Posted on: Jefferson County Pensions Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/JeffersonPens/2 Surname: JACKSON, STROUP, MATHEWS ------------------------- Civil War Pension Application/Papers of James JACKSON, Co. I, 22nd Ohio Infantry. Application # 215425, dated March(?) 7, 1876, Certificate # 348345. His widow's (Jane L. JACKSON) Pension Application/Papers: Application #228400, Certificate # 230102, dated Oct. 17, 1876. Civil War Record, according to his Pension File: James Monroe JACKSON enlisted on September 24, 1861 at Benton Barracks, Missouri. He was a Private in Co. I, 22nd Reg, Infantry Ohio Volunteers (same unit as his brother, George) and was honorably discharged on Sept.13,1862, at Corinth, Mississippi, by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. While at Benton Barracks, he was taken with the measles and from said exposure he took cold and was occasion in consequence Chronic Bronchitis. He was an invalid in Regimental Hospital and hence sent to General Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. Entered the hospital in October 1861 and remained until November 1861. He then returned to his Company where he remained doing light duty and under the care of the Surgeon until discharge. He deserted from Benton Barracks Nov. 27, 1861, Jan & Feb 1862 he was present, March & April 1862, he was sent to hospital in Paducah, Kentucky, March 27, 1862. Similar report on roll for May & June 1862, Discharged on certificate of disability, Sept. 13, 1862. He was 5' 9" tall, light complexion, hazel eyes and dark hair and was a farmer. According to his certificate of disability, he was shipwrecked from the "Central America" in 1856, (research has revealed that the ship sank in 1857 and all passengers and crew drowned.) Statement from Dr. Hugh Berkley of DeSoto, Jefferson County, Missouri states that he was in attendance of James Jackson from March 11, 1876 until his death, May 25, 1876. He further states that James was confined to the house and most of the time to the bed. That James developed hemorhagic diarrhea and he bled profusely from the nose, mouth, stomach and mucous membranes generally and finally died from the exhaustion this produced. He also stated that James was a temperate man in his habits. He considered his disease incurable from the first time he saw him. James Monroe JACKSON married #1 Susan STROUP, Oct 07, 1852, DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO and #2 Jane L. MATHEWS, Apr 09, 1860, DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO.