The Jameson and Sears Homestead's in Morgan County, Ohio

Tom Jameson sent me a copy painting of the William and Mary (Haggerty) Jameson home in Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio done by Prudence Vestelva (Jameson) Dangler, this morning. She painted the picture from a few old photographs of the old homestead that she has. I wanted to shear a few pictures of what the place looked like. Talking about the homestead, I must include the old Sears place, just down the street.

painted by Prudence Vestelva (Jameson) Dangler

As I show these pictures I must include the fine writing of Bessie Elvira (Jameson) Wolcott.

The Jameson Family by Bessie Elvira (Jameson) Wolcott

...He (William Jameson) built his home in a beautiful valley amid the hills of southern Ohio where he with his family had moved. A long rambly house with a rustic fireplace. A sloping yard to a small pebbly stream that, in summer run clear. A lazy little creek winding in and out among the willows and tall corn and cat tails. But when spring or fall rains came it showed its might by swift running water that spread itself out over the bottom lands. The road winding away from the right where stood the Old Grove Church, where the Sears family worshipped, led down through a leafy woodland fringed with fern clinging to clumps of clay in the corners of the rail fence that bordered the road. Around the bend to the old covered bridge, that sheltered many travelers, and has been a landmark in that part of the country. Names carved by jack knives of young men, and older ones sometimes, still stand in memory of many who now sleep in the churchyard upon the hill. The view back of the house, a high hill where grandfather planted his orchard, where in springtime in the depths of the green hillside the peach and apple tree branches were covered with pink and white blooms on up to the top of the hill, a rail fence divided it from a beautiful wood of beech, maple and dogwood trees that in spring were white with bloom, but when the frost came nature changes their color to the rich red, yellow and brown of autumn. Out from the yard by the side of the hill was the spring that supplied the family with water. Water clear as crystal streaming from the hillside down over the stones to the pool hollowed out of rock, then through a stone trough of the log milk house where it cooled the crocks of milk, then on across the yard to the creek.In the yard stood grandfathers shop where he worked out many of his problems, and spent many hours making useful things. He made the wooden lock and key that locked the shop. The old home still has many interesting things that have been preserved down through the years. This home is near Knight or Young Hickory....







Also By Bessie Elvira (Jameson) Wolcott is regards to the Sears home:

...The old Sears home still stands on what is known as the ridge road. A white farm house with a picket fence and down the path still stands the well with it's "old oaken bucket" and a cup that any that thirst my drink. Under the hill below the well was the old spring house and near by was the orchard with the big yellow sweet apple tree, and by the fence the persimmon tree a historic tree in the families. A big bank barn still stands which sheltered not only the work horses but those the family rode. Dr. Sears own horse which carried him to the bedside of many patients. The shop-shed for various things to be stored with grandmother's grapevines still clinging to them. And the peach orchard with those special peaches still stand as though reluctant to leave. The old home that held such dear associations of years gone by where childish romping children's shouts and laughter rang. And then to young man and womanhood. That home was filled with great ambition for useful lives under the very strict guidance of a Methodist christian home...

I hope all  have been reading the comments at the end of the different blogs. On my February 15th posting, Oak Grove Methodist Church and Cemetery, Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio, Tom Jameson commented:

"Unfortunately the area of the homesteads of William and his son William have all been strip mined (the coal company was prevented from also moving the cemetery as they had wished). The site of the elder William's homestead is now a campground in the re-planted strip mine area. I think the Sears home is gone also..."

This is very sad news, (not new news, the mining started in the 1940's) but new news to me. The area is now known as Miner's Memorial Park. A couple links:

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=13595

http://www.morgancounty.org/Tourism/minerpark.aspx

http://www.aep.com/environmental/recreation/recland/miners.aspx

http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=564&fileId=9352

'Jesus Loves The Little Children'

It's a fact of life that humans die. It's always tragic when it happens to young people. As a father of a young son its almost incomprehensible to me, how parents can move on. That is not a shot at a parents who have lost a child, but a compliment to the toughness of the parents.

The other night my wife and I were watching the 1980's movie Sophie's Choice. The movie is about a Polish woman who, durning World War II finds herself in Auschwitz and is given the choice by a NAZI guard of which of her two young children would live and the other, put to death.  Durning the remainder of the movie, the woman now in 1950's America is trying to live with her choice she was forced to make. The movie concludes with Sophie committing suicide along with her lover.

Now, I'll be the first to say this movie has nothing to do with the Jameson family. The only reason that I bring it up is the large number of children throughout the years that died at young ages and how their parents dealt with their tragedy of their loss. Here are a few tales of coping with this tragedy:

The Family of Carl Woodward and Jennie Leuretta (Walker) Jameson
Back in the early 1980's my great grandfather, Hugh Edward Jameson passed away. Hugh was the second son of Carl and Jennie Jameson. Hugh had been working on his and his wife's genealogy for a number of years. Having put together a nice package, almost like a book, to be passed to each of his heirs. When my mother, Karen Ann (Jameson) Traggorth and aunt Marilyn Sue (Jameson) Jones received the package, they quickly found a listing of Carl and Jennie's children. Within the listing, there were two daughters that they had never heard of. Both were shocked, being the family was pretty close and they had never heard of these two little girls. They call their father, Richard Lee Jameson to inquire. My grandfather told them that he knew of the girls and said they died from a childhood sickness that was common in those day (not remembering which one). When my aunt and mother asked why he or my great grandfather had never told them, he responded, that there just was not much to say about the girls.

