John Alexander JAMESON^[1]

1824 - 1890  (66 years)

• Name	John Alexander JAMESON
  Birth	24 Jan 1824	Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT
  Gender	Male
  Education	1846	University of Vermont
  Education	1853	Harvard Law School
  Occupation	Lawyer, Judge, Professor, Author
  JIA ID	1736 - p.373
  Death	16 Jun 1890	Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook Co., IL   [2]
  Burial	Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
  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 d. 8 Sep 1868, Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Martha GILCHRIST,   b. 24 Mar 1796, Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., NH d. 20 Aug 1835, Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1821	Goffstown, Hillsborough Co., NH
  Family ID	F589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza DENISON,   b. 26 Nov 1830, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT d. 20 Mar 1910, Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook Co., IL (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1855	Royalton, Windsor Co., VT   [3]
  Children	1. Mary JAMESON,   b. 20 Dec 1857, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT d. 1938, prb Santa Barbara, Santa Barbra Co., CA (Age 80 years)   2. Eleanor JAMESON,   b. 15 May 1863, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. 14 Sep 1865, Chicago, Cook Co., IL (Age 2 years)   3. Eliza JAMESON,   b. 24 Nov 1865, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. 6 Jul 1881, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT (Age 15 years) + 4. John Alexander JAMESON,   b. 12 Sep 1868, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. 14 Nov 1937, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA (Age 69 years) + 5. Rebecca JAMESON,   b. 9 May 1870, Chicago, Cook Co., IL d. 14 Mar 1920, New York, New York Co., NY (Age 49 years)
  Headstones		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
  Family ID	F571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 24 Jan 1824 - Irasburg, Orleans Co., VT Education - 1846 - University of Vermont Education - 1853 - Harvard Law School Marriage - 11 Oct 1855 - Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Death - 16 Jun 1890 - Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Burial - - Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  John Alexander Jameson (1824-1890) - Gravestone Oak Woods Cemetery - Chicago, Cook Co., IL Plot: Section B2, Lot 76

  
  

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  John Alexander Jameson

  
  

  Obituaries & Death Notices

  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

  [S88] Francis Newton Thorpe, John Alexander Jameson - In Memoriam, (American Academy of Political and Social Science). [S23] Obituary. 17 Jun 1890 - Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL) - Vol.XIX, Issue.85, p.3 [S43] Marriage Announcement. 12 Oct 1855 Vermont Journal (Windsor VT) Vol.XII, Issue I7, p.1