Benjamin Granville JACKSON

1842 - 1895  (53 years)

• Name	Benjamin Granville JACKSON  [1]
  Birth	22 May 1842	, Getchell's Settlement, New Brunswick
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Note	They built a home in Mayfield on what later was the Goodine property. Asa young man, Benjamin sailed around the Horn (Cape Horn ?) to Californiawith his brother Samuel and spent one or two years there. He returned,married, farmed and lumbered. His life had a tragic ending by poison.He got up at night because he had indigestion to take baking soda. Butinstead, he took arsenic. [JP] Apparently was called Granville. [JP]
  Death	14 Jul 1895
  Burial	, St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I77493	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jones Dyer JACKSON,   b. 25 Oct 1797, , St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 6 Jun 1874, , Mayfield, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann HANSON,   b. 22 Feb 1815, , Bocabec, New Brunswick d. 1895, , Mayfield, New Brunswick (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1832
  	Jones Dyer Jackson and Elizabeth lived in Mayfield three and half miles from St. Stephen on a farm where he raised his family. He was a house framer and carpenter by trade at which he worked as well as farming.
  Family ID	F18154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Haley GETCHELL,   b. 9 Aug 1845, , Getchell's Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada d. 3 Apr 1928 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1869	, Getchell's Settlement, New Brunswick   [1]
  Children	1. Howard JACKSON,   b. 14 Jul 1872   d. Abt 1872   2. Howard JACKSON,   b. 24 Apr 1874   d. 14 Jul 1888 (Age 14 years)   3. Herbert Chester JACKSON,   b. 18 Mar 1876   d. 4 Jan 1946, , Calais, Washington County, Maine (Age 69 years)   4. Emma Estella JACKSON,   b. 7 Nov 1878, , Mayfield, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1945, , St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 66 years)   5. Eva Louella JACKSON,   b. 7 Nov 1878, , Mayfield, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 14 Oct 1950, , St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 71 years)   6. Harriet Ann JACKSON,   b. 25 Aug 1880, , Mayfield, New Brunswick d. 24 Jan 1949, , Little Ridge, New Brunswick (Age 68 years)   7. Christopher Jones JACKSON,   b. 8 Apr 1882   d. 24 Oct 1924, , St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 42 years)   8. Ida May JACKSON,   b. 11 Aug 1884, New Brunswick d. 11 Oct 1975, ,, Saskatchewan (Age 91 years)   9. Blanche Louise JACKSON,   b. 29 Apr 1888   d. 30 Mar 1977, , Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 88 years)   10. Henry Getchell JACKSON,   b. 28 Mar 1890, , Mayfield, New Brunswick d. 7 Jul 1974, , New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F18162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1615] Descendants of Jones DYER, Sr., 1615.