Maria Willard Jackson

Biography:

Maria Willard Jackson was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia Jacob B. Jackson and served as that state's First Lady 1881-1885. She was born in 1830 at Pleasants County West Virginia. In 1855 she married Jacob B. Jackson. At the end of Jackson's term as governor the capital was moved from Wheeling to Charleston for the last time so she was the last first lady to serve at Wheeling. After leaving office the Jacksons returned to Parkersburg West Virginia.