Early Life and Medical Career
Jackson was a wealthy physician who had practiced for a few years in the towns of Brattleboro and Burlington, Vermont. He was married to Bertha Richardson Wells, the daughter of William Wells, a Medal of Honor recipient and one of the richest men in Vermont, a partner in Wells, Richardson & Co., manufacturer of Paine's Celery Compound, a popular cure-all that was twenty percent grain alcohol.
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