J. W. JAMISON.
View Portraits of Mr. & Mrs. John Vaughn and Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Jamison
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         One of the highly successful agriculturists and stockmen of Louisa county is J. W. Jamison, who seventeen years ago retired to Newport, where he has since continuously resided. The eldest son of George and Hulda (Herrick) Jamison, his birth occurred in Louisa county on the 29th of August, 1841. The father was a native of Ohio and the mother of New York. They came to Iowa soon after their marriage, locating on a farm in Louisa county in 1840. Eight children were born of their union, of whom four are living as follows: J. W.; Jacob H.; Merritt I., who is a resident of Louisa county; and O. Brigham, also of this county. The third in order of birth and the last died in infancy, . . .

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. . . as did also the fourth and fifth who were twins, and both of the parents are now deceased.

          J. W. Jamison early completed his education, which was acquired in the district schools of his township, and then assisted in the cultivation of the farm. When he was twenty-two his father presented him with three hundred acres of land, upon which he immediately settled. He continued to reside on that place, upon which he made all of the improvements, until 1894, making a specialty of feeding and shipping cattle and hogs, from which he realized most lucrative returns. In 1894 he purchased fourteen acres of land in Newport and thereon he erected a very pleasant two-story brick residence and has ever since made this his home.

          Upon the 28th of September, 1862, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jamison and Miss Rachel Vaughn, a daughter of John and Deborah (Mason) Vaughn. They were the parents of thirteen children, the order of their birth being as follows: a daughter, who died in infancy; Jeremiah, also deceased; Mary, the wife of C. McCray, of Louisa county; Margaret and Hannah, both deceased; Rachel, now Mrs. Jamison; and Isaac and William J., both deceased; Jesse, now living in Sioux City, Iowa; Aurelia, the wife of George Mason of Woodbury; and Virginia, Minerva and Ziba, who are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jamison have five children: Tuttle G., of Oakville, Iowa; Isaac, who is living in Morning Sun; Hulda J., who became the wife of D. Kremer of Wapello; Minerva, who married T. Dotson, of Louisa county; and Mary, the wife of Wilson Robb, of Louisa county.

          The family always attended the Methodist Episcopal church, of which the parents are members, and in politics Mr. Jamison is a democrat. He has usually been too deeply absorbed in his personal affairs, however, to ever prominently participate in political activities although he at one time served as assessor. He possesses the ability to undertake and carry to a successful issue extensive operations and to this fact must be largely attributed the achievements of his business career.