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Husband of Susannah McCallie Davis Jack

Bio Source: A HSTORY OF THE SILVERTON COUNTRY, By Robert Horace Down, M.A., Head of the Department of History in Franklin Hifh School, Portland, Oregon, The Berncliff Press, Portland, Oregon - 1926. Page 44: "Jeremiah J. Jack was born in Knox county, Tenn., in 1787, in which state he was married in August, 1816. He arrived in Oregon October 2, 1847, and on April 11, 1849 he settled on 640 acres in sections 8 and 9, township 6 south 1 east (Don. Cer. No. 1376). A son, Thomas Porter Jack, had a claim of 318.09 acres adjoining, on which he settled on the same date as his father. He was born at Madisonville, in Monroe county, Tenn., in 1824, and at the time he took his claim was unmarried (Don. Cer. No. 1600). William Allen Jack (another son of Jeremiah Jack) was born in 1818. He was a veteran of the Cayuse War of 1848 and was an eye witness of the death of Col. Cornellius Gilliam, who was in command of the Oregon troops. He was one of the soldiers who buried the bleaching bones of the Whitman dead. January 5, 1854, he married Mary Jane Weddle. He died near Marquam, Ore., February 10, 1895. He had six children. Thomas Porter Jack had eight children. Jeremiah Jack died January 24, 1862."

By G. Jack:
According to other records Jeremiah James Jack was born on Jack's Island, Hawkins County, which was later Knox County. Thomas Porter Jack was listed as a son. His name was Thomas Porterfield Jack.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jeremiah James Jack

John Jack
± 1732-1757
Sarah Shearer
1729-????
George Gillespie
± 1735-1794
Elizabeth Young
± 1735-1756
Jeremiah Jack
1750-1833
Martha Gillespie
1756-< 1810

Jeremiah James Jack
1787-1862


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    Historical events

    Birthday August 2, 1787

    • The temperature on August 2, 1787 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1787: Source: Wikipedia
      • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
      • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
      • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
      • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
      • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
      • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

    Day of death January 24, 1862

    • The temperature on January 24, 1862 was about 4.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
      • June 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
      • August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
      • August 6 » American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSSArkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
      • November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
      • December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
    

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