Samuel Hollister Jackson was born in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 7, 1875, the son of Samuel Nelson Jackson (1838–1913) and Mary Anne (Parkyn) Jackson (1843–1916).[1] Jackson's siblings included
H. Nelson Jackson, a prominent
Burlington, Vermont businessman, and
J. Holmes Jackson (1871–1944), who served as
mayor of Burlington from 1917 to 1925 and 1929 to 1933.
Jackson was an owner of the E.L. Smith & Company granite manufacturing business, President of the Vermont Bar Association and the National Granite Producers' Association, and a member of the
Masons,
Shriners and
Knights of Pythias.[13][14]
Election as lieutenant governor
In 1926 he was the successful
Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor and served from January, 1927 until his death.[15][16][17]
Death
During
the Great Vermont Flood on November 2, 1927, Jackson's car stalled after he hit a deep hole while attempting to drive through the rising Potash Brook near his home at Nelson and Tremont Streets in Barre. According to a witness, Jackson's hat and glasses were knocked off, and he appeared dazed. He began walking towards his house, and water rushing fast enough to cut a channel across Nelson Street (then a dirt road) carried him away. Those nearby attempted unsuccessfully to save him, as did a
Vermont National Guard detachment. He drowned, and the next day his body was recovered from the Potash approximately a mile from where he was last seen.[18][19][20][21][22][23]
In 1909, Jackson married Mabel Maude Parkyn (1874–1968), usually known as Maude. They were the parents of two sons, Nelson Parkyn Jackson (1910–1960) and Samuel Hollister Jackson (1916–1995).
Photos
Portrait of Jackson on display in the lieutenant governor's office at the
Vermont State House
Hollister Jackson with his brother
H. Nelson Jackson, Nelson Jackson's wife Bertha (right), and their niece Mary (left), 1922