Background
JACKSON, Thomas Herbert was born on January 18, 1874 in Westmeath, Ontario. Son of Noah W. and Pauline (Adams) Jackson.
president Mississippi River Commission
JACKSON, Thomas Herbert was born on January 18, 1874 in Westmeath, Ontario. Son of Noah W. and Pauline (Adams) Jackson.
United States Military Academy, 1899. Engineer School of Application, 1902.
Louis. Missouri Served as District Engineer, San Francisco, California, 1907-1911. Dallas, Texas, 1911-1914, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1914-1917, San Francisco, 1926-1929. Division. Engineer, San Francisco, California, 1926-1928, New Orleans, St. Louis and Vicksburg, since 1928.
President, Mississippi River Commission. since 1928. Brigadier General, 1899- 1928. Served in France, World War, 1917-1919.
Decorations: Distinguished Service Medal. Officer, Legion of Honor. Commander, Order of Leopold 2.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Spouse Maude Edgar, August 24, 1912, St.