The Lobdell & Jackson Family
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(Generation Seven)

(**by children's names indicates Our Direct Line)

Princess Lobdell..........(daughter of Isaac Lobdell and MirriamPomeroy)
Born March 15, 1800 in Westerlo, Albany Co,, NY (another source shows birthplace as Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts March 15, 1800)
Died April 15, 1874 in Westerlo, NY

Married March 1818 in Westerlo, Albany Co., NY:

Asa Keyes Jackson..........(son of Jeremiah Jackson and Martha Keyes)
Born June 1, 1795 of Westerlo, Albany Co., NY
Died  ?? in Westerlo, NY
 

Princess and Asa had nine children, all born in Westerlo, New York:

(I)-----James Joseph Jackson - (born Sept. 6, 1819) m. Mary Elizabeth Stebbins

(II)----Princess Palmyra Jackson - (born March 10, 1820) m. Baltis Sigsbee

(III)---Calvin Luther Jackson - (born June 21, 1824 - died young)

(IV)-**Courtland Columbus Jackson - (born July 28, 1825 - died June 9, 1912) m. Feb. 12, 1861 Sarah "Sallie" Preston Rhea (born Feb. 12, 1840 - died July 31, 1920), daughter of Robert Preston Rhea and Nancy Davidson of Sullivan County, Tennessee

      Columbus and Sallie Preston Rhea were married Feb. 12, 1861 at the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, 2 miles from Bluff City, Sullivan County, Tennessee.  Columbus was from Albany County, New York and moved to the Mountain of Lookout before the Civil War, purchasing 400 acres of land for $1.00 per acre in 1856.  He was a minister and teacher, being in the employment of the American Sunday School Union of Philadelphia, organizing Sunday Schools and installing libraries.  He was referred to as "Reverend C. C. Jackson," graduating from the School of Divinity in Pennsylvania  When he died, he was one of the oldest residents of Lookout Mountain.  He is buried close to his homeplace in the small family cemetery on the Georgia side of the Mountain in Dade County, on the grounds of Covenant College and where Lookout Mountain Hotel once stood.  He was inclined to write poetry and that gift has been passed down to several generations.

       Sallie was the daughter of Robert Preston Rhea, a school teacher from Sullivan County, and Nancy Davidson.  Sallie was the granddaughter of Matthew Rhea 1V of Fahan Parish Co., Donegal, Ireland and Jannette 'Jane' Preston of Walnut Grove, Washington County, Virginia.  Sallie's great-grandparents were the Reverend Joseph Rhea and Elizabeth McIlwaine of Ireland and John Preston and Eleanor Fairman of Walnut Grove, Virginia.

       Columbus and Sallie had nine children, one of which was my paternal grandmother....Nancy Virginia Jackson who married Josiah Edward Rhea, son of Dr. John Preston Rhea, Sr. and Matilda Ann Longacre.  Dr. John Preston Rhea, Sr. and Sallie Preston Rhea were brother and sister.

(V)----Andrew Jackson - (born July 20, 1827 - died young)

(VI)---Josephine Jackson - (born April 27, 1830)

(VII)--Elizabeth Jackson - (born March 27, 1832 - still living in 1902 in Westerlo, NY) m. Aug. 1876 in Brooklyn, NY to Arthur Noble Sherman (born Oct. 22, 1815, Albany, NY - died 1882, Brooklyn, NY), son of Dr. Abel Sherman and Martha (or Cynthia?) Hammond of Albany.  No children.

(VIII)-Helen Maria Jackson - (born Sept. 1834 - a resident of Brooklyn, NY in 1902) - Unmarried

(IX)---Mirriam Ann Jackson - (born Feb. 20, 1837) m. George Carl Guyer

     This has completed our line of the Lobdell's, as we have now come full circle back to the Jackson/Rhea Family.....

       If you are so inclined........please continue with us to the Reverend Courtland Columbus Jackson's Ancestors Page or to the 6th Generation of the Rhea Family.....

       More will be written regarding the Pomeroy Family.....as Princess Lobdell's mother was a 'Pomeroy'.....we have information on this family back to England in 1035.....needless to say, we will be busy for awhile..... [ Pomeroy Family ] ...