Rev. Melvin JAMESON

1836 - 1922  (86 years)

• Name	Melvin JAMESON
  Title	Rev.
  Birth	03 Mar 1836	Lyons, Wayne Co., NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Lyons, Wayne Co., NY   [1]
  Education	Rochester Theological Seminary - 1859
  Education	University of Rochester - 1856
  Occupation	Reverend and Missionary
  JIA ID	1804 - p.357, 403
  Death	24 Aug 1922	Alton, Madison Co., IL   [2]
  Burial	Alton Cemetery - Alton, Madison Co., IL
  Person ID	I3442	Main | Descendants and families of Hugh Jameson 1713-1790

  
  

  Father	Hugh JAMESON,   b. 21 Apr 1795, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY d. 24 Oct 1864, Lyons, Wayne Co., NY (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Maria D. MELVIN,   b. 20 Mar 1807, Clyde, Wayne Co., NY d. 10 Jul 1885 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1834  [3]
  Family ID	F2153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Julia Elizabeth ALLEN,   b. 17 Jul 1846, Fiskdale, Worchester Co., MA d. 10 Jul 1875, Bassein, Burma, Asia (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1869	Fiskdale, Worchester Co., MA
  Children	+ 1. Allen Marsh JAMESON,   b. 21 Sep 1870, Bassein, Burma, Asia d. 21 Sep 1956, Alton, Madison Co., IL (Age 86 years) + 2. Hugh JAMESON,   b. 18 Apr 1872, Bassein, Burma, Asia d. 16 Jun 1934, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI (Age 62 years) + 3. Melvin Waldo JAMESON,   b. 06 Jun 1875, Bassein, Burma, Asia d. 19 Jan 1941, Rocky River, Cuyahoga, Co., OH (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Emaline WALLING,   b. 29 Jul 1838, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY d. 8 Mar 1929, Rocky River, Culver Co., OH (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1878	Bassein, Burma, Asia
  Family ID	F2157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 03 Mar 1836 - Lyons, Wayne Co., NY Census - 1850 - Lyons, Wayne Co., NY Education - - Rochester Theological Seminary - 1859 Marriage - 26 Aug 1869 - Fiskdale, Worchester Co., MA Marriage - 14 May 1878 - Bassein, Burma, Asia Death - 24 Aug 1922 - Alton, Madison Co., IL Burial - - Alton Cemetery - Alton, Madison Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth
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• Obituaries & Death Notices

  Rev Melvin Jameson (1836-1922) Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Notes

  Melvin Jameson graduated from the University of Rochester in 1856 and the following year he taught at the Academy in Nunda, New York. In 1859, he graduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary and in 1860, became the Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Alton, Illinois. Rev. Jameson went to Burma in 1869, as a missionary of the American Baptist Union, and was located in Brassein, where he remained for eleven years. His work in Burma was mainly evangelistic, going from village to village in a boat, preaching to the people in their homes. He was also involved in translating the Bible into Burmese and then instrumental in having it printed in Burma. His first wife, Julie Elizabeth (Allen) Jameson, died there in 1875. Three years later he remarried, Mary Emaline Walling who was also a missionary of the same society in Burma. In 1880, she returned with his children to America and a year later he rejoined her. They remained in the States until the autumn of 1883 and then returned to Burma, leaving their three sons in the home for Missionary Children in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The last year of their furlough in America, he was the Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Ogdensburg, New York. In 1889, owing to Mr. Jameson's ill health, they returned to America and resided in Illinois and Iowa. Rev. and Mrs. Jameson, eventually, made their home in Alton, Illinois where Mr. Jameson was involved with the College Avenue Baptist Church and the Cherry Street Chapel Mission.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] 1850 US Federal Census. Lyons, Wayne Co., NY - Surname enumerated as "Jannsen" Roll: M432_613; Page: 418B; Image: 245. [S23] Obituary, 24 Aug 1922. Alton Evening Telegraph - p.1 [S40] Newspaper. Rochester (NY) Daily Democrat