Henry  H.  Jackson

THE  SHELBY  DEMOCRAT
 February 20, 1879
VOL. 1; No. 37
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from the article, SMILING  SHELBYVILLE!
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Henry  H. Jackson.
Is a gentleman of large experience in the hotel business, and what he does not know concerning the running of a hotel is of little value.  Mr. Jacson was born in Guildford county, North Carolina, on the 25th day of January, 1844, and located in Columbus, Indiana, in May, 1865, and engaged in the manufacture of carriages until 1871, when he purchased the old  Bowlin  House.  In April, 1873, he leased the  Ray  House, now known as the  Jackson  House.  In April, 1878, he opened the new hotel in Liberty, Indiana, leaving the hotel in this city, in charge of  Mr. George P. Howard  and  Mr. George L. Mullen, but returned to his first love in September following, and resumed personal charge of the House.  It can truthfully be said of Mr. Jackson that he is the only man who has ever successfully conducted this hotel and made money.  He has made for it a reputation among the traveling public second to none in the State.  The rooms in the Jackson House are kept in the best of order, and are scrupulously clean.  The commercial man can always be accommodated with commodious sample rooms, fitted up with all the conveniences for the successful display of his samples.  The table is loaded with all the delicacies of the season which are served up in the most approved style of the art.  Taken all in all, the Jackson House is a model hotel, fitted up in the best of style, with all the modern improvements of the day and persons stopping there always go away feeling that it was good to have been there.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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