Pennsylvania & New York Upbringing
Description
Robert Houghwout Jackson was born in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania on February 13, 1892. Five years later his family moved to Frewsburg, New York, a nearby village to Jamestown, New York. He graduated from Frewsburg High School in 1910 and spent a post-graduate year at Jamestown High School. He did not attend college, but apprenticed in a law office and attended Albany Law School for one year.
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Jackson Family Portrait
Robert H. Jackson as a young boy with his father William Eldred, his mother Angelina Houghwout, and his sister Ella.
Historical Background:Robert H. Jackson was born in 1892 in Spring Creek, Warren County, Pennsylvania. In 1897 Jackson and his…
Historical Background:Robert H. Jackson was born in 1892 in Spring Creek, Warren County, Pennsylvania. In 1897 Jackson and his…
Robert H. Jackson's Jamestown High School Senior Class, 1910
Yearbook Photo
Historical Background:Robert H. Jackson, age eighteen (standing at right) and other graduating seniors as they appeared in the Jamestown High School 1910 yearbook. In his yearbook, a line appeared under his name: "Mark you! this…
Historical Background:Robert H. Jackson, age eighteen (standing at right) and other graduating seniors as they appeared in the Jamestown High School 1910 yearbook. In his yearbook, a line appeared under his name: "Mark you! this…
Robert Jackson's High School Graduation Photo
Photo of Robert Jackson from 1910 Jamestown High School Red & Green Yearbook
