Ancestry of
Jimmy Stewart

Movie Actor

Samuel McCartney Jackson

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• • Grandfather of Jimmy Stewart — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • John Jackson 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth McCartney   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Sep 1833 
  • Birth Location:
  • Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 May 1907 
  • Death Location:
  • Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
  • 11 May 1907 
  • Burial Location:
  • Riverview Cemetery, Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Easton Wilson
  • Marriage Date:
  • Dec 1869 
  • Marriage Location:
  •  
  • Child:

  Elizabeth Ruth Jackson (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran

    Who's Who in Pennsylvania (1904) gives a detailed biography of the life of Samuel Jackson.

    Samuel Jackson's tombstone gives his birth date as 24 SEP 1833, while his death certificate gives it as 24 SEP 1834. However, his 1900 passport application confirms the date was 24 SEP 1833.

• Additional marriages for Samuel McCartney Jackson

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha J. Byerly
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1860

• Sources for Samuel McCartney Jackson

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Armstrong County, 1880, Apollo, E.D. 10, p. 47, Image 18 of 29.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Armstrong County, 1900, Apollo, E.D. 1, Sheet 28A, Image 55 of 60.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Armstrong County, 1850, Kiskiminetas, Image 25 of 58.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/11/2019).
  • ⁵ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death cerficate for daughter Elizabeth Ruth Stewart, gives father as S. M. Jackson.
  • ⁶ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for Samuel McCartney Jackson.
  • ⁷ Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Marriage record for Alexander Stewart and daughter Elizabeth Jackson, gives father as James.
  • ⁸ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 06, New York: James T. White and Company (1896), 496.
  • ⁹ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, No. 24283, 15 MAY 1900, Application for S. M. Jackson.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, Baptism record for daughter Elizabeth Ruth Jackson, gives father's name as S. M. Jackson.
  • ¹¹ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #57388, Membership application for Samuel McCartney Jackson II.
  • ¹² Hamersly, Lewis R., ed., Who's Who in Pennsylvania: Containing Authentic Biographies of Pennsylvanians Who Are Leaders and . . ., New York City: L. R. Hamersly Company (1904), 363-364.
  • ¹³ McClure, Rhonda R., Finding Your Famous {and Infamous} Ancestors, Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books (2003), 144.
  • ¹⁴ Smith, Robert Walter, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins and Co. (1883), Profile between pages 238 and 239, includes image of Samuel.