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


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