James Hathaway Jackson

He was the manager of the Jackson Health Resort (1861-1895). In 1876, he assumed charge of the Jackson Sanatorium at Dansville, so successfully carried on by his father for nearly 20 years. He was a member of the Livingston Company Medical Society, the New York State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.^[1] Jackson was also the editor of the institution's Laws of Life and Journal of Health.^[2]

Jackson was a Republican. On February 12, 1895,^[1] he was elected as mayor of Dansville, being the first Republican to hold that office.^[2] He also served as a member of Dansville's Board of Education.^[1]

In religion, he was a member of the Christian Union. He was a Mason, and Worshipful Master of Phoenix Lodge, No. 115, A. F. & A. M.^[1] Jackson was also a member of Sons of the American Revolution Society, Mayflower Descendants Society, and the General Society of Colonial Wars.^[2]

On September 13, 1864, he married Dr. Katharine Johnson Jackson, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. They had one son, James Arthur Jackson,^[2] who served as Secretary and Manager of the Jackson Sanatarium.^[1]

James Hathaway Jackson died February 18, 1928,^[4] at his home in Atascadero, California.^[5]