1803 - 1884 (80 years)
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Name |
Martha Jamison |
Birth |
7 Oct 1803 |
Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Female |
Burial |
1884 |
North Washington Covenanter Cemetery, Washington Twp, Westmoreland County, PA |
Death |
26 Aug 1884 |
Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania |
Notes |
- JAMISON FAMILY
Posted by: Biography (IP Logged)
Date: December 25, 1999 07:21PM
JAMISON FAMILY. Robert S. Jamison was born near Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, July 13, 1835, and died March 14, 1903, at Redlands,
California, where he had gone a few weeks before on account of ill health.
In his youth he received a fair common school education, and having been
reared on the farm became a land-holder almost as soon as he was of legal
age. Although devoting much time to other pursuits, he was a farmer all
his life, and was a leader in scientific methods for improving the land,
using labor-saving machinery and introducing new and better strains of live
stock. He took an active part in establishing the Westmoreland Agricultural
Society, being its president for a number of years. In early manhood his
mind was attracted to the growing importance of the coal and coke industry
of western Pennsylvania. With keen foresight of the needs of the future, he
began to study the coal basins of his own locality. In 1880, associating
himself with others, he began buying coal lands extensively in Westmoreland
county and continued to do so for more than twenty years, and time has amply
proved the wisdom of these ventures. All the properties purchased by him
have become incorporated into large and flourishing industries. At the time
of his death he was president and large owner of the coal and coke company
that bears his name. In private life has was genial, fair, uniformly
courteous and charitable. He was a member of the Second Reformed Church in
Greensburg, and one of its officers of many years. He married Caroline
Wible, also native to Greensburg, who died May 24, 1905. Both are buried in
St. Clair cemetery. The names of their ten children are: Mary Emma died
1877; William W., Joseph Henry, died 1865; John M., Thomas S., Charles M.,
Robert S., Hugh D. Richard H., and Jay C. Jamison.
The family history in this country begins with Francis Jamison, SR., who
with his wife, four sons and two daughters emigrated from the north of
Ireland in 1764, and settled in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. His children
were: John, Robert, Margaret, Roseanne. Marmaduke, and Francis. Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Jamison, Sr., lived to a ripe old age, and both died while on a
visit to their children in Westmoreland county and are buried at Ridge
Church.
II. John Jamison (1749-1819) came to Westmoreland county in 1769 with
his brother Robert, and each took patent to about three hundred acres of
land. Robert Jamison located in Unity township, and his grandson, Joseph
Jamison, owns and still lives at the old homestead. John Jamison located in
Hempfield township, and after remaining for more than one hundred years in
his family the land is now owned by the Westmoreland Water Company, the
present reservior covering the site of the original buildings. In 1774 John
Jamison married Janet Martin*, daughter of John Martin, of Big Cove, Fulton
county, Pennsylvania. She was a sister of Hugh Martin, who also came to
Westmoreland county about that time. The children of Mr. & Mrs. John
Jamison were: Francis, John, Hugh, Robert, Benjamin, James, Margaret,
Janet, Mary, and Martha. Hugh and James inherited the old homestead and
spent their lives upon it.
III. Hugh Jamison (1785-1873), father of Robert S. Jamison, married
Jane Stuart in 1817. A farmer by occupation, he taught for many winters in
the public schools near his home. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His
children were: John *1818-1902), Daniel Stuart (1822-1891), Hugh Martin,
now living in the state of Texas; Margaret J., now living in Greensburg, and
Robert S. Jamison (1835-1903).
"Source Pages 37 & 38 History of Westmoreland County, Volume II Pennsylvania
by
John N. Boucher New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906
Transcribed June 9, 1999 by Marilynn Wienke for the Westmoreland County
History Project
Published 1999 by the Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project"
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Person ID |
I0679 |
Halbstein_Parrish Family Tree |
Last Modified |
10 Aug 2016 |
Father |
John Jamison, b. 1749, Buckna Church Parish, Broughshane, County Antrim, Ireland d. 1819 (Age 70 years) |
Mother |
Janet Martin, b. 1753, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Feb 1839, Unity, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years) |
Marriage |
1774 |
Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
Family ID |
F357 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Thomas Barber, b. 24 Dec 1796, Ireland d. 11 Apr 1865, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Age 68 years) |
Marriage |
18 Sep 1823 |
Westmoreland County, Pa |
Children |
| 1. John Barber, b. 1824 d. 1824 (Age 0 years) |
| 2. Jane F.E. Barber, b. 23 Aug 1825, Westmoreland, PA d. 30 Apr 1853, N. Washington or Butler or Westmoreland, PA (Age 27 years) |
| 3. Nancy Barber, b. 1827 |
+ | 4. John Barber, b. 4 Apr 1828, Washington Twp, Westmoreland County, PA d. 1902, Barber Homestead, Westmoreland County, PA (Age 73 years) |
| 5. Sarah Barber, b. 1831 |
| 6. Mary Barber, b. 1833 |
| 7. Jamison Barber, b. 1837 |
| 8. Thomas Barber, b. 1840 |
| 9. Martha A. Barber, b. 1843 |
| 10. Margaret Keely Barber, b. 1845 |
| 11. William J. Barber, b. 1847 |
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Family ID |
F063 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S002413] Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.).
Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
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