Benjamin J. Jackman

1802 - 1889

• Name	Benjamin J. Jackman
  Born	24 Feb 1802	New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Sep 1889	Watertown, Jefferson Co, New York
  Buried	Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson Co, New York
  Notes	Benjamin Jackman, a native of New Hampshire, located in the town of Philadelphia in 1818, and was a, hotel-keeper there and elsewhere in Jefferson County 55 years. He had four sons and two daughters, two of whom are living, namely Abi S. (Mrs. Seth Strickland) in Mendon, Mich., and Daniel in Watertown. Benjamin Jackman died in Watertown, September 4, 1889, aged 87 years. !Childs Gazatteerof Jefferson County Benjamin Jackman, son of Samuel and Sarah (Merrill) Jackman, was born in Massachusetts in 1802, and in 1818 came to Jefferson County and engaged in farming. He married Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Patience (Buel) Post, in 1823, by whom he had fours sons and two daughters. Daniel L., son of Benjamin, was born in 1843, and grew up upon a farm. In 1861 he enlisted in the late war and served in Co. H, 34th Regt. N. Y. Vols., and in Co. D, 13th N. Y. Cav., and participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Malvern Hill, Antietam, South Mountain, and others, and was taken prisoner at Fishers Hill. In 1863 he married Kate, daughter of Patrick and Mary (Crotty) Colligan, and they have one son and two daughters, viz.: Abi Sibyl, born in 1869; Timothy, born in 1873; and Eva May, born in 1882. Abi S. was educated at Adams Collegiate Institute, and early in life evinced ability in literary work. In 1885, at the age of 16 years, she published her first work, A Silver Ray, a book of nearly 300 pages. This volume was well received by the public, as was also her second effort, entitled A Golden Sunset, published in 1888. !Hamilton Child's "Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y.", 1890.
  Person ID	I46394	Bryant
  Last Modified	20 May 2007

  
  

  Family	Sarah Post,   b. Abt Jul 1806, New York ,   d. 04 Sep 1877, Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson Co, New York
  Married	1823	Philadelphia, Jefferson Co, New York
  Family ID	F3082	Group Sheet

  
  

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