Major Jackson was educated in the schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., where he resided until 1870, when he moved to Hoboken, Hudson County, N. J. During the past thirty years he has been actively and successfully engaged in the commission business, dealing extensively in farm and dairy products, with his office in Hoboken. He owns five creameries in different localities and is one of the largest shippers in Hudson County.

In military affairs Major Jackson has achieved special distinction. He served in the Civil War in 1862 and 1863, in Company H, Seventh New York Infantry. Afterward he was active in the New Jersey militia, becoming First Lieutenant and Adjutant in the Ninth Regiment December 20, 1881, Captain of Company E, Second Regiment, April 6, 1886, Captain of Company L, Fourth Regiment, May 31, 1892, and Major of the Second Regiment May 22, 1893. He was Major of the Second New Jersey Infantry in the Spanish-American War, being attached to General Fitzhugh Lee's corps, and was honorably mustered out of service November 17, 1898. Major Jackson is a member and Trustee of the Columbia Club of Hoboken, a member of the Seagirt (N. J.) Rifle Club, a member of the Spanish-American War Veterans' Association, and a member of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War. He is one of the best known men in Hudson County, universally respected and esteemed, and active in promoting local objects. In business he has been eminently successful; in military affairs he has achieved special distinction, having risen from private to commanding officer. He is and has been for several years a Vestryman in St. Paul's Church, Hoboken.