Joint tombstone of Avis Pearl and Lois Ashley Jameson, McComb Union Cemtery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio, courtesy of findagrave.com

A few years ago my aunt and mother took a trip together out to northwestern Ohio to visit a number of places from their youth. One stop was to Deshler, Henry County, Ohio. Upon visiting Oakdale Methodist Church, one of the churches that Thomas Jameson had built and where Carl Jameson had preached in for many years. They by chance, ran into a kind lady, Joy Verneil (Dangler) Rayle in the church. Upon talking to Mrs. Rayle, she told them that she too was a Jameson and that she was the daughter of Prudence Vestelva (Jameson) Dangler. Her mother was Hugh's first cousin. My aunt asked her if she know anything of the girls when talking about Carl and Jennie. She told them that her mother had told her this:

"Carl and Jennie had had a very tough time getting over the girls. In those days it was very common to lose children. But the fact that Carl had lost his two daughters in just the course of two days, was unbearable for him. Carl went into a great depression. It was Jennie, that had to sit him down and straighten him out, to get their lives back together. It took her strength, to make the family move on."

The cover page of Jennie Leuretta Jameson's bible

The little girls genealogy information:
Avis Pearl Jameson born September 20, 1896 in Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio; died December 31, 1900 Continental, Putnam County, Ohio; buried January 3, 1901 McComb Union Cemetery, Pleasent Township, Hancock County, Ohio
Lois Ashley Jameson born August 9, 1898 in Deshler, Henry County, Ohio; died December 30, 1900 Continental, Putnam County, Ohio; buried January 3, 1901 McComb Union Cemetery, Pleasent Township, Hancock County, Ohio

The Family of Robert Anderson and Margaret Vestalla (Jameson) Vaughn
To follow this story we need to travel across the country to Kings County, Washington. Much like Robert and Margaret did many years ago. Maggie as she was known by her family, left her home in Wood County, Ohio in 1883. She and her husband first moved to Michigan, then in 1887 made the long trip across country to Washington State. They finally settled in the freshly started city of Seattle.

Maggie and Bob had a large family. Within their family they saw seven children live to adulthood. The sad part is that at least four known children died in youth. While doing my research about a year ago on ancestry.com. I came across a record of infant deaths of Kings County, Washington. The paperwork was hard to follow due to poor handwriting and a lack of filling out all the information. Undoubtedly Maggie was not the only women of children bearing age with the name Vaughn in Seattle at the time. It does appears that there might be at least two other infants of hers that might have died that can't be proven to her. They do appear to be hers, due to the home of record of the mother. I could not tell for certain and there were no other sources to cross check.

Years later Maggie and her family travel back to Ohio on at least one occasion to visit family. It was recorded by her niece, Mary Lillian (Wolcott) Rathke that she always seemed very sad. The sadness she showed was put off as being homesick. I think there might have been a little more to the sadness. She had lost a large number of children in her life. At her finally resting spot, she rest with her husband and one of her lost children.

Joint tombstone of Robert, Margaret, and Walter Vaughn, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Kings County, Washington; courtesy of findagrave.com



The known children that died in youth genealogy information:
Sylvia Edna Vaughn born January 25, 1883 in Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio; died January 9, 1899 Seattle, Kings County Washington; burial unknown

Gladys Oral Vaughn born August 11, 1886 in Michigan; died January 21, 1899 in Seattle, Kings County, Washington; burial unknown

Unnamed Infant Vaughn born August 18, 1900 in Ballard, Kings County, Washington; died a few hours later on August 18, 1900 in Ballard, Kings County, Washington; burial unknown

Walter V. Vaughn born June 23, 1906 in Ballard, Kings County, Washington; died April 14, 1907 in Ballard, Kings County, Washington; buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington

-the two other unnamed infants that appear to have been born to Margaret and Robert were born in 1892 and 1901. They are not listed due to the lack of sources.

Welcome Aboard Tom Jameson, And The Blog Thus Far

Just a short posting today. I have not posted any new messages since last weekend. I have been in the process of doing some research on my next two much larger stories. One, on a number of Jameson children who died in their youth and the other on Mary E. (Sears) Jameson and her relationship with her brother, Ansley B. Sears. I hope to have the stories online by the end of the weekend, so stay toned.

I just wanted to take a quick minute to announce a gentleman that I am very excited to have as a team member and part of this blog. Tom Jameson, my grandfather's 1st cousin and closes living relative that still carries the Jameson name of our direct line of Jameson's. Tom is a great genealogist and a very good guy. I look forward to working with you and having your input on the Jameson's. Tom is the son of Robert Berg Jameson, the third brother on the right of the picture on the cover page. Welcome aboard Tom, I look forward to your input.

The blog so far is quickly building within the number of views. I've noticed it's received a large number of hits mainly from the USA, but also a number of views from the UK and Australia. I hope the hits might be from a number of distant Jameson's from way-way back. Feel free to comment or contact me. I will continue to advertise the site and welcome anyone who might be interested. I found online a number of Jameson descendants from my line I will be writing and inviting to join. To everyone out there, thanks for all the views and those who are following the site.

Pete Traggorth

Some Great Jameson Humor!

If there is anything that the Jameson's should be remembered for, it's their sense of humor. My grandfather, could make you laugh, at anytime, no matter what the situation was. It's definitely a trait that has been passed down and continues to be passed down. I have trouble disciplining my three year old without braking a smile and a daily basis. Taking in to account, I'm a former infantry Marine. While in the Marine Corps, I made an art form out of getting into my Marines rear-ends (to say it nice). Some of the things my three year comes up with, can only be blamed on his genes! -by the way, that's my boy ('Little Dick, named after his great-grandpa, 'Big Dick', and yes, that would have made him slap his own knee in laughter over that one) at the bottom of the blog cover page.

   FREDERICK BERTRAM JAMESON, AN EARLY FORM OF JUDGE JUDY  



Fred Jameson is somewhat of a legend within the family. My grandfather has told me his story since I was a little boy. Now, my grandfather could tell a whopper of a story from time-to-time, but I'm starting to think this one might be true. The story goes like this:

Around the turn of the 20th century his great-uncle Frederick Bertram Jameson, moved out to Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Fred had been divorced and had recently got a college education. Long Beach, being a young city at the time, had a lack of college educated people to take the upper echelon jobs. So when Fred moved to California, he took on a job as a local judge. Well, being an animal lover, Fred took in a orphaned mountain lion as his pet. The bobcat and Fred became best of friends. Being to the extent, that Fred would take is bobcat to work with him. The mountain lion would sit next to 'Old Uncle Fred' as he sat on the bench and officiated over legal cases. -Talk about being scared to appear in front of the judge. God help anyone that might be found in contempt of court!

