BIO:  JAMISON, William G., s/o Joseph & Margaret (Gilchrist) Jamison

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com  (Diana Flynn)

JAMISON   GILCHRIST   RIBELIN   DAVIS   SMITH

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  
GOODSPEED BROS.1884

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY

PAGE 864

WILLIAM G. JAMISON, Auditor of Washington County, is a son of Joseph and
Margaret (Gilchrist) Jamison, and is a native of the county in which he now
resides.  Joseph Jamison was born in Kentucky, January 29, 1811, a son of
Garrett Jamison, who removed with his family to the Hoosier State in 1817,
and where he and wife both died.  Joseph and wife were the parents of
William G. and Polly Ann (now Mrs. M. L. Ribelin), and they are yet living
on the farm entered by Joseph's father.  William G. Jamison was raised on
the old homestead, but unlike his father in one respect, he secured a good
practical education.  He farmed and taught school for a number of years, and
in 1860 was united in marriage with Margery Davis, by whom he became the
father of five children named:  Samuel J., now a cell guard at the State
Prison;  John W., a merchant at Rich Hill, Mo.;  Jerry M.;  Melvedia and
Winfield, deceased.  The mother died September 17, 1880, a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.  On Christmas, 1882, Mr. Jamison married his
present wife, who was Mary E. Smith.  Until his election as County Auditor
in 1878, he resided in Monroe Township, and for fourteen years served as
trustee.  After one term as Auditor, he was re-elected and is now serving
his second term.  As a Democrat in politics he has been out-spoken and
unswerving in the principles advocated by his party, and his official record
as well as his private life is without a blemish.   He belongs to the I. O.
O. F., the Masonic and the K. of P. fraternities.
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