Thomas Jackson

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868 John Banks Company (1856)

Perpetual Emigrating Fund

Age at departure: 32

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Birth: Sep. 13, 1823 Lancashire, England Death: Sep. 14, 1883 Glenwood Sevier County Utah, USA

THOMAS JACKSON was born September 13, 1823 at Blackley, Lancashire, England, the son of John Jackson and Susannah Grundy. He Married Alice Crompton. On January 9, 1855 after he and his family joined the Mormon Church, he sailed on the Ship "Neva" from Liverpool, England for America. After reaching Utah, he worked hard and was soon financially able to send for his family consisting of his wife and five children. They came to Utah as a member of the John Banks Company in 1856. In Utah he married Susan S. Martin and Dinah Burrows. Thomas owned a set of molasses rollers. At that time, many people raised sugar cane, and the rollers were needed to crush the sugar cane that molasses was made from. In addition to running the molasses mill, he worked at his trade of making furniture. Thomas Jackson was a fluent speaker, a bible student and a lover of Shakespeare and was interesting as an entertainer. The families of Thomas Jackson were not strangers to hardships and trials, since they were pioneers and had all the varied experiences which pioneers usually encounter. Nevertheless, he was always cheerful and would sit by the fire, play with and sing to the children and tell them stories which were exceptionally interesting to all. Thomas Jackson had a well equipped carpenter shop. Machinery in the carpentry shop was run by water power. One day he accidentally came in contact with the heavy revolving belt of the water wheel and was dragged underneath in such a way that his hip was badly crushed and one of his legs broken. This almost wrecked him physically. He did not fully recover from the effects of the accident and passed away on September 14, 1883. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery. He was the father of twenty-two children, one hundred-twenty grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Notes: Entry by "Tad" On the spouses link, Alice Crompton was his first wife. They were married in England before the family ever came to America. I have copies of his journals and one entry on a mission to England he mentions that his family had ostracized him because of his beliefs and would not invite him to their homes.

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Spouses:

• Dinah Burrows Jackson (1847 - 1937)
• Alice Crompton Jackson (1826 - 1905)*

Children:

• John William Jackson (1849 - 1928)*
• Elizabeth Jackson Reid (1851 - 1934)*
• Joseph Brigham Jackson (1852 - 1910)*
• Thomas Edward Jackson (1856 - 1932)*
• Alice Ann Jackson Jones Partridge (1858 - 1927)*
• Amillicent Jackson Oldroyd (1861 - 1911)*
• Francis Elizabeth Jackson Dastrup (1873 - 1955)*
• Lydia Zylphia Jackson Cowley (1875 - 1951)*
• Alice Maud Jackson (1876 - 1896)*
• George Franklin Jackson (1877 - 1943)*
• Fredrick Jackson (1878 - 1904)*
• Horace Jackson (1880 - 1893)*
• Bertha Jackson Hill (1882 - 1931)*
• Hermione Jackson Hill (1883 - 1953)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Glenwood Cemetery Glenwood Sevier County Utah, USA

Maintained by: Clara "Tad " Pomroy Originally Created by: Dawnetta Record added: Apr 17, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 18981728

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On January 9, 1855 after he and his family joined the Mormon Church, he sailed on the Ship "Neva" from Liverpool, England for America. After reaching Utah, he worked hard and was soon financially able to send for his family consisting of his wife and five children. They came to Utah as a member of the John Banks Company in 1856. In Utah he married Susan S. Martin and Dinah Burrows.

Thomas owned a set of molasses rollers. At that time, many people raised sugar cane, and the rollers were needed to crush the sugar cane that molasses was made from.

In addition to running the molasses mill, he worked at his trade of making furniture. Thomas Jackson was a fluent speaker, a bible student and a lover of Shakespeare and was interesting as an entertainer. The families of Thomas Jackson were not strangers to hardships and trials, since they were pioneers and had all the varied experiences which pioneers usually encounter. Nevertheless, he was always cheerful and would sit by the fire, play with and sing to the children and tell them stories which were exceptionally interesting to all.

Thomas Jackson had a well equipped carpenter shop. Machinery in the carpentry shop was run by water power. One day he accidentally came in contact with the heavy revolving belt of the water wheel and was dragged underneath in such a way that his hip was badly crushed and one of his legs broken. This almost wrecked him physically. He did not fully recover from the effects of the accident and passed away on September 14, 1883. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery. He was the father of twenty-two children, one hundred-twenty grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Notes: Entry by "Tad" On the spouses link, Alice Crompton was his first wife. They were married in England before the family ever came to America. I have copies of his journals and one entry on a mission to England he mentions that his family had ostracized him because of his beliefs and would not invite him to their homes.