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Jacob B. Jackson

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American politician (1829-1893)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1829 to 1893 · aged 64
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Jacob Beeson Jackson was the sixth governor of West Virginia from 1881 to 1885. In 1855, he married Maria Willard. In his biography it is stated that he was a cousin of Stonewall Jackson. An examination of their family trees shows that the two men were second cousins once removed.

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Jacob Beeson Jackson was the sixth governor of West Virginia from 1881 to 1885. In 1855, he married Maria Willard. In his biography it is stated that he was a cousin of Stonewall Jackson. An examination of their family trees shows that the two men were second cousins once removed. He was also a 4th-cousin-once-removed to William Wirt Woodson who was Stonewall Jackson's half brother.

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United States
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1829 to 1893 · aged 64
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