1793-1826
Dr. Edward Brake Jackson, congressman and physician,
was born in Clarksburg, (West) Virginia on the 25th of January 1793,
a son of Colonel George and Elizabeth Brake Jackson. He lived only thirty-three
short years but led an active and full public life.
Dr. Jackson received his education at Randolph
Academy, Clarksburg, under the direction of Rev. George Towers, principal. He then studied medicine under his
brother-in-law, Dr. William Williams.
After the surrender of Detroit in the fall of 1812,
Dr. Jackson volunteered as a mounted rifleman in this war with Great Britain,
after which he was detailed as surgeon's mate in the Third Regiment of
Virginia, serving at Fort Meigs in northern Ohio. Later he declined an appointment as surgeon in the U.S. Army.
Jackson represented his county as a member of the
House of Delegates of the General Assembly of Virginia in 1815. He was clerk of the U. S. District Court and
served in Congress from 1820-23, having been chosen to fill the vacancy after
James Pindall resigned. Later, Jackson
was elected to a full term as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia (16th-17th Congress), his term expiring on
4th of May 1823. It is to
the credit of Dr. Jackson and Rep. McWhorter that the county of Lewis, (West)
Virginia was created. Jackson declined another term in 1822 possibly because of
failing health.
In 1820, in Clarksburg, Jackson associated with Dr.
William Williams, (1) his brother-in-law, and advertised his business in the Republican
Compiler on 21st of July 1820.
And, in 1822, he served on the Board of Trustees of Randolph Academy.
It is a tradition in the Jackson family that Edward
married Miss Anna Todd around 1812, the second marriage to take place in the White
House. (2) Miss Todd was a cousin to Dolly Payne Todd Madison, (3) the wife of
President James Madison. (4) A search of the White House archives and early
newspapers of Washington DC fail to verify this marriage, however. (5) The
George Jackson family Bible record, meanwhile, lists only one marriage for
Edward, to Elizabeth Gibson. No
additional references to Anna Todd Jackson have been located.
Jackson’s marriage to Elizabeth E. Gibson (6) probably
took place around the 23rd June of 1817 in Fauquier County,
Virginia. On this date, in Warrenton,
Fauquier County, Virginia, E. B. Jackson and William Gibson took a bond of
intent to marry. (7) Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Sarah S. Winn Gibson who were married the 17 December
1791. Sarah was the daughter of Minor
Winn.
In early fall of 1826, Dr. Jackson left Clarksburg to
seek the medical benefits of the healing waters found in Bedford County,
Pennsylvania. It is obvious from his
detailed will that he intended to return to his family and medical
practice. He died on the 8th
of September 1826 and was probably buried near Bedford, Pennsylvania, (8) but
not before making provisions for his wife and children and disposing of his
entire estate right down to his suit of clothing, which he left to George J.
Williams.(9) He appointed Elizabeth E.
Jackson and George J. Williams guardians of his children, and he freed his
servants, John and Jenny, after they safely escorted his wife, Elizabeth, and
her children, to Mr. Gibson’s home in Fauquier County, Virginia.(10) His will, written and first probated in
Bedford County, can be found in the courthouse at Clarksburg, Harrison County,
West Virginia. (11)
Upon Dr. Jackson's death, the
Clarksburg Intelligencer offered this eulogy:"
“In
all the various stations to which he was called he supported with credit to
himself the interest and honor of the District he represented. The death of such a man is both a national
and a private loss. Peace to his
ashes.” (12)
The following notice of his
death was in the September 30th,
1826 issue of “National Intelligencer”, Washington DC.
“Dr.
Edward B. Jackson late member of Congress from Clarksburg Dist. Va d. 8 Sept
1826 at Bedford Pa. Dr. Jackson was
elected and served as member of Virginia Legislature several years before being
elected to Congress. He leaves and wife
and four children.” (12a)
by
Linda B. Meyers
June
1999 – revised July 2002
Family of Edward Brake Jackson
Note:
Lack of punctuation in Edward’s will caused a problem determining the names of
the children. Listed are: Maria Flora Virginia George William and Alfred. A
1837 Lewis County, (W)V chancery case listing the heirs of George Jackson,
clarifies this. it appears that there
were only four heirs of E. B. Jackson; Maria, Flora Virginia, George William/s
and Edward Alfred. (13)
1.