-Oh, by the way, the mountain lion had a fluffy name, it's full name was something like, Mr. Truffy Kittenplaws...

SOME CHURCH HUMOR

published August 25, 1903; The Watchword; Dayton, Ohio

I've been told an number of things about my great-great grandfather, Rev. Carl Woodward Jameson. He was a large man, who loved to hunt and play sports. Above that, he was a life long minister, who devoted his life to the church. He was ordained in the Brethren faith first, then converting to the Methodist faith. He perched his hole life all across the Ohio valley. Well, recently I receive a box of old pictures and newspaper clippings from my grandmother. Included was this picture and story from a 1903 church newspaper. Yes, the humor is not exactly politically correct for now-a-days. But who doesn't find midgets (or little people, like they liked to be called now-a-days) still funny...

THE JACK PAAR CONNECTION

Jack Paar in his hey-day

Anyone remember Jack Paar. I've been hearing story's of Mr. Paar all my life. Yes, the same Jack Paar that hosted NBC's Tonight Show in the late 1950's. And Yes, the same Jack Paar widely considered one the greatest comedians of his day. Jack Paar was born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio in 1918. As a young boy, Jack Parr's family moved down the street from my great grandparents, Hugh Edward and Florence Opal (Mark) Jameson in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. Jack, was a couple years older then my grandfather, Richard Lee Jameson. Thou, they were good boyhood friends. From what I've been told, they used to get into trouble together. It's never been clear who was the main trouble maker of the two. Thou, my great-grandmother, who never said a bad thing about anyone, has been quoted as say "Jack Paar was not a very good boy". Now, I knew my grandfather very well, it could have gone either way...

-Sorry if the raunchness of this blog has offened anyone. I must say, you never have known a Jameson if you could not laugh at a raunchy fart joke.

Maude E. Dye, A Young Oklahoma Sooner

My next blog comes from a idea of my last blog. I mentioned that many children may have been forgotten if it weren't for obituaries. My topic, Maude E. Dye finds herself listed in one census. The 1900 Federal Census, in which she was 9 years old at the time. Other then her obituary, we would virtually know nothing of this young lady's life.

To get into my story, I need to give you some background of Maude E. Dye. Her genealogy is this; William Jameson and Mary (Haggerty) Jameson- to Martha (Jameson) Dye and Morgan Jones Dye- to her parents Curtis Lucine Dye and Annis Elizabeth (Jones) Dye. Maude was the second daughter of the five surviving daughters of Curtis and Annis. Two other children died in infancy that I have no record of. Making a total of 7 children born to Curtis and Annis Dye. In 1908, Curtis and his family moved from their home in Middlefork Township, Worth County, Missouri to Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma. Along with Curtis Dye's family, a sister of Annis Elizabeth (Jones) Dye and her family also moved. It appears that Mansfield William Miller and Clara Belle (Dye) Miller (sister of Curtis Lucine Dye) and their family moved to Oklahoma also. It also appears the Miller family returned to Worth County, Missouri within a year of going to Oklahoma.

Now a little history of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma lands were a part of the northern Mexico lands for many years. After the Mexican-American war the land became 'Indian territory' of the United States. At the end of the 19th century the United States made a large push to settle the area with Americans. The name 'Sooner' was given to these settlers. On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became 46th state of the United States of America

Oklahoma was what I picture as the wild west. The small towns can be pictured as similar to the towns in movies like Tombstone and 3:10 to Yuma. Thou, I could not find a picture of Arnett, I found a old post card picture of Shattuck, the next town over from Arnett.

The nearby town of Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma

The short story of Maude E. Dye ends in sadness. Below is her obituary which gives a insight into her short live. The obituary can be found on the Ellis County, Oklahoma Genealogy site, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/county/ellis/obits/dye-maud.htm.

Ellis County Capitol
Unknown date
Probably 15 Oct 1909
Submitted by G.M. Gillette

ANSWER DEATH'S SUMMONS

After a week's struggle with typhoid fever, death at last conquered and on Wednesday morning, Oct.13, 1909, Miss Maude Dye, the 18-year old daughter of C.L. and Annis E. Dye yielded up all that was mortal and passed into the great beyond.
In the passing away of Maude Dye, Arnett loses one of its brightest and fairest young ladies, and one whose death will not only be mourned by those nearest and dearest, but by the large circle of friends which she had won by her kind and loving disposition and attractive ways.
She was until a week ago employed as dining room girl at the Hotel Demo, and was forced to leave there on account of failing health. The funeral services were held Thursday morning at the Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. L.A. Butler of Shattuck, and the remains were laid to rest in the Arnett cemetery, where they were followed by a large concourse of sorrowing friends. The Capital joins in expressing our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family.


Sadly today, there remains no headstone of Maude in Arnett Cemetery. Her family's settlement to the area failed. Maude's father Curtis Dye died in Arnett in 1917. Her mother spent a few years in the area living with Annis sister's family than moving to California with her youngest daughter Jessie and her family. Maude's oldest sister, Verda married and moved to Montana and had a very large family. It remains unclear at this time to what happened to Maude's sisters Vera and Carrie. It is known that Carrie married Clarence A. Butler, who's father was mentioned in the obituary.

Obituary Types, Lloyd Clell Jameson, And Getting It Right!

Today is a three part blog. Trust me, it all connects together.

I'll start today with obituaries. I've been collecting obituaries of family members for a long time now. I have a collection of over a thousand different obituaries from all different lines of my family and my wife's family. Today's computer age makes them much more available, but I've always just asked family members if they wanted them, and if I could have them if they did not. I don't think I have ever been told no to my request. Most people cut them out of the newspaper and then don't know what to do with them. You usually find them sitting in a drawers with a bunch of old pictures or in the back of old bibles.

