HERMAN JACKSON,
Born at Nottoway C. H., on August 28, 1847, is the son of B. B. Jackson,
born in Amelia county, Virginia, died in August, 1876, aged
sixty-seven years, and Louisa (Dyson) Jackson, born in Nottoway
county, died in 1867. The Jackson family of which he is the
representative was founded in America by three brothers who came
from England to the Virginia colony at an early day. Lyndhurst
Jackson, elder brother of Herman, was a soldier of the 3d Va. Cav.
under Fitz Hugh Lee in the late war, serving from the beginning until
captured the day before the surrender. He was taken a prisoner to
Point Lookout, and died there, from the effects of measles. Herman
Jackson has always lived in the county of his birth, receiving the usual
education of the schools of the county, and also attending the Nottoway
Academy. His home was with his father until the death of the latter.
He married, at Nottoway C. H., September 1, 1880, Lizzie Massenburg
Dillard, of Sussex county, Virginia. They have one son, Herman
Massenburg, and one daughter, Lizzie Dillard. Mrs. Jackson's father
was R. F. Dillard, born in Sussex county, Virginia, died in 1876. Her
mother, whose maiden name was Martha Virginia Massenburg, is now
living in Nottoway county. Since June 2, 1879, Herman Jackson has
been filling the office of clerk of courts of Nottoway county.
Residence: Nottoway C. H.