Maria Gloria
Jackson b. aft June 1817 – bef Sept
1826 pr. Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV: in Herkimer, NY; (D.A.R. record #21931); d.19 July 1884 Washington, DC; bur. Congressional Cem., Arlington, VA
21 July 1884; burial site R81/313; m. 21 Oct. 1839, Valley View, Fauquier Co.,
VA Judge John Curtis Underwood. b.
14 Mar 1809 Litchfield, Herkimer Co., NY, s/o John and Mary Curtis Underwood;
d. 7 Dec 1873 Washington, DC; bur. 2 Jan 1874 Congressional Cem. site
81/313-314(Public Vault 12/9/1873) (14)
Fauquier
Co. VA Land Deed Book 36,page 13,
said Elizabeth E. Jackson gave to her daughter Maria G. Jackson, slave, Susan
Catherine (about age of 7 years) daughter of Betty. Dated 21 Dec 1835.
Obit: “Weekly State Journal”, Parkersburg, WV, 18 December
1873, pg 2 col. 4
“Judge Underwood of the U. S. District Court
in Richmond, Va, died on the 8th inst of apoplexy. During the war, and since, he has been
extensively connected in public affairs, and as a result made warm friends and
bitter enemies. In his own State,
Virginia, he was an early and bitter opponent of the rebellion. He was well known in our own State. His most
violent enemies concede him more decision of character and much more ability
now then they believed him to possess which he when he first rose to the
surface as a public man.”
Sudden
Death of Judge Underwood
Apoplexy
the Cause
Judge John C. Underwood, of Virginia, but recently residing in this city, died suddenly of apoplexy at his residence, 225 3d street, at 10 o’clock last evening. The deceased, who was a native of Herkimer county New York, emigrated to Fauquier county, Virginia, some twenty-five or thirty years ago, where he married and settled. He was educated for the law, and divided his attention for some years between agricultural pursuits and the practice of his profession. On account of his well-known sympathy with the abolition movement and his support of Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency in 1860, he was compelled to leave the state. Mr. Chase, in 1861, secured his appointment as fifth auditor, and in 1864 President Lincoln appointed him district judge for the district of Virginia, which position he held at the time of his death. In 1865 he was elected U.S. Senator by the legislature in session at Alexandria, to succeed Mr. Carlisle, but was not admitted to his seat, owing to the reconstruction measures debarring Virginia from representation in Congress. He presided over the convention, which framed the present constitution of Virginia. Latterly his name has been brought prominently before the public in connection with the McVeigh suits for the recovery of confiscated property – the Judge being the holder of this property and defendant in the suits. The circumstances of the late personal attack upon him in Richmond by McVeigh are well remembered, as they were detailed in The Star at the time. The funeral will take place at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the Unitarian church, corner 6th and D streets, and the remains will be interred in the Congressional cemetery. The deceased, who was 63 years of age, left a wife and two children.
Obit: From Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery
Underwood,
Maria Gloria, At 4 a.m. July 19th
1884, after a brief illness, Maria G., widow of the late Hon. John C.
Underwood, United States district judge for Virginia. Funeral Monday, July 21st, at 4 p.m., from her late
residence, No 1446 Rhode Island avenue.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.
Note: She was living with her daughter at the time of her death as this was the residence of Alexander Cameron Hunt.
Children of John and Maria Gloria Jackson Underwood:
1. Flora
Virginia Underwood b. 7 Oct. 1840 Fauquier Co., VA; d.18 Sept. 1841
Herkimer, N.Y. (UFOA) (15)
2. Edward
Jackson Underwood b. 13 Dec. 1842 Herkimer, NY; bur. 1 May 1907
Congressional Cem., Arlington, VA; site 82/312; m. 2 May 1872 at Rockford, IL, Mary
Alice Horsman Res. Washington D C.
a.
John Curtis Underwood b.
26 July 1874 Rockford, IL: res. New York
City
3.
