W. W. JAMESON
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W. W. Jameson located upon his present farm in section 7, May 4, 1855. He came west in company with his brother, R. L. Jameson, and D. D. Morris. They all settled on the west half of section 7, entering their land from Government. Mr. Morris lived where he first settled until 1868. He now lives at Grove City, Atlantic township. R. L. Jameson resided here until his decease in 1873. W. W. Jameson and his brother were born in Ohio. The former was born in the city of Columbus in 1820, and removed with his parents when a child, to Marion county. When he was seven years old the family removed to Allen county of the same State where they lived twenty years. In 1853 the family all removed to Polk county, Iowa. The family at that time consisted of the parents, John and Sarah A. Jameson, and seven children, six sons and one daughter. In 1854, the parents moved to Dallas county where they lived until their decease. The mother died in April 1867, and the father in 1882, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. One son, James H., now owns and occupies the homestead in Dallas county. Two of the sons, Reed and Edward, enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, in 1862. The former was taken prisoner at Corinth, Mississippi, and imprisoned at Belle Island, where he died November 14, 1864. The latter served out his time and now lives with his brother, W. W. A brother-in-law of Mr. Jameson, John Combs, enlisted in the same company at the same time and died at Corinth, in the spring of 1863. W. W. Jameson removed from Polk county to Dallas county, in November 1853, coming here from the latter county at the time above mentioned. He was married in Allen county, Ohio, to Deborah Watt, a native of that county, born September 20, 1827. Her parents were Samuel L., and Olive Watt. The latter died when Mrs. Jameson was twelve years old. Her father again married and removed to Sac county in this State where he died. Mr. Jameson has nine children, all living--Alonzo C., John L., Alice J., wife of Silas Martin; Sarah A., wife of Edwin Burke; Adelaide, wife of D. D. Hunt; Samuel L., James W., Robert R. and Olive. All of the family are living in this township except Alice, who lives in Benton township.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 790-791.
