Jackson (Family : Jackson, William Sharpless)

William Sharpless Jackson [I] was born (1836) and raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He served as an apprentice in the machinist trade in Wilmington, Delaware. For the next six years, he engaged in the lumber trade and car industry. Afterwards William S. Jackson [I] worked for the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company in Duluth. This job introduced him to William Jackson Palmer, who invited him to work for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. In 1871, William S. Jackson [I] moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to become secretary and treasurer of the Denver Rio Grande Railway.

William S. Jackson [I] took part in the founding of Colorado Springs. In 1872, he became vice-president of the railroad company. The next year he founded the El Paso Bank (later the El Paso County National Bank) and the First National Bank of Colorado Springs. In 1874, he served the founder and original Trustee for Colorado College. William S. Jackson [I] retired from his position at the Denver and Rio Grande Railway in 1876 to devote his attention to the El Paso County Bank. In 1884, he took part in the founding of the Denver National Bank. During the same year, the U.S. District Court appointed him receiver of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. He served as receiver for two years. In 1911, he resigned from his positions at both banks. Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, William S. Jackson [I] engaged in mining enterprises, business ventures and real estate. After his retirement, he continued to develop his numerous investments.

In 1875, William S. Jackson [I] married Helen Marie Fiske Hunt, a noted western author. Their marriage lasted ten years, until the death of Helen Marie Fiske Hunt Jackson in 1885. In 1888, William S. Jackson [I] married Helen Fiske Banfield (his first wife’s niece). They had seven children: William S. [II], Helen, Everett, Roland, Edith, Gardner and Margaret (who died at nine months). Helen Fiske Banfield Jackson died in 1899. Edith Colby Banfield (aunt Kitty) helped Jackson raise the children until her death in 1903. Shortly afterwards William S. Jackson [I] hired a nanny, Dora Jones, to assist with the children’s upbringing. William S. Jackson [I] died in 1919.

In 1911, William S. Jackson [II] graduated from Harvard with a B.A. and went on to receive a law degree with distinction from the University of Denver in 1915. He briefly worked at the bank in Colorado Springs before he formed the partnership, Bierbauer and Jackson, in 1916. From 1915 until 1919, William S. Jackson [II] also worked as an agent for the U.S. Department of Justice. Concurrently he worked as passport control officer for southern Colorado. From 1932-1942, he served as director of the First National Bank of Colorado Springs. In 1942, Governor Ralph Carr appointed him to the Colorado Supreme Court on the condition that he ran for election. He served as Chief Justice of the Court from 1951-1953.

William S. Jackson [II] was actively involved in numerous organizations either related to his legal profession or personal interests. He served as president for the El Paso and Colorado Bar Associations in 1935. Jackson [II] also served as a charter board member for the High Altitude Observatory, trustee of the Webb-Waring Lung Institute, president of the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club and chairman for the Rhodes Scholarships Election Committee of Denver.

In 1919, William S. Jackson [II] married Jean Rhea O’Donnel. They had three children: William S. [III], Anne and Jean. Jean Rhea O’Donnel Jackson died in 1942. He remarried in 1946 to Margaret Woodbridge. William S. Jackson [II] died in 1981.

Helen Jackson (the first daughter) graduated in 1912 from Vassar and in 1915 from Colorado College. During WWI , she volunteered for the Red Cross. Helen taught at the private school, Shady Hill and Fessenden, near Boston. After retiring in1942, Helen returned to Colorado Springs to manage the family house at 228 East Kiowa St. She became active in local organizations such as the Tuesday Club, El Paso Club (for awhile the sole woman member) and Friends of the Pioneer Museum. She wrote Rhymes for the Times, a short compilation of poetry and worked on a pamphlet and film on Helen Hunt Jackson and the Jackson House in Colorado Springs. Helen Jackson died in 1988.

Everett Jackson (the second son) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College in 1914. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied at Oxford for a year until he joined the American Ambulance Corps in conjunction with the French Army. Afterwards he served with the U.S. Army as a Major in artillery. In 1920, he graduated from Oxford and in 1921, he returned to Colorado Springs. Everett Jackson died in a mountain climbing accident near Colorado Springs several years later in 1924.

Roland Jackson (the third son) graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1915 from Harvard. He served in the U.S. Embassy in Madrid before he joined the U.S. Army in 1917. Roland served as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry. In 1918, Roland Jackson was killed during the Chateau Thierry Battle in France, where he is buried.

