THOMAS WALTER JACKSON was born October 25, 1833 in Cove, Ireland and died December 11, 1869 in Troy, NY. He first married LYDIA GARDNER MOORES June 23, 1857 in West Troy, NY, daughter of ALEXANDER MOORES and CLARINDA FOLGER. She was born June 09, 1834 in Lysander, Onondaga, NY, and died March 13, 1865 in New York, NY. He then married Mary Truair.

Thomas Walter Jackson & Lydia Gardner Moores Jackson

Thomas came to the US with his family around 1840. Thomas Walter registered at NY Conference Seminary, Charlotteville, Schoharie Co. NY, in the Fall of 1852. At that time he gave his address as Boston, Mass (possibly living with aunts.) It was there he met his future wife, Lydia. He later served in the Civil War in the 10th Regiment, Iowa and his rank was Adjutant of the Regiment, afterwards Adjutant General. It was in Iowa where his children were born. He was elected as Representative to the Iowa State Legislature. He and his family moved back to New York and settled in West Troy, where he practiced law.

Children of THOMAS JACKSON and LYDIA MOORES are:

WALTER MOORES JACKSON Sr. was born November 25, 1858 in Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, and died June 07, 1936 in the Bronx ,New York. He married VIOLETTA ASHFIELD , daughter of WILLIAM ASHFIELD and VIOLETTA TIMPSON. She was born November 19, 1858 in NY, and died June 03, 1913 in NY. Walter and Violetta were married on June 15, 1886, Christ Church, Rye NY

Walter Sr. did much of the genealogy we have today for the Jackson / Ashfield side of the family. He was born in Iowa and later moved to New York with his family. When his mother died, he and his brother and sister were farmed out to various relatives until his father married again, Mary Truair. He father soon died and he and his brother were sent to live with his grandfather Jackson in New York and his sister stayed with Mary Truair. He then lived in Yonkers with his grandfather until he did in 1875 and then moved in with his Aunts in East Harlem and later Morrisania. He then moved in with his soon to be inlaws, to Rye , New York. He then purchased two homes on Prospect Avenue, Bronx and finally living at 966 E167 St, Morrisania, Bronx.

Children of WALTER M. JACKSON Sr. and VIOLETTA ASHFIELD are:

Walter Moores Jackson Sr. (right),
with Walter Jr. (left) and Walter III

WALTER MOORES JACKSON Jr. was born November 14, 1889 in Rye, Westchester, NY, and died April 20, 1955 in 966 E. 167th St., Bronx NY. He married MARION FRANCES BARNES October 07, 1914 in St. Athanasius Rectory, New York, daughter of WILLIAM BARNES and ALICE CONNOLLY. She was born May 02, 1889 in Jersey City, NJ, and died   June 1938 in Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT.

Walter Jr. attended the Columbia School of Mines and Engineering from 1908 to 1912. His early experience included compiling records on sewer construction in connection with the building of New York subways and one year as resident engineer in charge of the preliminary surveys and construction of a seven mile sewer system for the Town of Tarboro, N.C. He also worked on road programs, mining location and topographic surveys for water supply and power development and stream surveys for the same purposes.

Other posts included those on concrete road construction. He spent two months with the Turner Construction Co. as a supervisor of pier construction and six years with the Charles R. Ward Engineering Co., as principal assistant to Mr. Ward in general engineering practice, including the development of several real estate tracts.

In 1926 he joined the staff of the S.E. Minor Co., in Greenwich where he worked with Joseph W. Cone, who in 1950, as Commissioner of Public Works, employed him to head the sewer department for the town of Greenwich, Conn. While with S.E. Minor and Co. he designed and supervised construction of the sanitary sewer systems in Old Greenwich, Cos Cob and Chickahominy. He worked on many other sewer extensions.

He was superintendent of sewers for the Town of Greenwich from 1950 to his death.

Children of WALTER JACKSON and MARION BARNES are:

Children of ALICE JACKSON and JOHN FARRELL are: