William Terry Jackson (December 29, 1794 – September 15, 1882) was a

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from

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. Born in Chester, New York, Jackson attended the common schools and later studied surveying. He taught school in

Goshen, New York Goshen is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 13,687 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Biblical Land of Goshen. It contains a village also called Goshen, which is the county seat of Orange County ...

from 1813–15. He was employed as a surveyor and later engaged in mercantile pursuits in Chester and Owego, and Bermerville,

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. He moved to Havana, Chemung County (now Montour, Schuyler County, New York) in 1825 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a

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1836–1838. He served as judge of the court of common pleas and general sessions of Chemung County 1839–1846. He was again a

, town of

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, originally in

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, but later incorporated into Schuyler County. Jackson was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851). He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in

Montour Falls, New York Montour Falls is a village located in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 2,714 at the time of the 2020 census. A waterfall at the end of West Main Street gives the village its name. The name "Montour" is derived from ...

on September 15, 1882, aged 87 and was interred in Montour Falls Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, William Terry 1794 births 1882 deaths American judges People from Chemung County, New York People from Goshen, New York People from Schuyler County, New York People from Sussex County, New Jersey American surveyors People from Chester, Orange County, New York People from Montour Falls, New York Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American judges 19th-century American businesspeople