Edith Jackson (the second daughter) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar in 1916. In 1921, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with an M.D. From 1923-1926, She co-developed the New Haven Rickets study for the U.S. Children’s Bureau while she taught at Yale University School of Medicine. Edith Jackson traveled to the Graduate Student Institute of Psychoanalysis in Vienna, where she received training from Sigmund Freud. She studied at the institute from 1930 – 1936. When Edith returned to Yale, she taught pediatrics and child psychiatry at the School of Medicine and developed a rooming unit. She retired in 1959 and relocated to Colorado. She taught as a visiting professor at the University of Colorado. Based on her studies, Edith also designed a rooming unit for the new Colorado General Hospital. Edith was honored with the first award in pediatrics and the Aldrich award in psychiatry. Edith Jackson died in 1977.

Gardner Jackson (the fourth son) graduated from Amherst College and attended Columbia University. From 1919-1920, he worked for Boettcher, Porter and Company. During 1920, Gardner also reported for the Denver Times. Later in 1920, he moved to Boston, to work as a reporter for the Boston Globe. In the years 1921-1927 Gardner spearheaded the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. From 1931-1933, Gardner Jackson reported for several Canadian papers: Montreal Star, Toronto Star and the Toronto Telegram. In 1933, he relocated to Washington, D.C., where he began work for the Department of Agriculture under Henry A. Wallace in the Roosevelt Administration.. Gardner Jackson worked as a lobbyist for numerous organizations including the United Mine Workers in Washington, D.C. from 1933 until 1962. Gardner Jackson died in 1965.

William S. Jackson [III] graduated from Exeter in 1938 and from Harvard in 1942. Drafted into the army at Fort Logan in August 1942, William (III) took his basic training at Camp Roberts in California. He shipped to Oahu, Hawaii. In January 1943, he joined the Military Intelligence–Counter Intelligence Corp as an investigator in the Honolulu office. In August 1944, William (III) volunteered for duty in the far Pacific. Two months later, he participated in the Leyte Philippines Invasion on MacArthur’s Return. The Okinawa Invasion followed this in April 1945. His unit was part of the 84th Corp Army of Liberation of Korea with the landing at Jinsen in Sept. 1945. With almost three years overseas and two battle stars, William (III) returned to the U.S. on the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Guam. Discharge was at Fort Logan in December, 1945.

He assisted in managing the Denver office of the Cudahy Packing Company from 1946 –1953. In 1953, he became a security analyst for Hamilton Management Corporation, sponsor of the Hamilton Funds a mutual Denver based. From 1953-1955, William S. Jackson [III] served in the Colorado State Legislature as a member of the House of Representatives. He was elected as one of the 17 representing Denver at large. In 1978, he formed his company, Jackson Investment Council. William S. Jackson [III] joined the Denver Society of Security Analysts and held a term as president in 1958. He served on the board of directors for the Denver Association for Mental Health, Colorado Association for Mental Health and the Denver Mental Health Clinic. He served as president of the board for the Colorado Epilepsy Association, Rocky Mountain Harvard Club and the Colorado Exeter Alumni Association. He also served on the boards for Planned Parenthood and the Denver Public Library.

Throughout his career, William S. Jackson [III], like his father, served as financial advisor for the family. In 1946, he married Patricia M. McLaughlin. Her family owned and operated the McLaughlin Coffee Company. They had four children: Stephen, Matthew, William S. [IV] and Thomas. Because of his role as probate representative for many family members, William S. Jackson [III] continues to keep in frequent contact with numerous family members living throughout the U.S. Individuals within the family continue to investigate their genealogy and keep everyone apprised of their discoveries and recent additions to the Jackson clan.

Anne Fiske Jackson Wilhelm graduated from Smith College in 1943. She served as a teacher’s aid in Denver and promoted literacy. Ann was active and a strong supporter of the women’s movement and Planned Parenthood. In 1946, she married David Cudahey Wilhelm and they had four children, Jean, David Jr., Andrew and Peter. Anne died of cancer on December 17, 1988.

William Sharpless Jackson [I] was born (1836) and raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He served as an apprentice in the machinist trade in Wilmington, Delaware. For the next six years, he engaged in the lumber trade and car industry. Afterwards William S. Jackson [I] worked for the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company in Duluth. This job introduced him to William Jackson Palmer, who invited him to work for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. In 1871, William S. Jackson [I] moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to become secretary and treasurer of the Denver Rio Grande Railway.

