Minerva Jackson

Minerva was born about 1848 in Missouri.¹   Minerva's father was William T. Smith Jackson and her mother was Susan Horine.  Her paternal grandparents were William P. Jackson and Jinny Sally. She had four brothers and four sisters, named Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas, Andrew, Elias, Nancy, Eliza, Mary and Catherine.  She was the fourth youngest of the nine children.