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<html> <head> <title>Jackson, TN</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Jackson, TN CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityofjackson.net/">http://www.cityofjackson.net/</a> Population: 59643 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1822 (platted)County: <a href="/geo/393/000143961/">Madison County</a>Named in honor of Gen. <a href="/people/654/000026576/">Andrew Jackson</a>. NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/718/000197127/">The Jackson Sun</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/689/000166191/">Lane College</a></td><td><center>1882</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000032217/">Steve Fossett</a></td> <td><center>Aviator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-2007</tt></td> <td>First to cross Pacific in a balloon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/978/000027897/">Thomas Harris</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Silence of the Lambs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/455/000094173/">Allan Hubbard</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>George W. Bush economist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000164077/">Casey Jones</a></td> <td><center>Daredevil</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td>Railroad hero, sort of</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000093533/">Christopher Jones</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-2014</tt></td> <td>Wild in the Streets</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000206163/">Ed "Too Tall" Jones</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dallas Cowboys, 106 career sacks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000206454/">Ben B. Lindsey</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Created the first juvenile court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/822/000023753/">Wink Martindale</a></td> <td><center>Game Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tic-Tac-Dough</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000174232/">Randall Wallace</a></td> <td><center>Screenwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Man in the Iron Mask</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/600/000168096/">Ray Blanton</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1996</tt></td> <td>Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/252/000140829/">Gene Evans</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1998</tt></td> <td>Behemoth, the Sea Monster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/480/000022414/">Carl Perkins</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1998</tt></td> <td>Blue Suede Shoes</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69340" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/199/000003190/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/199/3190/s3190.jpg" width=128> Poplife Through The Keyhole</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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