Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 363
CAPT. JAMES M. JAMISON, a resident of Bloomington Township, living on section 32, was born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1839. His parents were James and Rebecca (Strickland) Jamison, also natives of Pennsylvania. The father was a tanner by trade, and in 1872 left the East and emigrated to Muscatine County, Iowa, locating on the farm where our subject now resides. His death occurred in 1884, at the age of seventy-seven years, and his wife is still living at the home of her son James. There were but two children in that family, the other child being Rebecca A., wife of Mr. Scott, a farmer of this county.

Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, and was there educated in the district schools. He later engaged as clerk on a freight and passenger steamboat that plied between Philadelphia and Baltimore, and in 1864 responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting in Philadelphia as a member of Company G, 174th Pennsylvania Infantry, for three years' service. He was mustered in as a private, and participated in the battles of Blackwater and Neuse River, after which he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant. Shortly afterward he was promoted to the rank of Captain of the company in which he enlisted, and served as such until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Philadelphia in August, 1865.

Returning to his home Capt. Jamison in farm labor until 1869, when he came west to Muscatine County, Iowa. Some years later in 1876, his father purchased 125 acres of improved land on section 32, where his son now resides, his farm only being about three miles from Muscatine. Capt. Jamison has made many improvements since that time, and now has one of the most finely cultivated farms in the county. He takes quite an active interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, and is the present Road Supervisor of his township. He also holds the postition of the Secretary of the School Board. Socially Mr. Jamison is a member of Shelby Norman Post, G.A.R., of Muscatine; Hawkeye Lodge No. 30, A.F.& A.M. He was made a Mason in Bristol Lodge No. 25, of Bristol, Bucks Co., Pa., one of the oldest lodges in the State. Our subject is a leading farmer of Bloomington Township, and is highly esteemed by all with whom business or social relations have brought him in contact.

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