William S. Jackson [I] took part in the founding of Colorado Springs. In 1872, he became vice-president of the railroad company. The next year he founded the El Paso Bank (later the El Paso County National Bank) and the First National Bank of Colorado Springs. In 1874, he served the founder and original Trustee for Colorado College. William S. Jackson [I] retired from his position at the Denver and Rio Grande Railway in 1876 to devote his attention to the El Paso County Bank. In 1884, he took part in the founding of the Denver National Bank. During the same year, the U.S. District Court appointed him receiver of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. He served as receiver for two years. In 1911, he resigned from his positions at both banks. Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, William S. Jackson [I] engaged in mining enterprises, business ventures and real estate. After his retirement, he continued to develop his numerous investments.

In 1875, William S. Jackson [I] married Helen Marie Fiske Hunt, a noted western author. Their marriage lasted ten years, until the death of Helen Marie Fiske Hunt Jackson in 1885. In 1888, William S. Jackson [I] married Helen Fiske Banfield (his first wife’s niece). They had seven children: William S. [II], Helen, Everett, Roland, Edith, Gardner and Margaret (who died at nine months). Helen Fiske Banfield Jackson died in 1899. Edith Colby Banfield (aunt Kitty) helped Jackson raise the children until her death in 1903. Shortly afterwards William S. Jackson [I] hired a nanny, Dora Jones, to assist with the children’s upbringing. William S. Jackson [I] died in 1919.

In 1911, William S. Jackson [II] graduated from Harvard with a B.A. and went on to receive a law degree with distinction from the University of Denver in 1915. He briefly worked at the bank in Colorado Springs before he formed the partnership, Bierbauer and Jackson, in 1916. From 1915 until 1919, William S. Jackson [II] also worked as an agent for the U.S. Department of Justice. Concurrently he worked as passport control officer for southern Colorado. From 1932-1942, he served as director of the First National Bank of Colorado Springs. In 1942, Governor Ralph Carr appointed him to the Colorado Supreme Court on the condition that he ran for election. He served as Chief Justice of the Court from 1951-1953.

William S. Jackson [II] was actively involved in numerous organizations either related to his legal profession or personal interests. He served as president for the El Paso and Colorado Bar Associations in 1935. Jackson [II] also served as a charter board member for the High Altitude Observatory, trustee of the Webb-Waring Lung Institute, president of the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club and chairman for the Rhodes Scholarships Election Committee of Denver.

In 1919, William S. Jackson [II] married Jean Rhea O’Donnel. They had three children: William S. [III], Anne and Jean. Jean Rhea O’Donnel Jackson died in 1942. He remarried in 1946 to Margaret Woodbridge. William S. Jackson [II] died in 1981.

Helen Jackson (the first daughter) graduated in 1912 from Vassar and in 1915 from Colorado College. During WWI , she volunteered for the Red Cross. Helen taught at the private school, Shady Hill and Fessenden, near Boston. After retiring in1942, Helen returned to Colorado Springs to manage the family house at 228 East Kiowa St. She became active in local organizations such as the Tuesday Club, El Paso Club (for awhile the sole woman member) and Friends of the Pioneer Museum. She wrote Rhymes for the Times, a short compilation of poetry and worked on a pamphlet and film on Helen Hunt Jackson and the Jackson House in Colorado Springs. Helen Jackson died in 1988.

Everett Jackson (the second son) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College in 1914. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied at Oxford for a year until he joined the American Ambulance Corps in conjunction with the French Army. Afterwards he served with the U.S. Army as a Major in artillery. In 1920, he graduated from Oxford and in 1921, he returned to Colorado Springs. Everett Jackson died in a mountain climbing accident near Colorado Springs several years later in 1924.

Roland Jackson (the third son) graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1915 from Harvard. He served in the U.S. Embassy in Madrid before he joined the U.S. Army in 1917. Roland served as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry. In 1918, Roland Jackson was killed during the Chateau Thierry Battle in France, where he is buried.

Edith Jackson (the second daughter) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar in 1916. In 1921, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with an M.D. From 1923-1926, She co-developed the New Haven Rickets study for the U.S. Children’s Bureau while she taught at Yale University School of Medicine. Edith Jackson traveled to the Graduate Student Institute of Psychoanalysis in Vienna, where she received training from Sigmund Freud. She studied at the institute from 1930 – 1936. When Edith returned to Yale, she taught pediatrics and child psychiatry at the School of Medicine and developed a rooming unit. She retired in 1959 and relocated to Colorado. She taught as a visiting professor at the University of Colorado. Based on her studies, Edith also designed a rooming unit for the new Colorado General Hospital. Edith was honored with the first award in pediatrics and the Aldrich award in psychiatry. Edith Jackson died in 1977.

Gardner Jackson (the fourth son) graduated from Amherst College and attended Columbia University. From 1919-1920, he worked for Boettcher, Porter and Company. During 1920, Gardner also reported for the Denver Times. Later in 1920, he moved to Boston, to work as a reporter for the Boston Globe. In the years 1921-1927 Gardner spearheaded the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. From 1931-1933, Gardner Jackson reported for several Canadian papers: Montreal Star, Toronto Star and the Toronto Telegram. In 1933, he relocated to Washington, D.C., where he began work for the Department of Agriculture under Henry A. Wallace in the Roosevelt Administration.. Gardner Jackson worked as a lobbyist for numerous organizations including the United Mine Workers in Washington, D.C. from 1933 until 1962. Gardner Jackson died in 1965.

William S. Jackson [III] graduated from Exeter in 1938 and from Harvard in 1942. Drafted into the army at Fort Logan in August 1942, William (III) took his basic training at Camp Roberts in California. He shipped to Oahu, Hawaii. In January 1943, he joined the Military Intelligence–Counter Intelligence Corp as an investigator in the Honolulu office. In August 1944, William (III) volunteered for duty in the far Pacific. Two months later, he participated in the Leyte Philippines Invasion on MacArthur’s Return. The Okinawa Invasion followed this in April 1945. His unit was part of the 84th Corp Army of Liberation of Korea with the landing at Jinsen in Sept. 1945. With almost three years overseas and two battle stars, William (III) returned to the U.S. on the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Guam. Discharge was at Fort Logan in December, 1945.

He assisted in managing the Denver office of the Cudahy Packing Company from 1946 –1953. In 1953, he became a security analyst for Hamilton Management Corporation, sponsor of the Hamilton Funds a mutual Denver based. From 1953-1955, William S. Jackson [III] served in the Colorado State Legislature as a member of the House of Representatives. He was elected as one of the 17 representing Denver at large. In 1978, he formed his company, Jackson Investment Council. William S. Jackson [III] joined the Denver Society of Security Analysts and held a term as president in 1958. He served on the board of directors for the Denver Association for Mental Health, Colorado Association for Mental Health and the Denver Mental Health Clinic. He served as president of the board for the Colorado Epilepsy Association, Rocky Mountain Harvard Club and the Colorado Exeter Alumni Association. He also served on the boards for Planned Parenthood and the Denver Public Library.

Throughout his career, William S. Jackson [III], like his father, served as financial advisor for the family. In 1946, he married Patricia M. McLaughlin. Her family owned and operated the McLaughlin Coffee Company. They had four children: Stephen, Matthew, William S. [IV] and Thomas. Because of his role as probate representative for many family members, William S. Jackson [III] continues to keep in frequent contact with numerous family members living throughout the U.S. Individuals within the family continue to investigate their genealogy and keep everyone apprised of their discoveries and recent additions to the Jackson clan.

Anne Fiske Jackson Wilhelm graduated from Smith College in 1943. She served as a teacher’s aid in Denver and promoted literacy. Ann was active and a strong supporter of the women’s movement and Planned Parenthood. In 1946, she married David Cudahey Wilhelm and they had four children, Jean, David Jr., Andrew and Peter. Anne died of cancer on December 17, 1988.

William Sharpless Jackson [I] was born (1836) and raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He served as an apprentice in the machinist trade in Wilmington, Delaware. For the next six years, he engaged in the lumber trade and car industry. Afterwards William S. Jackson [I] worked for the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company in Duluth. This job introduced him to William Jackson Palmer, who invited him to work for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. In 1871, William S. Jackson [I] moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to become secretary and treasurer of the Denver Rio Grande Railway.

William S. Jackson [I] took part in the founding of Colorado Springs. In 1872, he became vice-president of the railroad company. The next year he founded the El Paso Bank (later the El Paso County National Bank) and the First National Bank of Colorado Springs. In 1874, he served the founder and original Trustee for Colorado College. William S. Jackson [I] retired from his position at the Denver and Rio Grande Railway in 1876 to devote his attention to the El Paso County Bank. In 1884, he took part in the founding of the Denver National Bank. During the same year, the U.S. District Court appointed him receiver of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. He served as receiver for two years. In 1911, he resigned from his positions at both banks. Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, William S. Jackson [I] engaged in mining enterprises, business ventures and real estate. After his retirement, he continued to develop his numerous investments.

