Jasper County IL Archives Biographies.....Jamison, Peter M. 1842 - 
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Author: Lake City Publishing Co.

PETER M. JAMISON, who owns and operates a farm of one hundred acres on section
18, Wade Township Jasper County, is a native of Ohio. He was born June 1, 1842,
in Butler County, and is of Scotch descent. His father, Peter Jamison, was born
in Scotland, in 1809, and when a young man crossed the Atlantic to America. He
settled in Butler County, Ohio, in 1827, and there married Lucinda Wray, also of
Scotch birth, who died when our subject was a child. Peter Jamison, Sr., was a
farmer, and followed that occupation in the Buckeye State for a number of years.
In 1856 he removed to Indiana, locating in Montgomery County, where he carried
on agricultural pursuits for five years, and then bought a farm of two hundred
acres in Monroe County, Ind. There he spent his remaining days, his death
occurring in 1883.

  Our subject is the second in order of birth in a family of two sons and one
daughter. The sister, Elizabeth, is now deceased. The brother, Joseph L., is in
business in Indianapolis, Ind. Peter grew to manhood in Montgomery County, Ind.
During his boyhood he was inured to the labors of farm life. His school
privileges were quite limited, but by experience, reading and observation during
his later years he has made himself a well-informed man. He began life for
himself by working as a farm hand by the month. In 1862 he was employed by the
Government in Nashville, Tenn., breaking teams. He then returned to his home in
Montgomery County, Ind., and spent the two succeeding years of his life upon a
farm. In January, 1865, he enlisted for the late war, becoming a member of
Company B, Seventh Indiana Infantry. He joined the regiment at Chickasaw Bluffs,
Ala., and remained in the service until after the close of the war, receiving
his discharge at Indianapolis in September, 1865. He was thrown from his horse
and in this way sustained permanent injury.

  When the country no longer needed his services, Mr. Jamison returned to his
home in Montgomery County, and the next year turned his attention to
agricultural pursuits, to which he has since devoted his energies. On the 20th
of June, 1869, he was united in marriage with Miss Lydia F. Phillips, a native
of Tippecanoe County, Ind., and a daughter of Charles Phillips. Three children
have been born of their union, Walter, Myrtie and Florence E., all of whom are
now attending school.

  In the year 1884, Mr. Jamison and his family arrived in Illinois. Having
purchased the farm on which he now resides, he removed hither in 1886, and began
its further development. As before stated, it comprises one hundred acres of
valuable land, and is improved with a good residence, substantial barns, a
smokehouse, and all the accessories of a model farm. There is a good orchard,
and the fields are under a high state of cultivation. The neat and thrifty
appearance of the place well indicates the enterprise and energy of the owner.

  Since casting his first Presidential vote, Mr. Jamison has been a supporter of
the Democracy, but has never been an office-seeker. Socially he belongs to the
Grand Army Post of Newton, and himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Jamison is esteemed as an upright citizen, and is a self-made man,
who by his own industry and good management has accumulated a good home and a
valuable farm, and is to-day numbered among the substantial citizens of Wade
Township.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties
Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co.
1893


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