Pickmore Jackson

Pickmore Jackson (November 7, 1822  February 9, 1892) was an American shoemaker and politician.

Pickmore Jackson
Born(1822-11-07)November 7, 1822
DiedFebruary 9, 1892(1892-02-09) (aged 69)
Saugus, Massachusetts, US
OccupationShoemaker
Spouse
Lura Nourse
(m. 1848; died 1892)
Children5 daughters
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Saugus
In office
1844–1844
Preceded byBenjamin F. Newhall
Succeeded bySewall Boardman

Personal life

Born in Saugus, Massachusetts on November 7, 1822 to William and Mary (Stocker) [Stanford] Jackson, Pickmore Jackson married Lura Nourse on September 14, 1848. They had five daughters, all born in Saugus: Louise Abby Jackson (May 28, 1850  January 9, 1870), Mary Ella Jackson (born April 18, 1852), Susan Stanford Jackson (June 12, 1855  September 7, 1870), Gertrude Jackson (November 18, 1858  May 27, 1880), and Addie Augusta Jackson (born December 2, 1862). Lura died in Saugus on January 29, 1892, and Pickmore died there eleven days later on February 9, 1892.[1]

Career

In 1842, Jackson joined the shoemaking renaissance in Saugus, following the lead of the Raddin and Newhall families. Soon thereafter, he was elected by a majority of Saugus voters as their 1844 representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, replacing Benjamin F. Newhall. In 1845, no representative was sent as nobody received a majority of votes, so Jackson wasn't succeeded until Sewall Boardman served from 1846–47.[2] By 1862, Jackson had also served on the Saugus school committee.[3]

References

  1. Seward, Josiah Lafayette (1921). A History of the Town of Sullivan New Hampshire: 1777–1917. Vol. II. Keene, New Hampshire. p. 1239.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Hurd, D. Hamilton, ed. (1888). "Saugus". History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Vol. I. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co. pp. 391–423.
  3. Massachusetts Board of Education (1862). "Report of the Secretary of the Board". Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Education together with the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board. Boston: William White. pp. 47–111.
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