomas is a teacher at No. 2 Day School while Zenna is a housekeeper at the same school.


1920 U.S. Census for Marsh Grove Twp, Marshall Co., Minnesota:
Thomas J Jackson Head M 48 Oregon
Zenna Jackson Wife F 38 Kansas
Paul B Jackson Son M 19 Nevada
Esther M Jackson Dau F 14 South Dakota

Thomas is a school teacher. Paul is a farmer. Their neighbors are all farmers.


Thomas John Jackson & Zenna divorced in Marshal Co, Minn, in 1928.


Thomas John Jackson never remarried and after retiring as an Indian School administrator in Minnesota, ca 1939, returned to Douglas Co, Oregon, where he died in 1956. He is mentioned in his mother's obit as living in Minn. when she died Jan. 15, 1939 in Canyonville, Oregon.


Notes: The Oregon Death Index shows Thomas m. to Zena Jackson.

Children:
1. Paul Blackstone Jackson, b. 29 June 1900, Washoe Co, Nevada, Pyramid Lake Indian Boarding School; m. Elvina; d. 14 Mar 1996, Spring Hill, Alachua Co., Florida, per Brewer Mem FH, Spring Hill. Paul and family (2 children) lived and worked in the Detroit auto industry with residence in Canton, Michigan, about nine miles east of Detroit.

2. Esther M Jackson, b. 29 Mar. 1905, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Shannon Co, So. Dakota. Her father, Thomas John Jackson most likely was a teacher there. In May 2015, the Shannon County residents voted to change the name of the county to Oglala Lakota Co, since the general population is still mostly American Indian.

Esther M Jackson's first husband was Clayton Wm Noel, m. 1927 Boise, Idaho, divorced bet 1920 and 1940, as she is single in the 1940 Idaho census. In the obituary of her son, Robert S Noel, b 1929 Montana, d. Sept 22, 1950, Oakridge, Lane Co, Oregon, motorcycle accident, his obit lists his sister Joy J, residence Idaho, and his grandfather, Thomas John Jackson, residence Douglas Co, Oregon.

At some point, Esther was m. to a Dan Williams & resided in Seattle, Washington.

Note that her brother's obit listed his sister as "Esther Voges". She apparently married 3 times. Research is continuing.


Thomas' mother remarried a couple of times: A.P. Bacon 9 Sept. 1911, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR and John Quincy Adams Halladay Sept 22, 1920, Myrtle Creek, Douglas Co. OR. Both of her previous husbands were deceased.


See brother William Walter Jackson & sister Della Boyle's memorials as well as his parents' memorials for add'l family history (links below).


Thanks to Louise Heindl for her assistance with the Jackson family data.