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Jackson, Ernest Harding was born on October 13, 1920 in Pollard, Arkansas, United States. Son of James William and Minnie Mae (Holcomb) Jackson.
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Ernest Harding Jackson, American genealogist, publisher. Decorated Air medal with silver and bronze oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart. Member of Sons of the American Revolution (treasurer, Illinois society), Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society (charter member, president), North Central Illinois Genealogical Society (charter member, past president), Illinois Genealogical Society, National Genealogical Society, Phi Delta Kappa.
Education
Student, Harvard University, 1940—1941. Bachelor, University Albuquerque, 1954. Master of Arts, University New Mexico, 1955.
Career
Enlisted United States Air Force, 1942, advanced through grades to chief warrant officer, 1968. 35 combat missions European Theatre of Operations, World World War II. Assigned Berlin Air Lift, 1949—1950, Special Weapons Command, 1951—1956.
Staff supply officer 11th Air Division Alaskan Air Command, 1956—1960. Supply officer SAC bases, 1960—1968. Retired, 1968; assistant professor, English Rock Valley Junior College, Rockford, Illinois, 1968—1974.
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Membership
Member of Sons of the American Revolution (treasurer, Illinois society), Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society (charter member, president), North Central Illinois Genealogical Society (charter member, past president), Illinois Genealogical Society, National Genealogical Society, Phi Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Anna Amalia Hofflund, August 5, 1951.
Education
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1954
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1955
Career
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1949 - 1950
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1951 - 1956
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1956 - 1960
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1960 - 1968
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1968