Alice Elizabeth Underwood b. 13 July 1850 Herkimer, NY; buried 6 May 1920
Congressional Cem. Arlington, VA; site 82/314 m. 3 June 1889 Quebec, Canada (UFOA) (IGI has Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO) Alexander Cameron Hunt b. 25 Dec. 1825 in
Hammondsport, NY; d. 14 May 1894 Washington, DC; burial site: 82/314: interment date same as death date? He died at his residence, Tenleytown, near
Washington, DC, funeral private.
a. Gloria John Hunt b.
2 Jan 1891 Washington D. C. (UFOA); may have died in 1918, single. (there is a Glena J Hunt
listed in the Congressional Cem. Index buried 13 Oct 1918 buried at the same
site: 82/313
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Obit: The Evening Star, May 15, 1894
Ex-Gov Hunt Dead
A Forty-Niner and Active
in the Development of the West
The death of Alexander C. Hunt at his residence in Tenleytown yesterday closes a career, which was actively identified with many of the interesting and important features in the development of the west. For the past six year Gov. Hunt, as he was known, has been a resident of this city. His home was at 1446 Rhode Island Avenue. In 1891, while at Chicago, he had an attack of paralysis, and his recovery, while partial, was never complete. His health became impaired, and he built a residence at Tenleytown, which he had only recently occupied. The funeral services, which will be private, will be held tomorrow, the interment being at Congressional cemetery.
Governor Hunt was born at Hammondsport, N. Y., in the year 1829. When a child he was taken by his parents to Freeport, Ill., which became their home. Here his early life was spent and he was honored by his fellow citizens by being elected mayor, and given other places of trust. He crossed the plains in 1849, and returning in the latter part of the 50’s, he went to Colorado, making his residence at Denver. He was elected a delegate to Congress from that territory, and later he was appointed governor. He subsequently had charge of the Indians in that territory. He was president of the Rio Grande railroad, and also projected the National railroad from Laredo to the City of Mexico. He had large property interests in Texas and in Mexico. He was twice married and leaves a wife and three children.
(UFOA : Governor Hunt
is dead and his widow lives at “Gloria Point,” Tenallytown, D. C. )
3. Flora Virginia Jackson bef. 1926; d.
1903; m. 3 Oct. 1843 Fauquier Co. VA Dr. Erasmus D. Force of New Orleans. (16)
Fauquier Co. VA Land Deeds
Book 36, page 13, Elizabeth E.
Jackson giving to her daughter Flora V. Jackson, slave Malinda age 7 years
(probated date 8 Jan 1836). Said Malinda daughter of Jenny.
Note: In his will Edward Jackson freed slave
“Jenny”after they had transported Elizabeth to her family in Fauquier County.
Children of Erasmus and Flora
Virginia Force: They may have had a son,
Edward and two other sons.
1. Ida b. ca
1848 KY or VA; d. 11 Nov. 1926 Jefferson Co.,
KY, age 78. (17) m. before 1871 Dr.
William Holt Bolling b. 23 May
1840; d. May 1891 pr. Louisville, KY. (Note:Weston Democrat, April 19, 1890 had his name as Dr.
George Bolling, a professor of the medical college of Louisville in
1890. I haven’t been able to locate
anything on Dr. George, but Ancestry
World Tree Project, Mae’s Bowling & Doolin Ancestors; gives his name as
William Holt Bolling . File gave full names and birthdates for the children,
which have not been documented)
There was a William Holt Bolling a resident of
Fauquier County, Virginia who enlisted in the Confederate Army in 10 March
1862.
1890 Louisville City Directory – Ancestry.com
William
H. Bolling The Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of Ky. medical director; physician office, 28 Bull Block 901 3d KY
Charles
D. Jacob; John K. Goodloe; Wm. W. Morris; David Meriwether; D. W.
Hilton;
William H. Bolling Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of Kentucky The
president; vice president; secretary; treasurer; State agent; medical
director
Market, north east corner 5th KY
Louisville,
Kentucky Directory, 1887
Bolling
William H physician
Surname
Given Name Middle Initial Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank -Discharge Notes
Allegiance
Bolling
William H. Capt. Archibald Graham's Company Virginia Light Artillery.
