Sheldon Jackson
(1834-1909)
American Presbyterian missionary
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Sheldon Jackson (May 18, 1834 – May 2, 1909) was a Presbyterian minister, missionary, and political leader. During this career he travelled about one million miles (1.6 million km) and established more than one hundred missions and churches, mostly in the Western United States. He is best remembered for his extensive work in Colorado and thereater during the final quarter of the 19th century in the massive, rugged, and remote Alaska Territory, which in 1959 would become the 49th U.S. state of Alaska.
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18 May 1834 Montgomery County, New York
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2 May 1909 (aged 74)
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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