Lafayette Jackson

Lafayette was born in 1844 in Washington Co., Missouri.¹   Lafayette's father was William P. Jackson and his mother was Mahala Hamilton.  His paternal grandfather was John Pentecost Jackson. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Allen Jasper, Thomas N., Richard, Lucinda and Levitha "Visey". He had seven half-brothers and seven half-sisters, named Phillip, William T. Smith, John J., Andrew W., Francis Minet (Frank), George W., UNKNOWN, Mary "Polly", Martha "Patsy", Sarah "Sally", UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, Elizabeth and Sarah "Sally".