E. C. Jacksom was born in Indiana in 1845; he is the son of Samuel and Harriet (Twichell) Jackson, natives of New York State. He is a farmer and owns 100 acres of laud. He was educated in a seminary in Orland Town, Ind. At the present time he is running a " leveeing” machine, throwing up embankirients along streams of water, so as to make bottom lands tillable. It has proved a success. This machine will throw a cubic yard of dirt in a minute, and the expense is only 5 cents per yard. It takes 12 horses and 3 men to do the work. Over 100 acres of wheat was raised in 1879 on lands that had been ponds of water before; the machine had been used for grading roads, but Mr. Jackson has improved it till he can do all kinds of work with it. In 1876, he married the daughter of Mr. Gardner, one of the early settlers of this county.

History of Pike County Chapman & Co. 1880 (People/ Towns / Religion/ )