Let me tell you, they are one of the best genealogy references that you can come across. The only better references are the census's and birth, marriage, and death certificates. Obituaries are almost always wrote by the spouses or children (sometimes both together) and are first-hand knowledge given of the person that passed. I don't know the history of obituaries, a quick wikipedia search most likely would answer that. I know the oldest obituaries I have in my collect range from about the 1870's to the 1880's. Most obituaries are a true biography of a person that has passed.

I tend to put obituaries into three categories.

Category 1- the oldest (1870's- to about the 1930's). This category, most obituaries are almost always very similar. The article gives a brief description of the early live of the person; then gives the time they joined the church and what god meant to them; then gives a few word about their marriage and their children. The obituary almost always ends with a long pray and then how sad the family are and how bad the individual will be missed.

Category 2- the newest (1970's- to today). This category, is what we see in our daily newspapers. These obituaries can be wrote very differently. They also do have two very common trends. For the most part, you find out birth and death date; a few important facts, such as occupation and where they lived. The obituary almost always ends with a long list of family member that survive the deceased. One trend of this category is that the list of family member tends to be longer then the information of the deceased. Another, is that it is all about the person who is writing them, rather then who is being written about. Even worst then second trend, is that large amount of incorrect information sometimes are recorded in the obituary itself.

I have two instances to share. One, my wife's uncle, Kermit. He died a few weeks ago. I spend the last few years working on my wife's family history. I would say I am very versed in their stories. The obituary had at least 5 errors I counted within it. Two mistakes were, that two of his sisters had their married last names reversed. I even pointed them out to my father-in-law, who 100% agreed with me. The second comes from my fathers aunt, who died this past summer. Her daughter, my fathers cousin wrote the obituary. The whole obituary was about how devastated the daughter was with the loss of her mother. I understand that, but the obituary didn't even mention that my great-aunt had a son also who cared for his mother equally. He was somehow excluded for the obituary due to the grief of the author, his sister.

Category 3- my favorite (1930's- to 1960's). These obituaries are a true work of art to genealogy. They are usually very long and are a true biography of the persons life. They share the decease interest and what the person did in their life. They list the parents, siblings and families, children and grandchildren, and people that were major parts of their lives. They lists infants that lost there lives in infancy. Many of these children would be lost to history if not for these obituary's.

                                                                                                                                                 

Lloyd Clell Jameson and his wife, Bertha Pauline (Hofstetter) Jameson; dated 1951

Moving on to part two of the blog. A great example of a category 3 obituary is that of Lloyd Clell Jameson's obituary. The obituary was wrote by his daughter and wife together.

Do we need much more to know what type of a guy Clell was?



His genealogy stats are are followed:

Lloyd Clell Jameson- son of Carl Woodward Jameson and Jennie Leuretta (Walker) Jameson; born May 16, 1893 Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio; married Bertha Pauline Hofstetter July 9, 1913 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan; he died November 3, 1954 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; buried November 6, 1954 at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island , Rock Island County, Illinois. Bertha Pauline Hofstetter daughter of John Hofstetter and Catherine Riker was born August 15, 1891 in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio; she died May 6, 1978 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; buried May 10, 1978 at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois

Children:
Rosemary Virginia Jameson- born May 11, 1915

                                                                                                                                                      


For the last part (part three) of this blog, let me lash out at people out there a little bit. If you search most Jameson genealogy sites on this family, you won't find a Lloyd Clell Jameson listed. You'll find his wife, Bertha a daughter, Rosemary, and you'll find 'Lloyd Cecil Jameson' listed in his place. Let me be the first to tell all of you, Mr. Jameson here, went by his middle name in life. His name was Clell, not Cecil! If you wish, I can prove it beyond simple family knowledge. I have his mother's bible front pages. They are all about her children and grandchildren. They say that Clell is her oldest son. Also take a look at is tombstone in Rock Island, Illinois. It says Lloyd Clell Jameson across the top of it!

I think I can point my finger on where this Cecil mistake comes from. They oldest example of this mistake comes from a great website that is no longer is online. The Descendants of Capt. Robert Sears by David Wright was a massive genealogy of the Sears and all the descendants. The site went down about five years ago.  I think a number of bad genealogist that just copied information and call it research, posted the mistake on a few of the major sites like rootsweb and familysearch. From there, the mistake just spread like a virus. 

Come on people, no one likes to be called by the wrong name. Lets do some justice for this fine man. Lets get it correct from now on out!

Who was William H. Jameson?

Who was William H. Jameson? - William H. Jameson was the oldest child of William Jameson and Mary (Haggerty) Jameson.
What do we know about William H. Jameson? - There has been very little passed down of this line of Jameson's. We do know; William was born April 6, 1829 in Thistle, Baltimore County (now part of Howard County), Maryland. William was 9 years old when he and his family moved to Morgan County, Ohio (the summer of 1838). We know he married a Mary J. Shuster, March 18, 1875 in Renrock, Brookfield Township, Morgan County (now Noble County), Ohio. He was by then, 45 years 11 months old. It has been stated that "William H. Jameson inherited his fathers farm after the passing of his father, which was the common standard of the time". This is quoted from his niece, Bessie Elvira (Jameson) Wolcott recorded in her writings on the Jameson family history.
Do we know when he died? - There is a very big misconception out there online of his date of death. Many people somehow have recorded his date of death as July 18, 1922 in Ohio. It is plausible that he could have lived this long. He would have been 93 years old. I believe that would be more closer to the date of death of Mary J. (Shuster) Jameson. I have two different corresponding sourced that state otherwise to the date of 1922. My first source (the weaker of the two) is found online at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=jameson&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=37&GScnty=2097&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=9295743&df=all&. Accounting to Rob Weller, the volunteer who recorded the listing; buried at Pennsville Cemetery, Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio, a "Weiliam" (Spelling? typo on his part?) Jameson is buried there. His date of death was June 14, 1888, and the stone listed he was 59 years 2 months and 8 days. William would have been exactly 59 year 2 months and 8 days old if he really did die on June 14, 1888. My second source is a little more direct. Found at Familysearch.beta.org you may find his death record under Ohio death and burials, 1854-1997- https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_359144681%2Fp1&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D. This gives the information, that this William H. Jameson was born in Maryland. It lists the same death date as the grave in Pennsville Cemetery. It also states that he died in Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio. Another sidenote, William never appear in another census after 1880. With there being no 1890 census, the 1900 lists Mary as being married with a different last name and living her two youngst Jameson children in Morgan County, Ohio.
What does the H. stand for?
I have no idea. Could be Harrison or Henry or Harold. I have no records that give his full middle name.
Did he have children?
Williams H. Jameson and Mary J. (Shuster) Jameson's children were:
Jaspy C. Jameson- born April 26, 1876
John Thomas Jameson- born December 19, 1877
George William Jameson- born February 22, 1880
Nellie Melvina Jameson- born April 4, 1882
Elza Elmer Jameson- born May 27, 1886
I will get into his children a little more in another blog in the future. I do believe that Mary was his first and only wife. I also don't believe he had any children before the children he had with Mary. I will also get into who Mary J (Shuster) Jameson was more in another blog in the future.


