2004-10-30/2019-09-09 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va., Organ Historical Society, 1991). Edited for the revised OHS Online Database website, 2017. - Born 1850/1851; in Chicago, Illinois; partner with Samuel Ellis in Ellis, Jackson & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, 1873; partner with John Gallagher in Jackson & Gallagher of St. Louis, Missouri, 1876-1879; in Jackson Pipe Organ Co. of Chester, Illinois, 1879-1894; in Washington, Iowa, 1895 to 1899; with Burlington Organ Co. of Burlington, Iowa, 1899 to 1912; partner with L. Shulman and M. Shulman, in Shulman-Jackson firm of Burlington, Iowa, 1912; established Jackson & Co. of Burlington, Iowa, 1913. Staff: Gustavus Schenkel. Patents held: Patent #480,949; August 16, 1892; pipe. Patent #520,924; June 5, 1894; pipe organ. Patent #520,925; June 5, 1894; combination stop action. Sources: The Diapason, October 1912, 3. The Diapason, December 1913, 2. Michael Friesen. Stopped Diapason,: #29 (Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society, Hoffman Estates, IL).
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