Jefferson D. Jackson, D. D. S., of Grand Rapids, is a native of Shiawassee county, was born on the 28^th day of May, 1862, and is a son of Richard and Jane E. (Rowe) Jackson, who were respectively born in the states of New York and Connecticut, and were married in Michigan in 1849.

Richard Jackson was originally a wagon-maker by trade, and on settling in Michigan became a farmer. He and his wife both died in Shiawassee county in the same year—1889—he on the 12^th day January, at the age of seventy-six years, and she on the 31^st day of August, aged sixty-seven. They were the parents of seven children, viz: Sarah, wife of Jefferson Kent, a farmer near Bancroft; Mrs. Alice Beardsley, of Bennington; Alfred, a farmer; Hattie, wife of William Cook, near Owosso, all in Shiawassee county; Dr. E. R., a dentist of Grand Rapids; Louise living with her sister, Mrs. Cook, and Dr. Jefferson D., the subject of this sketch.

Jefferson D. Jackson was educated at the Fremont high school and was reared a farmer. He began the study of dentistry with his brother, Dr. E. R., and commenced practice in 1879, was registered in 1882, and after practicing four years at Bancroft, in his native county, went to Lansing, where he followed his profession one year, and then came to Grand Rapids, but after remaining here two weeks only, was recalled to Bancroft, owing to his father’s illness, and there remained in practice again for three years, meeting with abundant success.

In 1890, the doct6or settled in Grand Rapids permanently, and worked for his brother one year, but was then taken ill and temporarily returned to his Shiawassee home, where remained from April until August. On coming back to Grand Rapids he opened his present neat dental parlors in the Widdicum block, and has here, since then, been favored with an unvarying prosperity in the practice of his profession, in which he stands admittedly in the foremost rank.

Dr. Jackson was united in marriage, at Grand Rapids, September 25, 1892, with Dora Adell Young, a native of Grand Junction, Mich., and a daughter of William Young, and this union has been crowned by the birth of one daughter, Mildred Beatrice, who was born January 27, 1896. Dr. and Mrs. Jackson stand quite high in the social circles of the city, and well deserve the regard in which they are universally held.