In 1875, William S. Jackson [I] married Helen Marie Fiske Hunt, a noted western author. Their marriage lasted ten years, until the death of Helen Marie Fiske Hunt Jackson in 1885. In 1888, William S. Jackson [I] married Helen Fiske Banfield (his first wife’s niece). They had seven children: William S. [II], Helen, Everett, Roland, Edith, Gardner and Margaret (who died at nine months). Helen Fiske Banfield Jackson died in 1899. Edith Colby Banfield (aunt Kitty) helped Jackson raise the children until her death in 1903. Shortly afterwards William S. Jackson [I] hired a nanny, Dora Jones, to assist with the children’s upbringing. William S. Jackson [I] died in 1919.

In 1911, William S. Jackson [II] graduated from Harvard with a B.A. and went on to receive a law degree with distinction from the University of Denver in 1915. He briefly worked at the bank in Colorado Springs before he formed the partnership, Bierbauer and Jackson, in 1916. From 1915 until 1919, William S. Jackson [II] also worked as an agent for the U.S. Department of Justice. Concurrently he worked as passport control officer for southern Colorado. From 1932-1942, he served as director of the First National Bank of Colorado Springs. In 1942, Governor Ralph Carr appointed him to the Colorado Supreme Court on the condition that he ran for election. He served as Chief Justice of the Court from 1951-1953.

William S. Jackson [II] was actively involved in numerous organizations either related to his legal profession or personal interests. He served as president for the El Paso and Colorado Bar Associations in 1935. Jackson [II] also served as a charter board member for the High Altitude Observatory, trustee of the Webb-Waring Lung Institute, president of the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club and chairman for the Rhodes Scholarships Election Committee of Denver.

In 1919, William S. Jackson [II] married Jean Rhea O’Donnel. They had three children: William S. [III], Anne and Jean. Jean Rhea O’Donnel Jackson died in 1942. He remarried in 1946 to Margaret Woodbridge. William S. Jackson [II] died in 1981.

Helen Jackson (the first daughter) graduated in 1912 from Vassar and in 1915 from Colorado College. During WWI , she volunteered for the Red Cross. Helen taught at the private school, Shady Hill and Fessenden, near Boston. After retiring in1942, Helen returned to Colorado Springs to manage the family house at 228 East Kiowa St. She became active in local organizations such as the Tuesday Club, El Paso Club (for awhile the sole woman member) and Friends of the Pioneer Museum. She wrote Rhymes for the Times, a short compilation of poetry and worked on a pamphlet and film on Helen Hunt Jackson and the Jackson House in Colorado Springs. Helen Jackson died in 1988.

Everett Jackson (the second son) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College in 1914. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied at Oxford for a year until he joined the American Ambulance Corps in conjunction with the French Army. Afterwards he served with the U.S. Army as a Major in artillery. In 1920, he graduated from Oxford and in 1921, he returned to Colorado Springs. Everett Jackson died in a mountain climbing accident near Colorado Springs several years later in 1924.

Roland Jackson (the third son) graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1915 from Harvard. He served in the U.S. Embassy in Madrid before he joined the U.S. Army in 1917. Roland served as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry. In 1918, Roland Jackson was killed during the Chateau Thierry Battle in France, where he is buried.

Edith Jackson (the second daughter) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar in 1916. In 1921, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with an M.D. From 1923-1926, She co-developed the New Haven Rickets study for the U.S. Children’s Bureau while she taught at Yale University School of Medicine. Edith Jackson traveled to the Graduate Student Institute of Psychoanalysis in Vienna, where she received training from Sigmund Freud. She studied at the institute from 1930 – 1936. When Edith returned to Yale, she taught pediatrics and child psychiatry at the School of Medicine and developed a rooming unit. She retired in 1959 and relocated to Colorado. She taught as a visiting professor at the University of Colorado. Based on her studies, Edith also designed a rooming unit for the new Colorado General Hospital. Edith was honored with the first award in pediatrics and the Aldrich award in psychiatry. Edith Jackson died in 1977.

Gardner Jackson (the fourth son) graduated from Amherst College and attended Columbia University. From 1919-1920, he worked for Boettcher, Porter and Company. During 1920, Gardner also reported for the Denver Times. Later in 1920, he moved to Boston, to work as a reporter for the Boston Globe. In the years 1921-1927 Gardner spearheaded the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. From 1931-1933, Gardner Jackson reported for several Canadian papers: Montreal Star, Toronto Star and the Toronto Telegram. In 1933, he relocated to Washington, D.C., where he began work for the Department of Agriculture under Henry A. Wallace in the Roosevelt Administration.. Gardner Jackson worked as a lobbyist for numerous organizations including the United Mine Workers in Washington, D.C. from 1933 until 1962. Gardner Jackson died in 1965.

