Facts: - death place: new york city - employer: louis riel - other names: jaxon , william henry jackson - known for: secretary canada , participant in coxey 's army to louis riel during the north-west rebellion in - home town: wingham , ontario , canada - caption: honore jaxon , 1907 , chicago - death date: 10 january 1952 - spouse: aimee - education: university of toronto - birth date: 03 may 1861 - name: honore jaxon - citizenship: canadian - nationality: canadian - image: honorejackson.jpg - birth place: toronto , ontario - religion: methodist , catholic , baha ' i faith Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of honore jackson .
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william henry jackson -lrb- may 3 , 1861 -- january 10 , 1952 -rrb- , also known as honore jackson or jaxon , was secretary to louis riel during the north-west rebellion in canada in 1885 .he was married to aimee , a former teacher in chicago .he was born in toronto , ontario to a methodist family but several years later his family moved to wingham , ontario .jackson later attended the university of toronto for 3 years however due to his fathers bankruptcy , was unable to complete his last year .in 1881 he moved to prince albert , saskatchewan -lrb- then part of the northwest territories -rrb- , where he soon began to sympathize with the metis and their struggle against the canadian government , though he was not a metis himself .jackson became personal secretary to louis riel when riel returned to canada in 1884 , and the two began to organize a metis militia and provisional government .he was baptised catholic by father fourmond on 18 march 1885 , the eve of the declaration of said provisional government -lrb- see exovedate -rrb- .riel stood as godfather for the ceremony and gave him the name '' honore joseph jaxon '' .during the rebellion , riel imprisoned jackson , perhaps thinking he had gone insane but also fearing that his eccentric religious ideas and his support for henry george 's radical philosophical ideas against private ownership of land may cause discord within his -lrb- riel 's -rrb- followers .during the course of the rebellion , riel released jackson .he was captured when canadian government troops overcame the last metis resistance in the battle of batoche ending on may 12 , 1885 .he was tried for treason , but found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an insane asylum in lower fort garry , near winnipeg , manitoba .he escaped the asylum on november 2 and fled to the united states .once there , he changed his name to honore jaxon and joined the labour union movement in chicago , illinois and was active in socialist circles as well .he also decided to lie about his...