John Franklin JAMESON b. 19 Sep 1859 Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA d. 28 Sep 1937 Washington, DC: Some Jamesons

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1859 - 1937 (78 years)

Name	John Franklin JAMESON
Birth	19 Sep 1859	Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA
Gender	Male
JIA ID	2149 - p.464, 486-487
Death	28 Sep 1937	Washington, DC [1]
Burial	Oak Hill Cemetery - Washington, DC [2]
Person ID	I4585	Main \| Descendants and families of Thomas Jameson 1709-1764

Father	John JAMESON, b. 10 Aug 1828, Dunbarton, Merrimack Co., NH d. 27 Jul 1905, Woburn. Middlesex Co., MA (Age 76 years)
Mother	Marietta Thompson, b. 10 Feb 1838, Woburn. Middlesex Co., MA d. 12 Mar 1924, Woburn. Middlesex Co., MA (Age 86 years)
Marriage	10 Feb 1856	Woburn. Middlesex Co., MA
Family ID	F2469	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah Elizabeth ELWELL, b. 29 Jul 1865, Irvington, Essex Co., NJ d. 25 Feb 1943, Washington, DC (Age 77 years)

Marriage 13 Apr 1893 Grace Church - Grace Court, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY [3]

Children

+	1. Katherine/Katrina JAMESON, b. 9 Aug 1898, Providence, Providence Co., RI d. Jul 1978, Washington, DC (Age 79 years)
+	2. Francis Christie Elwell JAMESON, b. 29 Jun 1908, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., NY d. 13 Sep 1991, Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR (Age 83 years)

Family ID F2583 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Birth - 19 Sep 1859 - Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA
	Death - 28 Sep 1937 - Washington, DC
	Burial - - Oak Hill Cemetery - Washington, DC

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Photos		John Franklin Jameson (1859-1937)
Photos		John Franklin Jameson - Memorial Plaque The plaque hangs on the wall in the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, as a reminder of Jameson?s role in establishing the National Archives and his dedication to preserving our history.

Obituaries & Death Notices

John Franklin Jameson (I4585) Newspaper Obituary

Notes

A significant American historian, Professor at Johns Hopkins, Brown, and the University of Chicago, was director (1905-28) of the department of historical research of the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C., and from 1928 to his death he was chief of the division of manuscripts in the Library of Congress and is often credited as the 'father' of what is now the United States National Archives. As chairman of the committee of management of the Dictionary of American Biography he was largely responsible for the inauguration and completion of that monumental work. In these and other undertakings, Jameson exercised much influence in American historical scholarship. He wrote The History of Historical Writing in America (1891) and The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement (1926) and edited Correspondence of John C. Calhoun (1900, repr. 1969). Further here.

Famous author. Among his publishedbooks are:
- "Willem Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies", 1887
- "Dictionary of United States History", 1894
- "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609 - 1664", 1909
- "The Control of the Higher Education in the United States", 1910
- "The Arrival of the Pilgrims", 1920
- "Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period", 1923
- "The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement", 1926
There is a residence hall (dorm) "Jameson House" named after him at Brown University, in Providence, RI.
http://earlyamericanists.com/2014/11/07/j-franklin-jameson-superstar/

Sources

[S23] Obituary.
29 Sep 1937 Daily Boston Globe, p.17
[S120] Find A Grave.
Find a Grave Memorial # 39790180
[S5] Marriage Record/Certificate.
Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives.