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Townsend Jackson
On Section 2, of the town of
Ellicott, stood a building erected for a tavern and used as such
for one year. In 1855 Townsend Jackson bought the farm and
tavern, and there resided until his death, when it became the
property of his surviving children, Edward M. Jackson, of
Youngsville, Pa., Louise A. (Jackson) Garfield, and Olive B.
Jackson. The farm has been shorn of many of its acres, as the
demand for lots and small tracts became insistent, until now the
homestead is surrounded by but twenty of its original acres.
Townsend Jackson, son of Obadiah Jackson, of English descent, and
his wife, Sarah (Boreman) Jackson, of Holland descent, was born
in the village of Rosyln, Long Island, N. Y., Aug 16, 1824, died
at his home in the town of Ellicott, Chautauqua county, N. Y.,
Nov. 24, 1901. He spent his early life in his native section of
the State, then came to Chautauqua county, locating in the town
of Ellicott, where he bought the farm previously referred to and
now the present home of his daughters, Louise A. (Jackson)
Garfield, and Olive B. Jackson. In addition to his farming
operations, he dealt in fine horses, not more for a desire for
profit than for a genuine love for a good horse. He owned several
during his lifetime, to which he became greatly attached, and the
sale of them was often postponed. He was a man of strong and
upright character, devoted to his family, and universally liked.
He was successful in his undertakings, and an excellent business
man. In politics he was a Republican; in religion a Quaker or
Friend.
Townsend Jackson married, in Greenvail (sic: Greenvale), Long
Island, March 14, 1843, Margaret A. Nostrand, born Nov. 2, 1825,
in Jericho, L. I., died March 25, 1903, at the farm in Ellicott,
Chautauqua county, daughter of Epenetus and Eliza (Bert) Nostrand,
of Holland descent. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were the parents of six
children as follows: Sanford, deceased; Jones, deceased; Louise
A., married Albert P. Garfield, of Busti; Epenetus N., deceased;
Edward M., of Youngsville, Pa., and Olive B.
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