Person:William Jameson (14)

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William A. Jameson was born January 29, 1862 in Jo Daviess County and was the son of Samuel and Matilda Jaemson. He married Elizabeth Matchett in 1889 and two daughters were born to this union, Mrs. William T. McClenahan and Emily McGrew. William died July 29, 1897 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

    William A. Jameson, one of the younger members of the farming community of Hanover Township, is a native of the county, and was born January 29, 1862.  He is the son of one of its pioneer settlers, Samuel Jameson, who married Miss Matilda Craig, a native of Ireland.  The elder Jameson, is supposed to have been a native of New York State, and was three times married, becoming the father of seven children, six of whom survive, namely: John a resident of Calif.; Ann (Mrs. Dunn), also living in that State; Jennie, and Samuel, residents of Hanover Township; Mary, the wife of Orson Hammond, a resident of Tennessee.
    Samuel Jameson came to Northern Illinois prior to the Black Hawk War and served as a Federal soldier during the conflict with the famous chief and his warriors.  He had located his land before the outbreak but returned to it after laying aside his musket.  He secured it from the Government, and there had not been turned a furrow upon it when he settled thereon.  His neighbors were few and far between, and he was thus one of the first men to locate in Hanover Township.  He endured hardship and privation, but was quite successful in his conflict with the elements of a new soil, and at his death left a good farm of 142 acres and considerable personal property.  He was a man of sterling integrity and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him.  He departed the scenes of his earthly labors at the homestead May 22, 1868.  The mother of our subject died in 1883; she was the third wife of Samuel Jameson.
    The subject of this sketch was the son of the third wife of his father, and was reared to man's estate under the parental roof.  He attended the public school and completed his studies at Valparaiso in the Indiana Normal School, after having been a student in Galena.  He maintains a warm interest in the temperance movement, and, politically, affiliates with the Prohibitionists.  He owns a half-interest in a little over 200 acres of land, and proposes to fortify himself amply with the foundation of a competence before taking unto himself a wife and helpmate.  He is a universal favorite in social circles of his community, where his application to business, his integrity and his industry have gained him the esteem and confidence of all.  He has made excellent headway for one of his years, and in the near future, there is reason to believe, will be numbered among the leading men of his community.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Published by Chapman Brothers, Chicago , Illinois 1889, page 510, F 547 J6 P.G. Sutro Library, San Franciso, California, 1980.

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