Background
JACKSON, Horatio Nelson was born on March 25, 1872 in Toronto, Canada.
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JACKSON, Horatio Nelson was born on March 25, 1872 in Toronto, Canada.
Public Schools, Kingston, Canada. Medical Department, University of Vermont, 1893.
Vermont House Surgeon, Mary Fletcher Hospital., 1893-1895. Practiced Medicine in Burlington, Vermont, 1895-1900. First to cross American Continent in an automobile by northern route from San Fran, to New York and thence to Burlington, Vermont, 1903.
Operated mines in Alaska and Chihuahua, Mexico. National. Executive Committeeman during life of Progressive Party. Delegate, Republican National.
Convention, Chicago, 1920. Commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, World War, 1917. Captain, 1917; Major, 1917.
Surgeon, 313 Infantry., 79 Division.; sailed for France, 1918. Wounded three times, awarded Distinguished Service Cross, 1918.
Legion D’Honneur, 1919. Croix de Guerre with Palm, 1919. Discharged Camp Upton, 1919.
Commissioned Lieutenant- Colonel, Medical Reserve, 1919. Transferred to Infantry. Corps, 1929, commanding 388 Infantry., 97 Division.
Reserve Chairman, National. Foreign Relations Committee.
Member: American Legion, Vermont. Elks; Masons, 32°. Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia), Racquet and Tennis (New York City).
Spouse Bertha Richardson Wells, July 6, 1899, Burlington.