Newton Jackson (USA)

• Residence: 1860 - The Borough Of Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Biographical Annals of Lancaster Co., PA., 1903 by J. H. Beers & CO., page 1460-1461. NEWTON JACKSON, foreman of the boiler department of the Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouses, in Columbia, Pa., an esteemed citizen and one who risked his life in forty-three engagements during the Civil war, is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Strasburg, in this county. His parents, well-known residents of Strasburg township, were David and Catherine (Petro) Jackson.
  

In his early life Mr. Jackson went to school but a short time, as at the age of ten years he went to work in a coopershop, working there during the winters and assisting on the farm in the summer. When the Civil war broke out in 1861 he enlisted for service, joining Co. D, Second P. V. C., fifty-nine in line, under Capt. William Brinton for three years, and remained his full time. If the long series of the engagements of the Army of the Potomac be recalled, one can wonder that a soldier passed through all those dangers without wound or capture, but this was the fortunate case with Mr. Jackson. On Nov. 6, 1864, he returned safely to Lancaster county, and entered the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where he has been a fixture ever since, beginning at the bottom of the ladder in the boiler room and working up to the responsible position of foreman. Since 1881 he has held the latter position, which is one that requires skill, cool judgment and much physical endurance, all of these qualities being possessed by Mr. Jackson, in marked degree.

In September, 1865, Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Sally M. Albright, of Columbia, and to this union have been born three children: John W., who is engaged in railroad work; William L., who is employed in the Philadelphia Custom House; and Mary G. who married B. F. Stauffer, of Columbia. The birth of Mrs. Jackson was in West Hempfield township, Dec. 25, 1843, a daughter of Samuel W. and Catherine (Wisler) Albright, of Lancaster county. For many years Mr. Albright was known as a most capable and reliable brick and stone mason, and his death occurred in Marietta, at the age of forty-eight, but the mother died in West Hempfield. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Albright were: John, who was a member of the Pennsylvania Reserves, and died in Salisbury prison: Samuel, deceased; Christiann, who married into the Leonard family of Clearfield; Mary, deceased; Elizabeth, who resides with Mrs. Jackson; Catherine, who married a Mr. Green, and lives in Clinton county, Ellen, who is the widow of a Mr. Green, of West Hempfield township; and Sally M., the wife of Newton Jackson.

Mr. Jackson's political sympathies are with the Democratic party, while socially he is connected with Post No. 118, G. A. R., where he is highly regarded by his comrades. Few men in this locality saw harder service through the Civil war, and he is remembered as a brave and gallant soldier. As a quiet and industrious workman, he has won the esteem of his employers, and in the community he is thoroughly respected.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Philadelphia October 17, 1861, overstating his age by three years, as a private with Co. D, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Pa). He transferred to Co. A, date unknown, and honorably discharged at term's end October 17, 1864.

He married Sarah M. "Sallie" Albright September 1865 and fathered John W. A. (b. 02/20/67), William L. (b. @1869), Mary Grace (b. 02/13/73 - married Benjamin Franklin Stauffer), and Charles (b. 09/12/80). From 1864, he lived in Columbia, Lancaster County, where he died in Columbia Hospital from "bronch-pneumonia (Influenzal)" with "senility" a contributing factor.

Newton's brother John K. Jackson also was a veteran. See: John K. Find a Grave