James Means JAMISON ¹⁹²

  General Notes:

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; Roll M432_675; Page: 198B; Image: 212.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; Roll M653_957; Page: 17; Image: 38; Family History Library Film: 803957.

JAMES M. JAMISON, retired; P. O. Delaware; is one of the oldest settlers of Delaware Co. now living; he was born in the Pan Handle district of Virginia on the 4th day of March, 1808, and is the son of Robert and Esther (Baird) Jamison, his mother a native of Virginia, and his father of Pennsylvania; in 1811, the family emigrated to this county and located in Delaware Township; here they commenced farming, in a wild and unsettled country ; the elder Jamison served as a soldier of the war of 1812, and died on the old homestead in Delaware Township, in 1840, at 72 years of age; Mr. Jamison's mother died in 1852, at 82 years of age; Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until 1866, when he moved into Delaware, where he has resided ever since. In 1835, he married Elizabeth High, who was born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1816, the daughter of Benjamin High, who came to Delaware Co. in 1832, and settled two miles north of the town of Delaware, where he died in 1834 ; Mr. and Mrs. Jamison have had eight children, two died in infancy; by hard work and many sacrifices, 'three daughters -Angelica, Esther and Millie-qualified themselves as teachers, and each had taught school about five years when they were married ; Angelina married George Martz; Esther, Jacob Martz, of Darke Co., and Millie, William McGeegin, one of the proprietors of Olive Furnace, Lawrence Co.; Annie Elizabeth died in 1876, loved by all; George W. married Mary J. Nigh; when 18 years old, he enlisted in the Union army, and served nine months in the 66th O. V. I, in the Army of the Potomac ; after undergoing many perils and hardships, he was transferred with about eight hundred other sick and wounded, to Fairfax Seminary, Virginia, where Mrs. Jamison went to nurse him, remaining there about two weeks, when he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital, New York; Mrs. Jamison remained with him there about four weeks, when he was discharged, and both, came hone, the youngest son, Robert. B., graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1879 ; Mrs. Jamison has lived in Delaware City and vicinity since her father came to Ohio, in 1832 ; Mr. Jamison has accumulated sufficient property to render himself and family comfortable in his declining years.

James married Elizabeth HIGH, daughter of Bemjamin HIGH and Unknown, in 1835 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Elizabeth HIGH was born in 1816 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania, died on 4 Jul 1894 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.)