James Jackson (& Son)

Active: Unknown - Present Type: Builder

Distinction:

New York City, New York, c.1827–1847.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). —

Born (1785?) in England; father of Samuel Jackson; in New York City, New York, c. 1827; partner with his son in New York City, c.1837- c.1839; with Henry Erben firm of New York City, 1847; died December 21, 1858, in New York City, New York.

Sources:

  • Musical and Sewing Machine Courier March 30, 1881, 261.

  • Orpha Ochse, The History of the Organ in the United States (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 168.

  • Barbara Owen.

  • Stephen Pinel.

  • Stephen L. Pinel, "Organbuilders and Their Families in the Population Schedules of the Federal and State Census Surveys", The Tracker: 32:1, (Richmond, Va.; Organ Historical Society, 1988), 24.

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James Jackson (& Son)
Database Specs:
  • 3 Instruments
  • 0 Consoles
  • 0 Blowers

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