Famous people · Jackson Township
Born near Jackson Township: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger, from Ramsey, 4 mi away. Walter Quintin Gresham is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. The list for Jackson Township is empty for now. 385 towns across Indiana can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Walter Quintin Gresham
Best known
Walter Quintin Gresham
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Jackson Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Jackson Township
Nobody born in Jackson Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Catharine Merrill
1824–1900American Civil War nurse and professor
Walter Quintin Gresham
1832–1895US Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Union Army general
Nathan Kimball
1822–1898Union Army general, Indiana politician
Donna Schaibley
born 1953American politician from Indiana
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jackson Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Walter Quintin Gresham: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Kimball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Self Ridley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Zenor: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Theopilus Jones: H.B. Hall & Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Merrill: Theodore Clement Steele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Forrest Lucas: Stuart Rowlands, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons