Benjamin Jackson
For a country village, Bellville has been the home to able and prominent men. James McCluer and Benjamin Jackson were associate judges of the court of common pleas under the old constitution of Ohio. While McCluer later removed to Leesville, Crawford County (Ohio), Judge Jackson continued to live at Bellville until his death, at a ripe old age, a few years ago. Judge Jackson raised a large, respected and respectable family of children, of whom the late wife of our fellow townsman, L.J. Bonar, was the last of her family. For many years Judge Jackson was engaged in the mercantile trade, and was postmaster during the latter part of Buchanan's administration. Judge Jackson was a gentleman of the old school, polite and dignified in his bearing and while sociable in his way, never permitted familiarity to beget indifference. During the latter years of his life Judge Jackson gave special attention to the cemetery; bought land, had the grounds enlarged and systematically platted, until it is now one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the state and the "Snake Hill" of the long ago had but little resemblance to the "Beulah Cemetery" of today.
From The Mansfield News: May 28, 1899