Hollister Jackson (December 7, 1875 – November 2, 1927) was the 56th

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; he was killed in the Great Flood of 1927.

Early life

Samuel Hollister Jackson was born in

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, Canada on December 7, 1875, the son of Samuel Nelson Jackson (1838–1913) and Mary Anne (Parkyn) Jackson (1843–1916). Jackson's siblings included H. Nelson Jackson, a prominent

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businessman, and J. Holmes Jackson (1871–1944), who served as mayor of Burlington from 1917 to 1925 and 1929 to 1933. Hollister Jackson attended the

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and Kingston's Queen's University. He received degrees from the

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, 1896) and the

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, 1898). Jackson moved to Barre City, Vermont, where he supported his family by giving piano, organ and music composition lessons while studying law. He was

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in 1900 and practiced in Barre City.

Career

In 1901 he was elected Barre's Grand Juror (municipal court prosecutor) and he served as Washington County

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from 1904 to 1906, succeeding John H. Senter. He served in the

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from 1906 to 1907, and as a member of the state Railroad Commission (later called the Public Service Commission) from 1906 until 1913. He was also a

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. Jackson was an owner of the E.L. Smith & Company granite manufacturing business, President of the Vermont Bar Association and the National Granite Producers' Association, and a member of the Masons,

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Election as Lieutenant Governor

In 1926 he was the successful

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nominee for Lieutenant Governor and served from January, 1927 until his death.

Death

During the Great Vermont Flood on November 2, 1927, Jackson's car stalled after he hit a deep hole while attempting to drive through the rising Potash Brook near his home at Nelson and Tremont Streets in Barre. According to a witness, Jackson's hat and glasses were knocked off, and he appeared dazed. He began walking towards his house, and water rushing fast enough to cut a channel across Nelson Street (then a dirt road) carried him away. Those nearby attempted unsuccessfully to save him, as did a

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detachment. He drowned, and the next day his body was recovered from the Potash approximately a mile from where he was last seen.

Burial

Jackson was buried in the family plot of William Wells at

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. Hollister Jackson was the brother of H. Nelson Jackson, who was married to Wells's daughter Bertha.The Vermont Encyclopedia
by John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand and Ralph H. Orth, 2003, page 169

Family

In 1909, Jackson married Mabel Maude Parkyn (1874–1968), usually known as Maude. They were the parents of two sons, Nelson Parkyn Jackson (1910–1960) and Samuel Hollister Jackson (1916–1995).

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