(Rockbridge Artillery.) Private Private
Confederate
Bolling William H. H 29 Virginia Infantry. Private 2 Lieutenant Confederate
Bolling William H. D 46 Virginia Infantry. (1 Regiment Infantry, Wise Legion. 2 Regiment Wise Brigade.) Private Confederate
Bolling William H. B 59 Virginia Infantry. (2d Reg't Of Infantry, Wise Legion.) Private Private Confederate
Bolling William H. General And Staff Officers, Corps, Division And Brigade Staffs, Non-com. Staffs And Bands, Enlisted Men, Staff Dept. 2 Lt. Engrs
Bolling, William H. Confederate
Military Record –Individual
William Holt Bolling, res: Fauquier County, Virginia, Enlist Date: 10 March 1862; State: Virginia
From the roster appearing in
Robert J. Driver's The First and Second
Rockbridge Artillery (Lynchburg, VA:
H. E. Howard, 1987) (part of the
Virginia Regimental History Series):
Bolling, William Holt: 5th
Cpl. B. 1836. Att. UVa 54-56. Att. Wash. Col.
Res. Fauquier Co. Enl.
Winchester 3/10/62 as Pvt. Present
3/10-6/30/62. WIA Malvern Hill
7/1/62. Returned to duty by 10/31/62.
Promoted 8th Cpl. 11/1/62.
Present 11/1/62-4/9/63.
Promoted 6th Cpl. 4/10/63. Present 4/10/63. Promoted 5th Cpl. 5/10/63.
Present 5/10-6/21/63. Detailed
in Ord. Dept. by order Col. Baldwin 6/22/63-12/31/64. Reduced to Pvt.
Paroled Winchester 4/24/65, age 24, 6', fair complexion, light
hair, grey eyes. Res of
Petersburg.
"A most polished
gentleman." M.D., Louisville, Ky., 1904.
Children of William Holt & Ida Force Bolling:
a)
Flora Jackson Bolling
b. 8 April 1871
b)
Alfred Force Bolling b. 1 Jun 1872;KY; d. 18 Nov. 1923 Jefferson Co., KY
(18), age 52; m. Sammie D. , b. 1845 KY. In 1920 his occupation was
“fire insurance adjuster” (19)
Register
of Former Cadets: Centennial Edition (Lexington, Va.: Virginia Military
Institute, 1939.)
Bolling,
Alfred Force; Louisville, Ky.; 2
yrs., rep. 4th; Prof., Allmond's College, Louisville, KY.; Real Estate; Dead.
Child of Alfred and Sammie Bolling:
1)
Mildred Bolling b. ca 1899; married Hunt C. Smith b. ca 1894. He was a Salesman for the Paper company
in 1920, and they were living with Alfred and Sammie in Louisville.
Kentucky
Death Index:
Mildred
L. Smith d. 4/26/1978 Jefferson Co.,
KY, age 79 (Vol. 24; cert: 11670 Death
Vol. 78)
Hunt
C. Smith d. 3/23/72 Jefferson Co.,
KY, age 79 (Vol.15; cert:07073: Vol. 72)
c)
Anna Dade Bolling b. 1 Feb 1874
d)
Melville Bolling b. 24 Apr 1876
e)
Alice Underwood
Bolling b. 22 Oct 1880
3. George William b. ca 1823 Harrison Co., (W)VA; m. by
John W Pugh 31 Dec 1868 Annie Robinson b. ca 1846 Fauquier Co, VA,
d/o Samuel & Caroline A.
Robinson. (20) There is a George W.
Jackson living with the Nathaniel Butter family in Turner Dist. Fauquier Co.,
Virginia in 1850. (21) He is age 26, wheelwright.
4. Edward
Alfred - no information found on him to date.
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Lewis
County West Virginia Record Book 1821: p. 181:
Doctor Edward B. Jackson who hath been duly licensed
to practice Law in the Courts of the Commonwealth on his motion hath leave to
practice in this Court whereupon the said Edward took the Sweral (?) Oath
presented by Law. 10 June 1823.
Compiled and submitted by Linda B. Meyers – July
2002
[1]. Williams has been referred to as the first physician
to permanently locate in Harrison County.
2. In the
early 1990’s Harriet Piper called the White House archivist, Rex Scouten, to
inquire about this marriage. He
informed her that the second marriage in the White House was not a Jackson-Todd
wedding.
3. This
relationship was through Dolly’s first marriage to John Todd, Jr. (1790). She married James Madison in September 1794,
after her John’s death.
