Jameson, Charles O. (1858-1933)

JAMESON

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Date: 9/24/2019 at 18:09:46

Charles O. Jameson
Mar 7, 1858 - Jan 2, 1933

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.387)
JAMESON BROS. (W.J. & C.O) are the successors of James & Yancey in the proprietorship of "Hotel Jameson" since October 1889. The hotel has thirty-five rooms, is nicely furnished throughout and is under the direct management of C.O. JAMESON. This gentleman was born in New Brunswick, March 7,1857, the fifth of six children of Charles S. and Jane (McINTYRE) JAMESON and of Scotch and Irish extraction. His parents are both still living in that province. In his youth he learned the carriage trade, and followed it until he entered his present business. He first engaged in that trade in Council Bluffs in 1873 for one year, then in Creston, this State, for five years, and then three years at Hastings, Nebraska; since then he has been in his present position. He has recently taken the general agency for the State of Maine for the United States Masonic Benevolent Association of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is a live, energetic businessman fully understanding his vocation. In his political sympathies he is a Republican, and in society he is a member of Bluff City Lodge, NO. 71,F.& A. M. He was married in 1884 to Miss Minnie BOSLOUGH of Mendota, Illinois, who was born October 1, 1861. Their courteous manner and genial disposition evinced their fitness as managers of one of the best hotels in Council Bluffs.
The JAMESON family finds its origin in Scotland, the founders of the family name in this country being Nathaniel and Mary JAMESON, who came to America about the year 1826, locating in Carlton County, New Brunswick. They remained there a short time, and then crossed the line to Aroostook County, Maine, where the father died, in 1868, at about the age of eighty-five years; his wife died in 1847 at the age of forty-five years. They had a family of six children, all of whom are deceased but one, C.S., the father of our subject. He was born in Scotland in 1820, and came to this country with his parents. He is and has been a farmer all his life, and was always a quiet and unassuming man. He was married in 1846 to Miss Jane McINTYRE, a native of New Brunswick, born in 1826, and is still living. They had six children, five boys and one girl: William J., the eldest, born August 23, 1847; Mary J., wife of George E. TRACY, of Carlton County, New Brunswick, was born March 24, 1850; Henry N., a resident of New Brunswick, was born July 1853; John H., also a resident of New Brunswick, was born January 28, 1855; Charles O., born March 7, 1858, is a resident of Council Bluffs; Dr. G.L.S., a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born August 25, 1861. The mother's family originated in Ireland, her parents being Patrick and Jane (SCOTT) McINTYRE, the latter a sister of General Winfield SCOTT. Mr. And Mrs. McINTYRE came to America in 1890, locating in New Brunswick, where they still reside, at the advanced age of ninety-four and ninety-one years respectively. They had a family of thirteen children, all of whom are living but two, and all are residents of New Brunswick and Maine, except one, who resides in Montana. They were farmers by vocation.