History of Cedarville, (Greene County) Ohio United States of America

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Hugh Parks Jackson, clergyman, was born near Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio, April 18, 1836; son of David and Nancy (Nichol) Jackson; grandson of Robert Jackson (born 1760 in Ireland, and came to America in 1762), and of John and Ann (Woodburn) Nichol, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1789 and settled in Westmoreland county, Pa.; great grandson of David Jackson, who came to America from Carrick-fergus, Ireland, in 1762; and great2 grandson of Dr. Joseph Jackson, who was the grandfather of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States. David Jackson was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., March 3, 1794, and Nancy Nichol in the same county, June 11, 1799. Hugh Parks Jackson was graduated at Miami university in 1759 and studied at the Xenia Theological seminary, Ohio, and also at the Allegheny Theological seminary, Pa. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Xenia, March 28, 1865, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lake, Dec. 19, 1865. He was a sergeant in the Ohio militia during the civil war and pastor of the United Presbyterian churches at Waterford, Pa., 1865-69; Hanover, Ind., 1876-89; Greenfield, Ohio, 1889-92; Kirkwood, Ill., 1892-94, Chariton, Iowa, 1894-98, and Olena, Ill., 1898. He was also a superintendent of schools at Cedarville, Ohio, 1871-75. He is the author of: History of the Waterford and Carmel Congregations (1882); The Jackson Genealogy (1890).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Cedarville, (Greene County) Ohio

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