T. J. JACKSON was born January 12, 1826, in Hopkins County, now Webster County, Ky., and is a son of Beckley and Martha (Brown) Jackson, natives of Mecklenburgh County, Va. In 1815 the family came to Kentucky, and located about eight miles north of Madisonville, where the father died in 1860, aged seventy-five years. T. J. was reared on his father's farm and at the age of twenty-one opened a store at Carlow with a capital of $400, and also took charge of his sister's (Mrs. Ruby) farm, his store being on her premises. In 1856 he moved to his present location, and continued merchandising. He purchased 100 acres of land, and from time to time has added other land, and now owns about 1,250 acres, about 850 acres of which are improved, giving employment to twelve or fifteen hands. He is extensively engaged in raising and handling fine stock. Mr. Jackson has been eminently successful in business, having acquired a fortune of over $100,000. He was postmaster at Carlow for many years. After the completion of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, the office was discontinued on account of the transfer of the stage route. He was married, in 1856, to Miss E. J. Morrow, of Hopkins County. This union has been blessed with ten children, six of whom—three sons and three daughters—are living. He is a member of the Masonsic [sic] fraternity and I. O. O. F.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1036.