Thomas Jackson was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on January 21, 1824. His whole name was Thomas Jonathon Jackson. Jackson was of Scottish-Irish descent. His dad, Jonathon Jackson, was an attorney, he lived from 1790-1826. His mom was Julia Beckwith, she lived from 1798-1831. "His parents were married in September 1817 and had four children: Elizabeth, Warren, Thomas, and Laura Ann"( Jackson 75 ). Out of all of the children, Thomas lived the longest. Jackson sailed to America from London …
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…a place called the Chandler house when he died. The Chandler house burned down some point after the civil war.The chandlers recreated a room in memory of Jackson, using the same bed frame and one of the same blankets that he used. "They added a clock on the mantel with the hope that it would make the room look more homelike and cheerful, but furnishings could not dictate the mood of the room" (Lowe 3).