To start my research on William H. Jameson, I had very little to go off of. I had other people's genealogy records listed online. As I've shown above, you must always source your own work to prove it. I also had this small section passed down to me from Hugh Edward Jameson's research:

Anyone know where Seelysburg, OH is? It's not on the map?

So, to conclude. What I know of William H. Jameson is this:

William H. Jameson: born April 6, 1829 in Thistle, Baltimore County, Maryland; married Mary J. Shuster on  March 18, 1875 in Renrock, Brookfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio; died June 14, 1888 in Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio. He is buried at Pennsville Cemetery, Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Children:
Jaspy C. Jameson- born April 26, 1876
John Thomas Jameson- born December 19, 1877
George William Jameson- born February 22, 1880
Nellie M. Jameson- born April 4, 1882
Elza Elmer Jameson- born May 27, 1886


Sorry no great pictures on this blog, this time!

Oak Grove United Methodist Church and Cemetery, Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio

I rediscovered this picture some time ago. There is nothing other then its age, that makes this picture remarkable. The writing on the front appears to be that of Carl Woodward Jameson. On front, it states "Part of Grove Cemetery"; and on back, just the date "1884 8 21". The writing on the back doesn't appear to be the same handwriting as on the front. My guess, the writing belongs to Hugh Edward Jameson.

What is truly remarkable is the cemetery itself. Oak Grove Cemetery sits in the hilly farmland of north-eastern Morgan County. Morgan County was the first home in Ohio that the Jameson settled. It's the land where the Jameson's, Sears', and Blackburn's connected to make our family. William Jameson, the poor Scottish emmigrant, owned his first land there; lived for more then 40 years, and died there. Oak Grove Cemetery host his and his wife's remains. To call Oak Grove a Jameson family cemetery, would be incorrect. Only William and Mary (who share a stone), their children Agnes and Archibald (who also share a stone), and John R., have headstones in this graveyard. I would have to say the cemetery would be more the family graveyard of the Sears or the Blackburns (thou, the Blackburn's occupy many cemeteries within Morgan County like this).

I have a couple notes to give about the cemetery:

-The body of John R. Jameson does not rest within Oak Grove. The family placed a stone only in memorial for John at Oak Grove. John R. Jameson died October 04, 1864 at the Soldiers Hospital, David's Island, Westchester County, New York. John's true remains lay at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (which he has a headstone there, also). John R. Jameson died while recovering from wounds received earlier in the year of 1864, while serving as a Private with Company I, 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

-It is unclear if Oak Grove Cemetery is the resting place of Martha (Richmond) Haggerty. Oak Grove appears to be one of two likely places where she was layed to rest. There is no headstone or record of her remains being at Oak Grove. The other more likely place would be in an unmarked grave on William Jameson's farm in Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio. Martha (Richmond) Haggerty was the mother of Mary (Haggerty) Jameson. It is known, that the widow, Martha and her youngest son Thomas

moved to Ohio along with William and Mary and their young children from Thistle (Ellicott Mills area), Maryland. The 1850 census records Martha living in the household of William Jameson in Morgan County. By 1850 Thomas Haggerty was married and had a family, living in Brookfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio.


-My last point is, is that the fantastic genealogy site, http://www.findagrave.com/ has the cemetery listed under the another county. You will find Oak Grove Cemetery listed as being located in Muskingum County, Ohio. The true location of this site is on the border of Bristol Township, Morgan County and Meigs Township, Muskingum County, with the cemetery crossing into both counties.


Here are a few images found on http://www.findagrave.com/ of the Jameson's graves:

William Jameson's side of the joist stone with wife Mary

Mary Jameson's side of the joist stone with husband William

The joist stone of Archibald Jameson (top section) and Agnes Jameson (bottom section)

Grave marker of John R. Jameson at Oak Grove Cemetery

I've never visited Oak Grove Cemetery. I would love to visit this place one day and find where the William Alfred Sears' and William Jameson had their homes. The following information is recorded by Judy Bedford  some time ago on http://www.ohgen.net/ohmorgan/oakcem.htm. I cleaned the listing up and rearranged the names alphabetically to make the search a little more easy:


ALLEN, Eva May 1876 - 1922 Sister of John Vorhis
BLACKBURN, Alfred M b 7/19/1847 --d 9/7/1855 s/o Thomas & Anna
BLACKBURN, Anna Sears 9/17/1807 - 9/29/1855 w/o Thomas Blackburn
BLACKBURN, Ansley 1/5/1817 - 10/31/1886 s/o Zachariah & Elizabeth
BLACKBURN, Blanche 8/9/1881 -11/23/1900 d/oPerley Blackburn
BLACKBURN, C Wesley 1853 - 1916 s/o David & Margaret Stone
BLACKBURN, David L 4//7/1809- 2/14/1899 s/o Joseph
BLACKBURN, Emma F 10/20/1885 - 4/21/1893 d/o Frank Blackburn
BLACKBURN, Frances 12/29/1849 -12/26/1890 d/o David
BLACKBURN, Frank 4/10/1860 - 1931
BLACKBURN, Hannah 1858 - 1928 w/o Wesley
BLACKBURN, Howard 3/25/1883 - 9/25/1884 s/o Perley
BLACKBURN, Jane Fenton 7/13/1818 - 6/8/1892 w/o Ansley
BLACKBURN, Joel D 8/1/1845 - 9/21/1855 s/o Thomas Blackburn
BLACKBURN, John 5/23/1834 - 3/7/1878 f/o Belle Sears
BLACKBURN, Louisa Dye 12/15/1834 - 3/1/1915 w/o J M
BLACKBURN, Margaret Stone 10/23/1814 -2/8/1895 w/o David
BLACKBURN, Sadie Ewing 1860 - 6/1/1891 w/o Perlie Blackburn
BLACKBURN, Sadie Fulton 12/22/1862 - 4/7/1893 w/o Frank Blackburn
BLACKBURN, Thomas Blackburn b 2/20/1804 --d 3/21/1854
BLACKBURN, Velecta Wilson 9/1863 - 9/1939 w/o Frank Blackburn
BLACKBURN, William 11/9/1859 - 3/7/1863 s/o John & Louisa Blackburn
BRISCO, Ann T 10/12/1808 - 10/18/1855 w/o George Brisco
BURNS, Mary Burns 1846 - 3/5//1864
DICKINSON, Goldie George 1884 - 1933 w/o John H
DICKINSON, Harley 1891 - 1/1983 WWI Veteran, s/o Leander & Ella
DICKINSON, John H 1877 - 1933 s/o Leandor & Ella
DICKINSON, Leander 8/9/1839 - 3/12/1902 f/o Harley & John
DYE, Elizabeth Needham 5/27/1833 - 10/19/1899 Mother of Rev; d/o Isaac & Jane Needham
DYE, Ella Sears 6/22/1858 - 3/26/1926 wife d/o John & Louise Sears

FRAME, Ansley 1873 - 1942
FRAME, Ascenith Blackburn 10/8/1842 - 10/1926 w/o Norris
FRAME, Charles E 1/5/1863 - 7/10/1863 s/o Norris Frame
FRAME, Janie May
FRAME, Laura Jordan 1871 - 1951 w/o Ansley Frame
FRAME, Lula 1901 - 1902 Grand d/o Norris and Ascenith
FRAME, Norris 1840 - 1915
FULLER, Infant d/o C and E Fuller d 7/26/1852 9 days old
FULLER, Infant s/o C and E Fuller d 11/18/1851 5 days old
FULTON, Emma Garrett 3/9/1826 - 6/2/1906
FULTON, George 4/24/1829- 6/1/1906
FULTON, Sarah A 4/4/1857 - 5/25/1858 d/o Wm & Ann
GANDER, Harold Gander 1900 -- 9/1918 WWI Veteran, s/o John & Jessica Long Gander
GARRETT, Eleanor S 1835 - 1926
GARRETT, Flora Bay 1864 - 1923 W/o Samuel Garrett.
GARRETT, George W 1839- 1915 s/o Burton
GARRETT, Howard 1892- 7/1916 S/o Samuel & Flora Garrett
GARRETT, Hughs , M.D. b-- d --? S/o Robert & Merium
GARRETT, Lobella 4/8/1875 - 12/18/1878 D/o George & Ella Garrett

DYE, Louise 7/17/1891 - 11/16/1892 d/o Rev Wm Dye
DYE, Presley C 2/9/1825 - 7/19/1903 f/o Rev. Wm Dye
DYE, Rev, Wm 10/8/1852 - 3/10/1915

