S. Trevena Jackson

S. Trevena Jackson, also listed as Samuel Trevena Jackson, was an American author born in 1867 and died in 1945. He is associated above all with Lincoln's Use of the Bible, a compact study of how Scripture shaped Abraham Lincoln’s thinking, language, and public life.

Jackson also worked on books connected with the evangelist and hymn writer Fanny J. Crosby, including retellings of her life and reminiscences. Taken together, his surviving works suggest a writer deeply interested in religion, moral character, and the ways personal faith can influence public witness.

While detailed biographical information is not easy to confirm, his published work shows a clear gift for presenting religious and historical subjects in a direct, accessible way. Readers coming to him today will mostly meet him through his portraits of Lincoln and Crosby, both of which reflect a warm, devotional approach to biography and history.