Levi served as mayor of Fayette and was ordained a minister in the Christian Union Church. His son Karl was a musician and press agent for John F. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company, a traveling theatrical troupe. There is a gap in the correspondence from 1939-1945. Written in German. MS 797 Benjamin Basil Jackson Family Papers, 1861-1922 Civil War correspondence written to and from men serving with Co. G, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and postwar personal correspondence of George and Martha Jackson Banks.
Some correspondence transcripts online.
Diary of A. J. Jackson transcript online . Compilations of research notes, family group sheets, genealogical charts, photographs, and historical notes on Altman, Kern, Knight, McKee, Mitchell, Place, Trotter, and allied families. 1 linear foot.