WI BIO - Dane Co - JACKSON, Edson B. & Ebenezer Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 1893, Vol II, pp 315-316, 337 Biography of Ebenezer JACKSON (p 337) - grandfather of Edson B. The JACKSON family were among the early settlers in the American colonies, coming hither in 1700, two brothers of the name starting from Ireland. It is not known in the family annals where they landed, but is certain that one was employed on the Providence plantation, and it is supposed that he was employed by the ship's company to work to pay the passage of himself and brother from the old country to America. They separated and one was never heard from. The other was the father of Michael JACKSON and became the progenitor of the JACKSON family in this country. Michael JACKSON was born 28 Mar 1735, and married 04 Jun 1755, to Susannah WILCOX, who was born 15 Apr 1732. They resided at Pownal, Bennington County, VT, and Michael JACKSON served as an Orderly under General LYMAN at Fort Ticonderoga in 1756. After the close of the war he retained his orderly book, and subsequently used it for a family record book. He had the following children: Lyman, Esther, Jesse, Abigail, Ebenezer, Kesiah, and Mindwell. Of these, Lyman was born 29 Feb 1756, and married 03 Jan 1782, to Deidama DUNHAM, who was born 25 Feb 1765, and the following children were born of this marriage: Rosana, Jesse Dunham, Ebenezer (our subject), Michael, Lyman, John J., Obadiah, Abner, David B., Royal G., Norman L., Susannah S., and Lucy D. Nearly all of the children were born at Pownal, Bennington County, VT, but in 1801 or 1802, the family removed to Cooperstown [Otsego County], NY. Of the above family we are in this biography concerned with the third child, Ebenezer. Ebenezer JACKSON was born 15 Jun 1786, and on 22 Jan 1808 he married Betsey PRINGLE, who was born in Richfield, Otsego County, NY, 26 Jan 1788. They reared a family of seven children: Lucy N., Cynthia D., John Lyman, Charles Pringle, Sophia Jane, Kathleen, and Julius D. Ebenezer JACKSON died on 07 Aug 1857, at the age of 71 years, and his wife died on 13 May 1842, aged 54 years. Biography of Edson B. JACKSON (pp 315-316) - grandson of Ebenezer Edson B. JACKSON, general agent of the Jackson Refrigerator Company of Chicago, IL, who resides on section 11 in Oregon Township, Dane County, WI, his residence dating from 1867, was born in Wyoming County, NY, 20 Sep 1843. His grandfather, Ebenezer JACKSON, who had been a soldier in the War of 1812, born 15 Jun 1786, became one of the early settlers of Sheldon, Wyoming County, NY, and married Betsey PRINGLE, of Otsego [Otsego County], NY, 22 Jan 1808. He owned a farm at Strykersville [Wyoming County, NY] and also kept a store; also built an hotel at Sheldon Center [Wyoming County, NY], which he managed for a time, but subsequently removed to Albion, PA, where he lived until he died, 07 Aug 1857, leaving these children: Lucy N., Cynthia D., John Lyman, Charles Pringle, Sophia Jane, Kathleen, and Julius D. The father of our subject, John Lyman JACKSON, was born in Richfield [Otsego County], NY, 23 Feb 1817, and removed with his parents to Wyoming County, NY, where he engaged in farming, and on 13 May 1840 John Lyman JACKSON married Phoebe Eliza TURNER, who was born in Naples [Ontario County], NY, 16 Jan 1816. After marriage he settled on a farm in Sheldon Township [Wyoming County, NY], remaining until 1852, when he went West, where he engaged in peddling and also in teaching school, both in WI and IL. John Lyman JACKSON selected a tract of land in Forest Township, Richland County, WI, which he purchased and there erected a log cabin, and in 1854 he removed his family to WI, making the journey via the lakes from Buffalo, NY, to Milwaukee, thence by rail to Madison, Dane County, WI, and at this place Mr. JACKSON met his family with teams; and as they settled down in their new home they became one of the five pioneer families of Richland County, WI, inhabiting Forest Township. John Lyman JACKSON represented Richland County in the Assembly of 1860. In the spring of 1864 John Lyman JACKSON removed to Dane County, WI, and first settled in Sun Prairie, where he purchased a farm, but in 1867 he removed to Oregon Township [Dane County] and settled on section 11, where he purchased 120 acres of land and passed his days, dying 20 Feb 1891. The mother of our subject [Phoebe Eliza (TURNER) JACKSON] died 15 Nov 1890. She had been a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. JACKSON had been a member of the Masonic fraternity. John Lyman and Phoebe Elizabeth (TURNER) JACKSON had a family of two children: Helen Sophia, born in Strykersville [Ontario County, NY], 14 May 1841, who married Dr. Charles N. DUNN, of Centralia [Marion County], IL; both she and her husband are graduates of Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, IL, and both are engaged in practice in Centralia. Our subject, Edson B., was but a boy when the family came to WI, celebrating his 11th birthday by assisting the family to move into the new home. [Edson B. JACKSON would have been 11 years of age on 20 Sep 1854.] He was reared on the farm and attended only a part of two terms in school after coming West and this instruction was received at Baraboo [Sauk County, WI]. He continued to reside with his parents as long as they lived and now owns the old place, consisting of 120 acres. On 03 Sep 1864, Edson B. JACKSON enlisted in Company B, 42nd WI Infantry, and served until he was mustered out in Jul 1865. The regiment was engaged in doing provost duty. In 1880 Edson B. JACKSON's uncle, Charles P. JACKSON, invented a refrigerator and engaged in its manufacture, and in 1881 Edson B. went into the business with his uncle as the general agent and so continues. The company builds all sizes, from those in use in the family to those used in the largest packing houses and breweries. Edson B. for some years was general agent for the whole U. S., but gives the most of his time now to the State of WI. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is a member of the Oregon Lodge, No. 51, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons. Submitted by Cathy Kubly