Jamison, Peter

JAMISON

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 7/30/2008 at 16:09:21

Peter Jamison

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.101, Grove Twp.)
Peter Jamison, farmer, P. O. Wheeler's Grove, was born in Ireland in 1844, son of Alexander and Mary (Kain) Jamison, both born in Ireland; he died April, 1882, and she is still living. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living. Subject received a common school education, began life as a farmer, and was married to Miss Ellen Keegan, December 6, 1876, a native of Ireland, born about 1852, and daughter of Patrick and mary (Daly) Keegan, both natives of Ireland; he is still living; she died in Ireland about 1874; they had eleven children, four of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Jamison have two children - Mary, born October 5, 1877, and Alexander, born June 18, 1880. Subject came from Ireland to Knox County, Ill., in 1866; from thence to the Rocky Mountains, hunting for gold, which proved so successful that he went back to Ireland on a visit to his parents for three or four months; when he returned to this country, he came to this county, and, in 1874, bought 120 acres of land at $13.50 per acre, which are now worth $35.00 per acre. There is a fine young orchard, and also some fine natural timber on the place. Mr. Jamison is a Democrat and a Freemason.