Surnames: Jackson, Miller, Horner, Murdock, Grooms
I R Jackson, retired carpenter and contractor, was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, Penna, April 19, 1824. He is a son of Stephen Jackson and Hannah Miller Jackson, natives of this county. His grandfather, a pioneer farmer, was born in Maryland. Mr Jackson, whose father was a millwright and carpenter, was the third in a family of five children. He learned the carpenter trade, in which he engaged in Cumberland Township for a period of thirty five years. He was united in marriage April 12, 1846, with Mary A Horner, daughter of R M Horner and Martha Murdock Horner. Mrs Jackson's parents are among the early settlers of the county. Of the seven children born to Mr and Mrs Jackson, only one survives: Emma C Jackson. The deceased are James J Jackson; Mary Ann Jackson; Louisa J Jackson; Alice L Jackson; Stephen T Jackson; and Margaret A Jackson, who was the wife of William Grooms and mother of two children, one of which, James A Grooms, is still living. Mr Jackson is a Democrat, and has served as burgess of Carmichaels Borough. He and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.