4. Thomas Jefferson was President from 1801-09. During the early years of his administration Dolly assisted at the White House when the President asked her help in receiving ladies. Dolly was a sister to the wife of John George Jackson, brother of E. B. Jackson and the Jackson-Madison family had a close relationship.
5. Genealogical material from the National Intelligencer, the early newspaper in Washington, D.C., has been abstracted and indexed and published by Heritage. I searched these publications from pre-1800 until the year of Jackson’s second marriage and did not find a reference to a Jackson/Todd wedding, which is said to have made headline news. (LMB). In November of 1929, Louise Latimer, author of Your Washington and Mine, in a letter to Roy Bird Cook, Jackson biographer, stated, “All the clipping material on White House weddings give this wedding (E.B. Jackson –Anna Todd) as the second in the White House. All the papers speak of the wedding as a brilliant affair and that the modest little Quakeress, Anna Todd, was somewhat horrified at the elegance and costliness of the event.” (Sunday Exponet Telegram, 29 Dec.1929) No such clippings are in the archives at the White House according to Mr. Scouten, Archivist, fall 1991. No reference to a Jackson/Todd marriage was found in the Marriage and Obituary Citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from early Virginia newspapers of this time period, on film in the Library of Virginia.
6. Hunter Bennett’s papers indicate that Elizabeth was related to Julia Beckwith Neale, wife of Jonathan Jackson, father of Stonewall.
7. Fauquier Co., VA Clerk’s Office, Warrenton, VA; William Gibson, father.
8. Weather at this time of the year would not permit the transportation of a body a great distance.
9. Relationship to George J. Williams is unclear. He probably was a son of Dr. William and Catherine Jackson Williams.
10. The fact that all of the children went with Elizabeth to live with the Gibson family is a good indication that they were all Elizabeth’s children and not children of a previous marriage.
11. Will Book 4: 134; 11 Sept 1826 and 2 Dec. 1826
12. Clarksburg Intelligencer, 23 Sept. 1826; Haymond, History of Harrison County, p. 382.
12a. Library of Congress Roll 1 1800-1834 : NGS Special Publication #41 Abstracts of Marriages and death notices from 1800-1850. His death was also reported in the September 29th, 1826 edition of the “Richmond Enquirer”, : Film 23a, Library of Virginia, Benard J. Henley papers.
13. Daniel Post vs. George Jackson heirs, 1837 drawer, chancery records, Lewis County courthouse, Weston, WV.
14. Index of Interments Congressional Cemetery, 1992 –
per Patricia L. Sheetz- researcher
15. UFOA: Underwood, Lucien Marcus, The Underwood Families of America, edited by Howard
J. Banker. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 199? : originally published in
1913, Lancaster, PA; New Era Printing Co.
16.
p. 69 Fauquier Cty Va Marriage Bonds
1759-1854, Marriage Returns, 1785-1848 by John K. Gate, Heritage Books,
Inc. (d/o Edward B. Jackson
17. Kentucky Death Index,
1911-present: Bolling, Ida F;Volume:57 Certificate: 28287; Death Date: 11
November, 1926; Death Place: Jefferson
Age: 078 . In 1920 Alfred said his father was born in
VA and his mother in KY
18. Kentucky Death Index: Vol. 57; cert 339 Alfred F. Bolling, age 52
19. 1920 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY census, T625_580, pg:14B; Im786, Ed 127 Ancestry.com. 190/253, Alfred age 46, KY,VA,KY; Sammie 45 KY KY KY, Mildred Lee Smith, dau. 21 and Hunt C. Smith, s-I-l age 26. In the 1910 Miracode Index for KY he was age 35, Sammie D. age 35 and Mildred L. age 12.
20. Fauquier County Marriages 1854-1880 by Dee Ann Buck: George W. Jackson, 45 years of age, single, born in Harrison Co, VA, living in Warrenton, VA, lawyer, parents Edward B. & Elizabeth Jackson, married on 31 Dec 1868 to Annie Robinson 22 years of age, single, born and living in Fauquier Co, VA, parents Samuel & Caroline A. Robinson, married by John W Pugh.)
21.Ancestry Image 89, 1850 Fauquier County Virginia census, p. 311 dwelling 625; family 627; 11 Sept.