Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Jamison, B. Taylor
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Warwick Township


   B. TAYLOR JAMISON farmer, P.O. Jamison, was born in 
Warwick township, December 13, 1824.  In his early boyhood 
days he attended school in an ancient building which stood 
on the present site of the famous Old Neshaminy cemetery.  
His teacher was the well-known Mahlon Long, now a resident 
of Philadelphia.  It was under Mr. Long that he first 
learned to read and write.  In later years he attended 
school under the able instruction of the later Honorable 
George Lear, at the Dark Hollow school in Warwick township.  
Here he made rapid progress and laid the foundation for a 
more advanced education.  He completed his school days at 
Hatboro academy.  Among his friends and classmates were a 
Mr. Yerkes, afterward a distinguished judge of Philadelphia, 
and now deceased; Rev. David Yerkes, a brother of the judge, 
now stationed at Plainfield, N. J.; and Alfred Thomas, a 
reputable lumber dealer, at Eddington, Pa.   At the close of 
his school career he engaged in farming for his father until 
he was 24 years old, when he rented seventy-five acres of 
his father, and in seven years purchased the same, and has 
remained there ever since.  He has brought the farm into a 
high state of cultivation.  In 1862 he was married to Annie 
E., the estimable daughter of Horace G. and Emily (Shipps) 
Phillips, the father a native of New Jersey and the mother 
of Northampton township, and the parents of six children:  
Annie E., Caroline S., Horace G., David S., and two who died 
young.  He has been adverse to office-seeking, preferring to 
attend strictly to his farm duties, and has been successful 
in his chosen business.  He has been trustee of the 
Hartsville Presbyterian church, and is a director of the 
Hartsville and Centerville turnpike.  He has always acted 
harmoniously with the democratic party, and has never failed 
to vote at any general election.  He has two daughters:  
Emily P. and Mary T.