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John Alexander JAMESON

John Alexander JAMESON[1]

Male 1824 - 1890  (66 years)

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  • Name John Alexander JAMESON 
    Birth 24 Jan 1824  Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Education 1846  University of Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education 1853  Harvard Law School Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Lawyer, Judge, Professor, Author 
    JIA ID 1736 - p.373 
    Death 16 Jun 1890  Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1474  Main | Descendants and families of Hugh Jameson 1713-1790

    Father Thomas JAMESON,   b. 02 Jul 1797, Dunbarton, Hillsborough (now Merrimack) Co., NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1868, Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Martha GILCHRIST,   b. 24 Mar 1796, Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1835, Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1821  Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F589  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza DENISON,   b. 26 Nov 1830, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1910, Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1855  Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Mary JAMESON,   b. 20 Dec 1857, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1938, prb Santa Barbara, Santa Barbra Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Eleanor JAMESON,   b. 15 May 1863, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1865, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     3. Eliza JAMESON,   b. 24 Nov 1865, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1881, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
    +4. John Alexander JAMESON,   b. 12 Sep 1868, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1937, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +5. Rebecca JAMESON,   b. 9 May 1870, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1920, New York, New York Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Headstones
    Jameson Family Plot - Oak Woods Cemetery
    Jameson Family Plot - Oak Woods Cemetery
    Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
    Plot: Section B2, Lot 76
    Documents
    John Jameson & Eliza Denison Newspaper Marriage Announcement
    John Jameson & Eliza Denison Newspaper Marriage Announcement
    Family ID F571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jan 1824 - Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - 1846 - University of Vermont Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - 1853 - Harvard Law School Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Oct 1855 - Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Jun 1890 - Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    John Alexander Jameson (1824-1890) - Gravestone
    John Alexander Jameson (1824-1890) - Gravestone
    Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
    Plot: Section B2, Lot 76

    Photos
    John Alexander Jameson
    John Alexander Jameson

    Obituaries & Death Notices
    John Alexander Jameson (1824-1890) Newspaper Obituary
    John Alexander Jameson (1824-1890) Newspaper Obituary

  • Notes 
    • Admitted to Bar in 1852 and began practice in Freeport, IL in 1853
    • Lawyer, then Judge in Superior Court of Chicago (now the Superior Court of Cook County)
    • Professor of constitutional law, equity, and jurisprudence in the law school of the University of Chicago from 1867 till 1868, when he resigned, and was for many years assistant editor of the "American Law Register," published in Philadelphia. He is the author of "The Constitutional Convention, its History, Powers, and Modes of Proceeding" (New York, 1867; 4th ed., 1887). He had prepared materials for a "Treatise on the Law of Judicial Sales," which were destroyed in the Chicago fire.
    • SAR Member #1211

  • Sources 
    1. [S88] Francis Newton Thorpe, John Alexander Jameson - In Memoriam, (American Academy of Political and Social Science).

    2. [S23] Obituary.
      17 Jun 1890 - Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL) - Vol.XIX, Issue.85, p.3

    3. [S43] Marriage Announcement.
      12 Oct 1855 Vermont Journal (Windsor VT) Vol.XII, Issue I7, p.1