Placer
County
Biographies
JAMES W. JAMESON
James W. Jameson, the postmaster and
one of the merchants of Dutch Flat, is a western man by birth, training and
preference, and is imbued with the true western spirit of progress and
enterprise. He was born in the state of
Nevada, on the 17th of November, 1864, and is of Scotch and Welsh
lineage. His father, James Jameson, was
born in Scotland in 1831, and when a young man crossed the briny deep to the
new world, locating in San Francisco in 1849.
In 1854 he became a resident of Iowa Hill, where he followed the
barber’s trade. He at one time was a
mine-owner, but lost money in his mining operations. For two years he resided in Nevada and then
returned to his home in California, taking up his abode at Dutch Flat, where he
resided from 1865 until the time of his death, which occurred in 1886. When nineteen years of age he was married,
and by that union were born three daughters.
The oldest, Belle, deceased, was the wife of Frank Batchelder,
of San Francisco; May became the wife of Zeb Day and
resides in Oakland; while Katie is now the wife of George Dansti
and resides in Nevada City. After the
death of the mother Mr. Jameson was again married, in 1850, his second union being
with Mrs. Susanna Anthony, who had one son, Ed. H. Anthony, by her former
marriage. Two children were born of the
second union: Maggie, now the wife of
Charles E. Uren, a resident of Tuolumne; and James W., who is the immediate
subject of this sketch. Mrs. Jameson
still survives and is now in the seventy-second year of her age, her home being
with her son James in Dutch Flat. She
crossed the plains with oxen in 1850 and is one of the courageous pioneer women
who braved the dangers of that long and arduous journey and also met the
hardships and difficulties of pioneer life during the early development of the
Golden state. She is respected by all
who knew her and her circle of acquaintances is extensive.
James W. Jameson was only two years
of age when he came to Dutch Flat. He
obtained his education in the public schools of the town, learned the barber’s
trade under his father’s direction and at the age of fifteen began to earn his
own living in that way, following the business continuously in Dutch Flat up to
the present time. In 1894 he was
appointed to the position of postmaster, which he has since acceptably filled,
discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity and thus winning the
confidence of all concerned. On the 8th
of April, 1900, he purchased his present business and is now carrying a large
stock of dry goods and notions, meeting with a good trade in the new
enterprise. Mr. Jameson was happily
married, on the 7th of August, 1885, to Miss Louise Barber, a native
of Alta, Placer County, and a daughter of Mrs. Opel, of Dutch Flat. Mr. and Mrs. Jameson now have one son, Ralph
Edward. The subject of this review holds
membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has filled all the
chairs in both branches of the lodge.
For the past eight years he has been the secretary of the lodge. His wife is a member of the Order of Rebekah
and has occupied many official positions therein. She also belongs to the Native Daughters of
the Golden West and is a past president of the parlor at Dutch Flat. They are people of the highest respectability
and are widely known in this locality.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 432 -433. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.