Sheldon Jackson
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Sheldon Jackson (c. 1895)
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| Born |
May 18, 1834 Minaville, Montgomery County New York, USA |
| Died | May 2, 1909 (aged 74) Asheville, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Minaville, New York |
| Residence |
Including, among others: |
| Alma mater | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Occupation | Presbyterian clergyman |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Vorhees Jackson (married 1858) |
| Parent(s) | Delia Sheldon Jackson (mother) |
| Relatives | Alexander Sheldon (grandfather) |
Including, among others:
LaCrescent, Minnesota
Denver, Colorado
Park County, Colorado
Sheldon Jackson (May 18, 1834 – May 2, 1909) was a Presbyterian minister, missionary, and political leader. During this career he travelled about one million miles (1.6 million km) and established more than one hundred missions and churches, mostly in the Western United States. He is best remembered for his extensive work in Colorado and thereater during the final quarter of the 19th century in the massive, rugged, and remote Alaska Territory, which in 1959 would become the 49th U.S. state of Alaska, and his efforts to suppress Native American languages.
Sheldon Jackson was born in 1834 in Minaville in Montgomery County in eastern New York. His mother Delia (Sheldon) Jackson was a daughter of New York State Assembly Speaker Alexander Sheldon.
Jackson graduated in 1855 from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and from the Presbyterian Church's Princeton Theological Seminary in 1858. That same year, he became an ordained Presbyterian minister and married the former Mary Vorhees.
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