McCORMACK, Jackson - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Jackson McCORMACK, who resides on his beautiful and well-appointed farm on Sec 17, Ripley Twp, is a worthy representative of the citizens of Montgomery County who are conducting its great farming and stock interests.  He was a soldier during the late war, though but a boy when he entered the army, and he has ever show himself to be a patriotic and public-spirited citizen.  A native of Indiana, Mr. McCormack was born in Henry County Nov. 26, 1848.  His paternal grandfather, John McCormack and his father James McCormack, were natives of Franklin Co, Va.  When the latter was 14 years old, the family came to Indiana and settled on land bought from the Government.  Our subject had 3 brothers who grew to manhood; John, a farmer, who married a Miss Huff;  Ella, who was born on the old homestead in Henry County and is now a resident of Indianapolis; and Milton, who married Miss Dora Wood, and resides in Henry County.  John who served with credit during the rebellion as a volunteer in the 142nd Indiana Regiment.  Mr. McCormack passed his early boyhood days on a farm and was fast acquiring a thorough knowledge of agriculture when the rebellion broke out and turned his thoughts in other directions.  He was then but 12 years of age, but he was intensely interested in the great conflict, and at the age of 15 his great desire to serve his country as a soldier was gratified, and, though so young, his name was enrolled as a member of the 140th Indiana infantry, commanded by col. Thom as J. Brailey and Capt. SU Shaw.  Our subject had a full experience of army life in all its phases and here with fortitude and undaunted courage its privations, dangers and hardships.  He witnessed and took part in some of the most important battles of the war, and remembers most vividly t he engagement at Ft. Anderson.  After his discharge from the army at the close of the war in 1865, Mr. McCormack resumed his early labors on the farm.  He has since become possessed of the farm that he now resides in Ripley Twp, which, with its 360 acres of carefully cultivated land, its commodious and conveniently arranged buildings and other substantial improvements on every hand, constitutes one of the finest estates in this locality.  It is well stocked with standard breeds of cattle, horses, and has a rich soil, well adapted to raising grain, to which it is party devoted.  A valuable orchard also adorns the place.  In 1872 our subject was happily married to Miss Mary C. daughter of Robert and Jerusha McMarkim of Ripley Twp.  Mrs. McCormack was born in 1856.  Both she and her husband stand high in social circles and neighbors and friends have a warm regard for them.  The Presbyterian Church finds in them active working members and liberal contributors to its financial needs, and any movement looking to the betterment of the community, spiritually or materially, is sure of meeting wither approbation and generous support.  Mr. McCormack is a prominent and well known figure in Grand Army circles, and has do ne much to forward the interests of the order in this section.  He is also an earnest worker in the Farmers' Protective Union.  He is a Republican of the truest stamp in his political views.   --- kbz