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JOHN C. JACKSON, retired merchant, is a native of Staffordshire Potteries, Eng¬
land, where he w-as born April 7, 1809. Growing up in the occupation peculiar to his
birthplace, he located in New York city in 1830 as an importer of china and earthen¬
ware. A capable merchant, he retired in 1869 to enjoy the fruits of well earned suc¬
cess, devoting himself thereafter to stock breeding in Queens county on Long Island,
the presidency of the county agricultural society for a number of terms and other local
interests. The turnpike built by him from Hunter's Point to Flushing was such a
splendid road that the stockholders of the company presented him with a silver dinner
service.    In 1834, he married Martha M., daughter of Capt. Andrew Riker.

THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN JACKSON, lawyer, born in Rockaway, N. J.,
Nov. 16, 1830, is a son of William Jackson, who was a manufacturer of iron, as was his
father Stephen Jackson. The forge worked by the latter before the Revolution is yet
in existence in 1895. The family contributed several soldiers to the American Revo¬
lution. William Jackson, having met with business reverses, removed in 1837 to a
farm near Avon, N. Y., but later removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died in 1872.
Theodore was educated at the public schools, left home in 1847, studied law with Judge
H. G. Onderdonk on Long Island, became acting deputy in the Queens County Clerk's
office in 1851, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. The same year, he opened a law
office in Williamsburg, now a part of Brooklyn, as Assistant to Corporation Coun¬
sel George Thompson, and in 1853, with Paul J. Fish, one of the oldest lawyers in
Williamsburg, established the partnership of Fish & Jackson. The firm dissolved in
1861, and Mr. Jackson continued practice alone until 1874, when he became a partner
in Jackson & Burr. This latter firm continued in existence until 1895, although Mr.
Jackson retired from active labor in 1890. Mr. Jackson's life has been passed in
Brooklyn and his practice has been mainly in the field of real estate law and the man¬
agement of estates. He owns a large amount of realty, mainly in the i8th ward, upon
which he has expended a large sum in improvements, especially in the construction of
a canal and docks at the head of Newtown creek. City affairs have occupied some of his
attention and his strong social and financial standing, coupled with his known integ¬
rity, led to his election in 1889 and 1890 as City Comptroller of Brooklyn. In 1882, he
accepted the office of Registrar of Arrears in Mayor Low's cabinet and performed val¬
uable public service for four years in that office. In 1861, he married Cornelia, daugh¬
ter of Jonathan S. Burr, a lineal descendant of Jehu Burr, one of the first settlers of
Springfield, Mass., and afterward of Fairfield, Conn. His clubs are the Hamilton,
Brooklyn and Hanover clubs of Brooklyn, and the Bar and Racquet clubs of New
York. By virtue of lineal descent from Capt. Stephen Jackson, he is a member of The
Sons of the American Revolution. He is also a director of The First National Bank of
Brooklyn, The Long Island Loan & Trust Co., The Union Ferry Co., The New York
& East River Ferry Co., The Brooklyn Heights Railroad, The Long Island Traction
Co., and The Lawyers' Mortgage Insurance Co.

EDWARD SOMERVILLE JAFFRAY, merchant, born in London, England, March
23, 1816, died in New York city, April 23, 1892.    His father, John Richmond Jaffray is