Joseph Jackson (October 4, 1793 – May 27, 1888) was an American politician who served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives.
[3] When he was a few years old, his family moved to the area of present-day Rochester, New York, which at the time consisted of a single log house.
[2] In October 1846, he moved his family to Crown Point, Indiana, where Jackson served as county auditor and ran a hotel named the Hack House with his son-in-law, Z. P.
[2][6] Jackson moved to Wapello, Iowa, in 1857, and served as justice of the peace.
[1][3][7] They had five children: Ursula Ann, who died as an infant, Clinton, Amarilla Valeria, Helen Augusta, and another daughter named Ursula Ann who became the teacher of the first school in West Creek Township, Indiana, in 1838.