GARRETT, Merrium Needham 1836 - 1922 w/o Robert
GARRETT, Robert 1836 - 1920 s/o E Burton Garrett
GARRETT, Samuel 1858 - 1928 s/o Robert &Merium Garrett
-Eight Sandstone slabs here are unreadable (they are Garrett children)
GAY, Infant son d 5/16/1861 --s/o RJ and MJ Gay
GIBBS, Abrigal 9/7/1846 - 3/3/1899 w/o Samuel Gibbs
GIBBS, Elizabeth 2/7/1813 -11/5/1894 w/o Levi
GIBBS, Levi 8/11/1811 - 2/20/1873
GIBBS, Samuel 10/1/1842 - d ? s/o Levi Gibbs
GIBBS, Zana 5/18/1853 - 5/19/1854 d/o Levi
GORRELL, H Parker 12/3/1859 - 3/8/1938. f/o Sears Gorrell s/o Thos & Nancy Spillman Gorrell
GORRELL, John Sears 11/7/1894 - 10/30/1918 WWI Vet s/o J P Blanche Sears Gorrell
GORRELL, O Blanche Sears 5/23/1867 - 10/5/1958 Mother of Sears
HALL, Anna Mobley 10/29/1808 - 10/4/1878 w/o John Hall
HALL, Chalmer 8/4/1875 - 1/1877 s/o Nathaniel Hall
HALL, Charles (Scott) 1860 - 12/13/1912
HALL, Charles P. 1842-1921; Veteran of the Civil War s/o John & Anna Mobley Hall
HALL, Cynthia Blackburn 7/3/1844 -1/20/1872 w/o Charles Hall and d/o Ansley & Jane Blackburn
HALL, Daniel 6/9/1860 - 9/17/1864 s/o Richard
HALL, Dye 5/1875 - 1/4/1963 s/o J R & Tilda Dye Hall
HALL, Edna L 8/1901- 7/1962 w/o Edwin P and d/o Dye & Margaret Coulter Hall
HALL, Edwin P Hall 5 Jul 1901 -22 Mar 1991 s/o Dwight & Pearl Petty Hall
HALL, Elwood 1859 - 1946 s/o J Richard & Tilda Dye Hall
HALL, Evaline G 1850-1927 w/o Nathaniel
HALL, Francis Camp 1865 - 1943 w/o Elwood Hall
HALL, Harlan 1869 -1929 s/o Nathaniel Hall & Evaline Grandstaff
HALL, John 3/13/1805 - 3/26/1878 s/o John Hall Sr. & Elizabeth Stevens
HALL, John R. 1832 - 1882 s/o John and Anna Mobley Hall
HALL, John W. 1883-1961 s/o Charles P & Jane Barkhimer Hall
HALL, Louise McNutt 1/21/1889 - 8/31/1978; w/o John Hall
HALL, Margaret Coulter 1/1877 - 5/1969 w/o Dye Hall
HALL, Mary Belle 10/1897 - 5/1969 d/o Dye & Margaret
HALL, Mary Jane 1853-1940; w/o Charles P Hall d/o of Wm Berkheimer
HALL, Matilda Dye 1832 -11/1919 w/o John Richard Hall
HALL, Nathaniel 1845 -1931 s/o John & Elizabeth Stevens Hall
HALL, Ralph 3/18/1888 - 8/31/1888 s/o Dwight & Pearl Petty Hall
HALL, Zilla Fulton 9/23/1866 - 2/13/1922 w/o Scott Hall
HAMILTON, George b ? Company L th Regt OVI
HILL, Ivan S 8/1900 - 4/1959 adopted s/o Dr. Hill
HILL, Seth 7/17/1870 - 12/12/1947 h/o Armenia Hill Sears
HUFFMAN, Arza 12/3/1861 - 2/22/1888 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
HUFFMAN, Elizabeth 1821 - 1894
HUFFMAN, Harley 1888 - 1892 s/o Lily Frame Huffman
HUFFMAN, Infant b ? d 2/28/1885 child of Lily Frame Huffman
HUFFMAN, Mary E 11/17/1863 - 6/5//1886 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
HUFFMAN, Minnie 1866 -1933 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
HUFFMAN, Samuel 1823 -- 1908
HUFFMAN, W V 1855 - 1904 married Lily Frame; s/o Samuel Huffman
IRWIN, Martha Jane Knight Irwin 1846 - 1920 d/o John & Mary Knight
IRWIN, Vinnie Irwin 1871 -1936 d/o Martha Irwin
JAMESON, Agnes 1835 -10/18/1857 child of Wm & Mary H
JAMESON, Archibald 1834 - 7/30/1853 child of Wm & Mary H
JAMESON, John R 1842 - 10/4/1864
JAMESON, Mary Haggerty 6/20/1808 - 8/21/1884
JAMESON, William 3/22/1792 - 1/14/1884
JORDAN, Asa 1834 - 1917 Laura Frame's Father. Civil War Vet
JORDAN, Mary 1831 - 3/2/1866 first w/o Asa Jordan
JORDAN, Michael 1858 - 1921 s/o Asa & Mary Jordan
JORDAN, Orpha 1831 - 1881
JORDAN, Sarah 1842-1933 2nd w/o Asa Jordan
-Infant Boy north of the Jordan Lot
KNIGHT, Alta G 2/23/1853 - 3/10/1942 D/o Thomas &Nancy Spillman
KNIGHT, Blanche D 1973- 5/1935 D/o George & Nancy Stansberry Dickenson
KNIGHT, Clovis 8/1872- 1941 S/o Will & Alta
KNIGHT, George 8/21/1842 - 3/25/1882 s/o John & Mary Knight [Nancy Needham Knight w/o George buried near Jewett Ohio]
KNIGHT, John Henry 1863 - 1941 s/o George & Nancy Needham Knight
KNIGHT, John Sr. 11/12/1807 - 2/17/1901 s/o Phillip Joseph & Eliz Grantham Knight
KNIGHT, Lizzie Sims 1869 - 1927 w/o John Henry Knight, d/o Israel & Mary Dye Sims
KNIGHT, Mary Fenton 10/12/1811 - 5/16/1889 w/o John Knight Sr
KNIGHT, William 10/10/1848- 1/26/1905 S/on John & Mary Fenton
LYLE, Everett 2/22/1852 - 3/25/1862 s/o Butler Lyle
LYLE, Laura 6/18/1856 - 3/29/1862 d/o Butler Lyle
MAHONEY, John 3/9/1806 - 9/18/1891 parents of Lucinda & Sarah Smith ?
MAHONEY,Sarah 1//30/1799 - 4/20/1884 parents of Lucinda & Sarah Smith ?
McCALL, Mary 1809 - 10/6/1896
McCLINTICK, Abaline 4/16/1834 - ?
McCLINTICK, Abram 5/27/1828 - 4/11/1894
McDONALD Infant b ? d 3/3/1884
McLUCAS, James 1832 - 1911 Civil War Veteran
McLUCAS, Lucinda 1830 - 1913 d/o John & Sarah Mahoney; w/o James
MORRIS, Ansley 4/12/1855 - 5/27/1855 s/o Mary Blackburn & H Morris
MORRIS, John 3/28/1866 - 9/20/1869 s/o 2nd w/o H Morris
MORRIS, Mary 4/12/1855 - 5/17/1855 2nd w/o H Morris
MORRIS, Mary J 7/2/1822 - 8/14/1855
MORRIS, Sarah E. 6/25/1850 - 8/11/1855
MORRIS, ______ 2/7/1847 - 8/7/1855 child of Mary Jane Morris & H Morris
MURPHY, Ann 4/7/1853 - 4/17/1870
MURPHY, Rosalee 12/10/1863 - 6/6/1865 Maybe d/o Jim & Lottie Murphy
NEEDHAM, Amanda 1856 - 1893 Isaac Needham b 8/22/1880 --d 9/1/1885
NEEDHAM, Esrom 4/3/1842 - 10/1/1866 s/o Jane & Isaac Needham
NEEDHAM, John s/o Isaac & Jane Needham (dates unavailable
NEEDHAM, Isaac Sr. 11/1/1806 -4/24/1875 Jane Needham b 4/25/1813 --d 10/1/1869 (w/o Isaac Sr.) NELSON, Mary M 1869 -1954 w/o William, d/o James & Lucinda McLucas
NELSON, William 1867 - 19-- s/o John T & Matilda Rex Nelson
OGAN, Flora Wilson 8/6/1871 - 7/8/1944 w/o Grant
OGAN, Mildred C 5/1904 - 1949 d/o UG and Flora Wilson Ogan
OGAN, U Grant 1863 - 7/1922 f/o Mildred
OSMERB, Cora Hall 1882 - 1950 d/o Nathaniel & Eveline Hall
PEDICORD, Frank C 1863 - 1937
PEDICORD, Hattie Frame 6/16/1867 - 6/5/1891 First w/o Frank Pedicord
PEDICORD, Iva 1893 - 6/1915 d/o Frank & Louisa Smith Pedicord
PEDICORD, Louisa Smith 1871 - 6/19/1915 d/o Eli Smith
PHELPS, Gertrude S 11/15/1876 - 12/8/1945 d/o John & Louise Sears
QUARTERMAN, Charles 1869 - 1941 s/o John Quarterman

