David Jackson (Pennsylvania physician)
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David Jackson | |
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President | George Washington |
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Born | 1747 Limavady, Northern Ireland |
Died | September 17, 1801 Oxford, Pennsylvania |
David Jackson (1747 – September 17, 1801) was an American apothecary and physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1785.
History
Jackson was born in Newtown-
In 1776, following the outbreak of the
After the war, Jackson was named as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1785, and attended the session from April to November that year. Leaving public service, he also gave up his medical practice and concentrated on his pharmacy business. From 1789 to 1801 he served as a trustee of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, continuing through its merger into the University of Pennsylvania.
Jackson was married twice, first to Jane Mather Jackson, his brother Paul's widow. After her death he married Susan Kemper, the daughter of Jacob Kemper. David and Susan had nine children: David, Susan (who later became the sister-in-law to John Davis), Samuel, Mary, Jacob Morton, Sophia, William Brown, John, and Martha. David Jr. took over his father's apothecary, while Samuel became a physician and for thirty years was a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1792, Jackson was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.[1]
Death
Jackson died on September 17, 1801, at his home in Oxford, Pennsylvania, and is buried in the Oxford Cemetery in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was survived by his wife Susan and all nine children. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and Philadelphia's Democratic Club.
References
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- Biographical Directory of the US Congress (unlike other sources, lists his birth year as c. 1730)
- Purcell, L. Edward. Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York: Facts on File, 1993. ISBN 0-8160-2107-4.