Colusa Biographical Sketches.

CHAPTER XII.

A.A. JACKSON.

A.A. Jackson is a native of the Pine Tree State, born December 27, 1842. He spent his early life on his father's farm, and secured a common-school education. In September, 1863, he came to California via Panama. After spending one year on a ranch, he went to Puget Sound and worked in a sawmill. In 1865 he engaged in mining, following that pursuit in Montana and Nevada. In 1873 he came to Colusa and purchased an interest in a lumber yard with W.D. Dean, and the business was run under the firm name of W.D. Dean & Co. Two years later the firm purchased the lumber yard at Princeton, which was conducted under the name of A.A. Jackson. In 1879 the Colusa Lumber Company was incorporated, with yards at Colusa, Princeton, Williams and Willows, when Mr. Jackson movved to Willows, where he has ever since resided. In 1888 he engaged in the lumber business at Modesto under the firm name of A.A. Jackson & Co. Mr. Jackson is a leading Republican of the county, takes an absorbing interest in public affairs, and is always forward in aiding enterprises for public good.

COLUSA COUNTY

ITS

HISTORY TRACED FROM A STATE OF NATURE

THROUGH THE EARLY PERIOD OF SET-

TLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT,

TO THE PRESENT DAY

WITH A

DESCRIPTION OF ITS RESOURCES, STATISTICAL

TABLES, ETC.

ALSO

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND

PROMINENT RESIDENTS

by Justus H. Rogers

Orland, California

1891

Page 343-465

Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 7/8/2009

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