JOHN MONTGOMERY JACKSON

 

     John Montgomery Jackson, a farmer and stock-dealer residing two miles northeast of Stockton, Mo., was born in Roane County, Tenn., in 1842, and is a son of James Preston and Margaret (Montgomery) Jackson, who were also Tennesseeans, the former born in Roane County in 1816, and the latter in Roane County in 1822.  They were married in their native State, and in 1843 came to Cedar County, Mo., and located on a farm eight miles east of Stockton, where the father has since been living.  The mother was a daughter of John Montgomery, and died January 9, 1888.  The paternal grandfather, John Jackson, was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., in 1792.  John Montgomery Jackson is the eldest of five surviving members of a family of ten children, his brothers and sisters being as follows: Mary, wife of Samuel McAckron; Sarah, wife of John B. Salmon; Nancy A., wife of John Oldham; and William.  John Montgomery Jackson has been a resident of Cedar County since he was one year old, and remained under the shelter of the paternal roof until he was twenty years of age.  March 18, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Eighth Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and August, of the same year, was wounded in Benton County, Mo., by a gun-shot, which disabled him for seven months, being in the hospital at Jefferson City two months, and the rest of the time at home.  February 1, 1866, he was married to Miss Amanda J. Connaway, a daughter of Dennis H. and Rebecca (Tatom) Connaway, who came to Cedar County, Mo., in 1838.  Rebecca Tatom was born in Bond County, Ill.  Soon after Dennis H. Connaway came to Missouri his father died, leaving him, the only son, to care for the family—a mother and three sisters.  He had a fair education, but maintained the family principally by farming and teaching school.  Until later on in years, he honorably filled several prominent offices—that of clerk, collector and representative.  He was married to Rebecca Tatom in the year 1844.  They lived happily together eight years, when Mrs. Connaway died, leaving three small children, of whom Mrs. John M. Jackson is the oldest.  The other two children, both boys, are now living in Oregon, the elder a doctor, and the younger, cashier of the First National Bank, Independence, Oregon.  After the death of Mrs. Connaway, Mr. Connaway, with the help of his oldest sister, took care of his children and aged mother, for five years, at which time he married Serena J. Bugg in the year 1857.  They had five children, four boys and one girl, two of the boys living in this State—one a veterinary surgeon, living at Columbia, Mo., and the other a doctor, living in Cedar County, Mo.  The other three are living in Kansas, engaged in farming and raising stock.  Mr. Connaway spared no pains in educating his children, and teaching them to be useful members of society.  His mother died in the year 1864, aged seventy years.  He is now in his seventieth year, and is in poor health; is now visiting his sons and relatives in Oregon.  He is a strong Republican; held the offices of lieutenant and captain in the late war; has been a strict member of the Christian Church for a number of years.  Mrs. Jackson was born in Cedar County in 1846.  She and Mr. Jackson have four children: Oscar C., Samuel E., Margaret R., and Walter T.  In 1864 Mr. Jackson bought 370 acres of land twelve miles west of Stockton, but in 1881 located on the farm of 360 acres where he now lives, were he is quite extensively engaged in stock dealing.  He is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

From the History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889, p. 747-748

 

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