QUARTERMAN, Edward 1877 - 1958 Grands/o John Quarterman
QUARTERMAN, Jesse 1879 - 1952 s/o John & Louisa Quarterman
QUARTERMAN, John 5/12/1820 -2/13/1913 Father
QUARTERMAN, Louisa 1840 - 1929 third w/o John

RAMAGE, Ella D 1852 - 1930 Ella Garret. First husband Leander Dickinson; 2nd Church Ramage
RHOADS, Edward 7/17/1896 - 2/26/1979 H/o Ione Knight WWI Veteran
SCOTT, James 1828 - 1887 f/o Levi Scott, Elizabeth Detrick, & Tillie Conkel
SEARS, Anne 11/12/1834 -7/13/1858 d/o John Manley Sears II
SEARS, Ansley B 5/20/1840 - 6/9/1865 s/o Alfred Sears. [Civil War Veteran ]
SEARS, Dr. Armenia Sears 11/28/1872 - 8/22/1950 d/o J W Sears
SEARS, Belle Blackburn 1864 - 5/23/1927 d/o Perley Blackburn

SCOTT, Melissa Gibb 1844 - 1920 w/o James Scott & d/o Levi Gibbs

SEARS, Elbridge 7/20/1848 - 5/27/1884 s/o Alfred Sears
SEARS, Frank E 1861 - 1894 s/o Benton Sears
SEARS, Franklin 10/9/1851 - 9/11/1861 s/o of Alfred Sears
SEARS, George Hissey 7/13/1860 - 1/11/1865 s/o of John W.
SEARS, Harry E. b 3/1893
SEARS, John Manley II 12/25/1803 - 4/13/1880 Brother of Alfred Sr.
SEARS, John Manley Sr. 1763 - 1859 f/o Alfred Sr.
SEARS, John W 8/10/1832 - 3/27/1908 s/o Alfred & Margaret Blackburn Sears
SEARS, John W Jr. 1838 - 8/30/1865 s/o John Manley Sears [Civil War Vet]
SEARS, Josephine Combs 1/14/1843 - 6/13/1883 w/o Benton
SEARS, Lissy S 1863 -3/1890 First w/o Rev. Wm Sears
SEARS, Louisa Fulton 12/8/1832 - 11/2/1919 w/o John Sears
SEARS, Louisa Fulton Sears 12/8/1832 - 11/2/1919 w/o John Sears
SEARS, Lucy Hall 5//25/1899 - 1/1953 w/o Harry Sears
SEARS, Margaret Blackburn 8/24/1808 - 8/18/1891 w/o Wm A Sears
SEARS, Martha Sealock 1809 - 7/19/1881 w/o John M. Sears II 
SEARS, Patty 1770 - 1856 ?d 3/29/1862 Second w/o John M Sears Sr
SEARS, Raymond 9/1921 - 1/1922 s/o Harry & Lucy Hall Sears
SEARS, Thomas Benton 3/11/1835 - 8/25/1869 killed by fall into a well
SEARS, William Alfred b 2/20/1800 - 12/31/1884
SEARS, William Alfred 11/9/1845 -4/14/1861 s/o Alfred Sears
SMITH, Alice Belle 1877 - 1946 d/o Eli & Sarah Mahoney Smith
SMITH, John 1866 - 1945 s/o Eli & Sarah Mahoney Smith
VORHIS, Ephram 1855 - 1927 Brother of John [unmarried]
VORHIS, John 1857 - 1921
WALTERS, Sarah 1822 - 9/16/1895 May be mother of Joseph Walters
WELLS, James H Wells 11/17/1909 -11/17/1911 s/o Rev J M Wells
WELLS, Infant s/o Rev Wells
WELLS, Myrtle Sears 8/22/1869 - 12/26/1954 w/o Rev J Wells
WELLS, Rev. James 10/1851 - 9/1/1936
WHEELER, Florence Devol 1873 -- d 1947 w/o James M
WHEELER, James b? Co D 9th OVI f/o James Mason Wheeler
WHEELER, James Mason 1863 -1936 s/o James
WHEELER, Iva A 1893 -1947 D/o Mark & Jane Alexander
WHEELER, Maria 7/9/ 1823 - 6/9/1892 w/o James Sister of Burton Garrett
WHEELER, Marshall D 1896 - August 1950. WWI Vet. S/o James & Florence Wheeler
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth Blackburn 2/26/1846 - 9/18/1872 w/o Sam Williams
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth 9/1/1872 - 9/18/1872 d/o S & E Williams

 

BROTHERS, Charlotte 1881 - 1938 d/o Mark & Jane Alexander
BROTHERS, George Thomas 1863 - 1929 PO and Storekeeper at Knight.
BROTHERS, Pauline b & d 1917 d/o Tom & Lottie