- JAMES JAMESON, Congregational minister, Sec. 16; P.O. Magnolia;
born April 15, 1803, in
- Glasgow, Scotland; there and in Edinburgh he was educated;
came to America in 1820, and stayed in Canada till 1828, when
he moved to New York; was in business there for six years; was
a Methodist minister for fourteen years. In 1849, he came to
Wisconsin and settled in Rock Co.; he then united with the Congregational
Convention and officiated as a minister in Center, Magnolia and
Albany, till 1858, when Center was able to support a minister
of its own, and he continued the other two till 1870, when he
went to Grant Co., and continued his ministrations in Muscoda
and Avoca, two villages, one in Iowa Co., and the other in Grant
Co. During the first nine years, he built churches at Center,
Magnolia and Albany. In 1874, he resigned his pastorate on account
of his age. In 1862, he purchased 100 acres of land in Magnolia
Township, rebuilt the house, erected barns, etc., and is now
living upon his property. Married Miss Ann SMITH of Canada, Jan.
23, 1828. He was Town Superintendent of Schools for 1850.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 878.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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