When Lemuel Ralph Jackson was born on 23 September 1847, in Georgia, United States, his father, Ralph Jackson, was 28 and his mother, Jane Murphy, was 35. He married Sarah E. Stewart on 24 December 1871, in Independence, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Healing Springs Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1890. He died on 24 December 1871, at the age of 24.