Isaac Rand Jackson

Isaac Rand Jackson (January 13, 1806 – July 27, 1842) was an American diplomat and collector.

Early life Jackson was born in 1804. After the death of Capt. Parsons, his grandmother married Stephen Cross, Esq.

Career Jackson was described as: "A man of brilliant parts, and of great promise; of highly cultivated mind, of refined taste, and remarkable for a pleasing and easy address, and graceful manners"

Personal life In 1833, Jackson was married to Louisa Catherine Carroll (1809–1869), the youngest daughter of Charles Carroll of Homewood (son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence) and Harriet ( Chew) Carroll (daughter of Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania). Together, they were the parents of:

Louisa Carroll Jackson, who died young. Charles Carroll Jackson (1836–1900), a merchant who married Minnie Coster and, after her death, Mary Van Nest, daughter of Abraham Van Nest, in 1882; Oswald Chew Jackson (1838–1891), a merchant who married Ella Moore Willing, a daughter of Caroline Willing and Dr. Edward Peace of Philadelphia; he drowned at sea. Mary Ellen Jackson (1841–1909), who married Capt. Nalbro Frazier, son of Nalbo Frazier and uncle to Charles W. Ogden, in 1867.

Jackson died at his post in Copenhagen on July 27, 1842, after an illness of three weeks. His body was returned to America and he was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.