Alfred Eugene Jackson Sr.
Born: January 11, 1807
Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee
Father: Samuel Dorsey Jackson 1755 – 1836
Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Woodrow 1764 – 1844
Wife: Seraphina Cordelia Taylor 1808 – 1880
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)
Children:
Major Nathaniel T. Jackson 1830 – 1862
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)
Mary C. Jackson Carter 1832 – 1908
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)
Eva Jackson Deaderick 1836 – 1874
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)
Captain Alfred E. Jackson Jr. 1843 – 1862
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)
Education:
Attended Washington College Academy
Attended Greenville College in Tennessee
Occupation before War:
Farmer, Wholesale Produce Businessman and Mercantile Business
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Quartermaster for Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer
1862: Confederate Army Paymaster in Knoxville, Tennessee
Served in the fighting in Eastern Tennessee
1862: Appointment as Brigadier General Cancelled
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
Captured 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment Battle of Telford’s Station
Served in the fighting along East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
1863: His troops gave support at retreat Battle of Blue Springs, TN
1863 – 1864: Served in the Defense of Saltville, Virginia
1864: Assigned light Staff duty on Breckinridge’s Staff
Occupation after War:
Tenant Farmer in Virginia before receiving Presidential Pardon
1865: Granted Presidential Pardon for kindness in Greenville, TN
1865 – 1889: Farmer in Jonesborough, Tennessee
Died: October 30, 1889
Place of Death: Jonesborough Washington County Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Jonesborough City Cemetery Jonesborough, TN
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