Background
Jackson, Sheldon was born on May 18, 1834 in Minaville, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Clinton and Delia (Sheldon) Jackson.
Jackson, Sheldon was born on May 18, 1834 in Minaville, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Clinton and Delia (Sheldon) Jackson.
Graduate Union, 1855, Doctor of Laws, 1897. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1858. Doctor of Divinity, Hanover, 1874.
Doctor of Laws, Union U., New York, and Richmond, O., College, 1897. Ordained Presbyterian minister, May 5, 1858.
Colporteur Presbyterian Board Publication, 1856. Agent American Systematic Beneficence Society, 1857. Missionary to Chostaw Indians, 1858.
To Western Wisconsin and Southern Minnesota, 1859-1869. Agent United States Christian Commission Army Cumberland, 1863. Pastor La Crescent, Minnesota, 1859-1864, Rochester, Minnesota, 1864-1869.
Principal Rochester Female Institute, 1864-1869. Superintendent.
Member special government commission to investigate condition of natives of S.E. Alaska, 1879. Member editorial advisory council World’s Best Orations (11 vols.), 1899.
Married Mary Voorhees, May 18, 1858.