Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898), the son of Henry and Martha Jacqueline Jackson, was born in Athens, Georgia, on June 24, 1820. He received his education from Yale University and the University of Georgia. During his life, Jackson held many prominent positions, including U.S. District Attorney (1843-1849), Colonel of the First Georgia Regiment in the Mexican War, Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia (1849-1853), United States Minister to Austria (1853-1859), delegate to the Charleston Convention of 1860, Judge of the Confederate Courts for Georgia (1861), Major General of the state troops of Georgia (1861-1865), United States Minister to Mexico (1885), and President of the Georgia Historical Society (1875-1898). Jackson married Cornelia A. Davenport in 1843. Their children were Henry, Davenport, Howell Cobb, and Cornelia. After the death of his first wife, Jackson married Florence King in 1866 and moved to Savannah where he resided until his death on May 23, 1898. Jackson is buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Cornelia Jackson married Middleton Pope Barrow; their daughter, Ella Patience Crenshaw Barrow married Lionel Edward Drew in 1915.
From the description of Lionel Drew collection on Henry Rootes Jackson, 1849-1915. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 181587592