William S. Jackson [III] graduated from Exeter in 1938 and from Harvard in 1942. Drafted into the army at Fort Logan in August 1942, William (III) took his basic training at Camp Roberts in California. He shipped to Oahu, Hawaii. In January 1943, he joined the Military Intelligence–Counter Intelligence Corp as an investigator in the Honolulu office. In August 1944, William (III) volunteered for duty in the far Pacific. Two months later, he participated in the Leyte Philippines Invasion on MacArthur’s Return. The Okinawa Invasion followed this in April 1945. His unit was part of the 84th Corp Army of Liberation of Korea with the landing at Jinsen in Sept. 1945. With almost three years overseas and two battle stars, William (III) returned to the U.S. on the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Guam. Discharge was at Fort Logan in December, 1945.

He assisted in managing the Denver office of the Cudahy Packing Company from 1946 –1953. In 1953, he became a security analyst for Hamilton Management Corporation, sponsor of the Hamilton Funds a mutual Denver based. From 1953-1955, William S. Jackson [III] served in the Colorado State Legislature as a member of the House of Representatives. He was elected as one of the 17 representing Denver at large. In 1978, he formed his company, Jackson Investment Council. William S. Jackson [III] joined the Denver Society of Security Analysts and held a term as president in 1958. He served on the board of directors for the Denver Association for Mental Health, Colorado Association for Mental Health and the Denver Mental Health Clinic. He served as president of the board for the Colorado Epilepsy Association, Rocky Mountain Harvard Club and the Colorado Exeter Alumni Association. He also served on the boards for Planned Parenthood and the Denver Public Library.

Throughout his career, William S. Jackson [III], like his father, served as financial advisor for the family. In 1946, he married Patricia M. McLaughlin. Her family owned and operated the McLaughlin Coffee Company. They had four children: Stephen, Matthew, William S. [IV] and Thomas. Because of his role as probate representative for many family members, William S. Jackson [III] continues to keep in frequent contact with numerous family members living throughout the U.S. Individuals within the family continue to investigate their genealogy and keep everyone apprised of their discoveries and recent additions to the Jackson clan.

Anne Fiske Jackson Wilhelm graduated from Smith College in 1943. She served as a teacher’s aid in Denver and promoted literacy. Ann was active and a strong supporter of the women’s movement and Planned Parenthood. In 1946, she married David Cudahey Wilhelm and they had four children, Jean, David Jr., Andrew and Peter. Anne died of cancer on December 17, 1988.

Jeane Jackson Emery Wilhelm graduated from Vassar in 1949. She taught for two years in Fort Morgan then moved back to Denver. Jeane taught in the Denver Public School system and became active in desegregation in 1968. She was sent to various cities to work on the procedures for desegregation. From 1975-1981, Jeane worked for the city and county of Denver in emergency care. Jeane went to graduate school at the University of Denver, where she earned a Masters in psychology of communication in 1986. Jeane married John Emery and they had five children. John Emery died in 1980. Jeane later married David Wilhelm. Jeane is a member of the Monday Literary Club, Planned Parenthood and League of Women Voters. See less Jeane Jackson Emery Wilhelm graduated from Vassar in 1949. She taught for two years in Fort Morgan then moved back to Denver. Jeane taught in the Denver Public School system and became active in desegregation in 1968. She was sent to various cities to work on the procedures for desegregation. From 1975-1981, Jeane worked for the city and county of Denver in emergency care. Jeane went to graduate school at the University of Denver, where she earned a Masters in psychology of communication in 1986. Jeane married John Emery and they had five children. John Emery died in 1980. Jeane later married David Wilhelm. Jeane is a member of the Monday Literary Club, Planned Parenthood and League of Women Voters. See less Jeane Jackson Emery Wilhelm graduated from Vassar in 1949. She taught for two years in Fort Morgan then moved back to Denver. Jeane taught in the Denver Public School system and became active in desegregation in 1968. She was sent to various cities to work on the procedures for desegregation. From 1975-1981, Jeane worked for the city and county of Denver in emergency care. Jeane went to graduate school at the University of Denver, where she earned a Masters in psychology of communication in 1986. Jeane married John Emery and they had five children. John Emery died in 1980. Jeane later married David Wilhelm. Jeane is a member of the Monday Literary Club, Planned Parenthood and League of Women Voters. See less