Samuel Jackson, who was one of the leading business men of Dushore in the early history of the town, was a representative of one of the most noted families of the state. He was born April 4, 1789, the third son of Samuel and Hannah (Davis) Jackson. His ancestors came to Pennsylvania with William Penn, locating in Chester County. For many generations they were connected with the Society of Friends, or Quakers. A branch of the family settled at Catawissa, Pa. From there he moved with his father to Toronto, Canada, where both engaged in manufacturing hats, being hatters by trade.

In the war of 1812, Samuel Jackson -- along with his father and some of his brothers -- joined Colonel Wilcox's regiment which was composed entirely of citizens of the United States who at the opening of the war were living in Canada. He served as a lieutenant and captain. Samuel and his brother William were imprisoned in Toronto for not taking the oath of allegiance to the British government. William escaped and Samuel was later bailed out, and both joined Colonel Wilcox's regiment and fought with their father and brother until peace was declared. Samuel Jackson fought at the battle of Lundy's Lane and other battles, his father and brothers being with him. A sword Samuel took from a British officer was passed down through his descendants 

At the close of the war the family moved to Berwick, Pa., where Mr. Jackson married Miss Hannah Shiner on September 29, 1814. She was a daughter of Andrew Shiner, who had the contract to build the Turnpike from near the Long Pond to Monroeton. To this union were born eleven children. 

In 1819 Mr. Jackson moved to Cherry Township, engaging in the mercantile business, first on Bahr's Hill or Cherry Hill, as it was then known. Seeing that the business interests would eventually be moved to Cherry Hill to Dushore, or Mosier Hollow as it was then called, Mr. Jackson moved his business from Cherry Hill to the Hollow, where Dushore is now located. He died on January 25, 1840.