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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =John Jerrison
| image_name =
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =February [[1776]]<ref>Jerrison's epitaph states that he died "aged 74 yrs., 6 mos., 11 days."</ref>
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[August 29]], [[1850]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =[[Mayor of Pensacola]]
| religion =
| spouse =Jane
| parents =
| children =
}}
Captain '''John Jerrison''' was twice [[mayor of Pensacola]], from [[1825]] to [[1828]], and again from [[1829]] to [[1830]].
==Early life==
In his youth, Jerrison served as a sergeant in the United States Army. After his service concluded, he settled near [[Wikipedia:Fort Benjamin Hawkins|Fort Benjamin Hawkins]] in Georgia and worked there as a merchant and contractor. During the [[Wikipedia:War of 1812|War of 1812]], Jerrison was a staff officer with the rank of captain. After the war, he settled in Alabama.
==In Pensacola==
Eventually setting in Pensacola, Jerrison was elected numerous times to Pensacola's Board of Alderman, and twice served as Mayor. At the time of his death, Jerrison was serving as the clerk of the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]].
==References==
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{{succession box | before = [[Peter Alba]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1825-1828 | after = [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Benjamin Drake Wright]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1829-1830 | after = [[Peter Alba]]}}
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[[Category:Mayors of the City of Pensacola|Jerrison, John]]
| subject_name =John Jerrison
| image_name =
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =February [[1776]]<ref>Jerrison's epitaph states that he died "aged 74 yrs., 6 mos., 11 days."</ref>
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[August 29]], [[1850]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =[[Mayor of Pensacola]]
| religion =
| spouse =Jane
| parents =
| children =
}}
Captain '''John Jerrison''' was twice [[mayor of Pensacola]], from [[1825]] to [[1828]], and again from [[1829]] to [[1830]].
==Early life==
In his youth, Jerrison served as a sergeant in the United States Army. After his service concluded, he settled near [[Wikipedia:Fort Benjamin Hawkins|Fort Benjamin Hawkins]] in Georgia and worked there as a merchant and contractor. During the [[Wikipedia:War of 1812|War of 1812]], Jerrison was a staff officer with the rank of captain. After the war, he settled in Alabama.
==In Pensacola==
Eventually setting in Pensacola, Jerrison was elected numerous times to Pensacola's Board of Alderman, and twice served as Mayor. At the time of his death, Jerrison was serving as the clerk of the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]].
==References==
<small>{{reflist}}</small>
{{start box}}
{{succession box | before = [[Peter Alba]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1825-1828 | after = [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Benjamin Drake Wright]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1829-1830 | after = [[Peter Alba]]}}
{{end box}}
{{Bio-stub}}
[[Category:Mayors of the City of Pensacola|Jerrison, John]]