WILLIAM JACKSON.     William Jackson, who was one of the brave defenders of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war, and is now an honored resident of Logan county, Ohio, his home being in Monroe township, was born on the 1st of June, 1829, in Newark, New Jersey, his father being Samuel Jackson, who was a native of Yorkshire, England, and was a stone-mason by trade.  The subject of this sketch is indebted to the public schools of his native state for the educational privileges he enjoyed, being a student in such institutions until sixteen years of age, and after putting aside his text books he turned his attention to carpentering.
     On the 15th of July, 1852, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Mrs. Georgia C. Warrell a widow living in Frankford, a part of Philadelphia.  She was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, Apr. 9, 1833, and is a daughter of William and Ruth Allen.  Her father came from Birmingham, England.  Of his eight children five are now deceased, namely: William, Joseph, Emma, Edward and Ellen.  Those still living are Mary, James and Georgia.  Mr. and Mrs. Jackson became the parents of seven children, as follows:  Ruth, born Apr. 12, 1853, is the wife of Marion Downing, of Ohio, and they have seven children.  Emma,  born Aug. 26, 1855, is the wife of Henry Harish, whose home is in West Liberty, Logan county; George, born Apr. 1, 1858, is deceased; Mary, born Apr. 19, 1860, is the wife of John Ricks, by whom she has seven children, and they reside in Huntsville, Logan county; Harry, born Jan. 20, 1867, married Minnie Crevistor and has one child.  They live with his father upon the old home farm; Joseph, born Apr. 6, 1870, and Samuel, born Mar. 19, 1873, are both unmarried and reside at home.
     After his marriage Mr. Jackson lived in Pennsylvania for several years.  In 1859 he took up his residence in Philadelphia, and  from there removed to Savannah, Georgia, and later to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he spent three years.  We next find him a resident of Bellefontaine, and he has since made his home in Logan county.  He now lives in Monroe township, and in his farming operations is meeting with good success.
     On the opening of the  Civil war Mr. Jackson put aside all personal interests, and donning the blue uniform of the nation went to the defense of his country's flag, and the cause it represented.  Hardly had the echoes of Fort Sumter's guns died away when he enlisted, Apr. 15, 1861, for three years, or during the war, becoming a member of Company H, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in every engagement in which his command took part.  The war being over, he was honorably discharged in October, 1865, and returned to his home in Bellefontaine.  He supports the Republican party, which embodies his views on public questions of national importance, and has always been found as true to his country's interests in times of peace, as when he followed the old flag to victory on southern battlefields.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 427