Individual Details
Samuel James "The Elder" Jamison
(6 Nov 1854 - 30 Aug 1898)
Events
| Birth | 6 Nov 1854 | Oyster Creek, Brazoria County, Texas |  | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 7 Jul 1860 | (William J. Jamison and Sarah Sloan) Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas | |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 21 Jun 1870 | (William J. Jamison and Sarah Sloan) Chenango, Brazoria County, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | 20 Mar 1878 | Brazoria County, Texas - Margaret Ann Bruner | | ||
| Census (family) | 15 Jun 1880 | Brazoria County, Texas - Margaret Ann Bruner | | | |
| Tax | 1890 | Brazoria County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 30 Aug 1898 | Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas | | ||
| Burial | Bruner Cemetery, Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Ann Bruner (1861 - 1910) |
| Child | Thomas Joseph Jamison (1879 - 1954) |
| Child | E. J. Jamison (1880 - 1883) |
| Child | Annie Sweeny Jamison (1883 - 1975) |
| Child | Emma Douglas "Tood" Jamison (1885 - 1961) |
| Child | George Halliburton "Hal" Jamison (1887 - 1963) |
| Child | Murray John Jamison (1889 - 1947) |
| Child | Frank Morgan Jamison (1892 - 1901) |
| Child | Samuel Edward "Ned" Jamison (1893 - 1902) |
| Child | Sarah Sloan Jamison (1897 - 1899) |
| Father | William J. Jamison (1810 - 1877) |
| Mother | Sarah Sloan (1828 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Sloan Jamison (1852 - 1929) |
| Sibling | William Thomas "Rock" Jamison (1859 - 1878) |
Notes
Birth
Date of birth on tombstone: 6 November 1854Date of birth on family tree hand-drawn in December 1990 by Mary Beth Rucks Coleman based on old letters, bibles and legal records researched in the 1960s: 17 April 1854
Census (family)-shared
Wm Jamison M 40 Ireland - Farmer, $1.240. estateSarah Jamison F 30 Ireland
Sloan Jamison M 8 Texas
Saml J Jamison M 6 Texas
W T Jamison M 11/12 Texas
Peter Whaling M 35 Ireland - Laborer
Census (family)-shared
William Jimison M 35 Ireland - Farm laborer, $600. real estate, both parents of foreign birth. Male citizen over 21.Sarah Jimison F 42 Ireland - Keeps house
Sloan Jimison M 17 Texas - at home
Samuel Jimison M 15 Texas - at home
William Jimison M 11 Texas - at home
Census (family)
S J Jemison Self M 26 Texas [Samuel James Jamison] - Stock manM A Jemison Wife F 19 Mississippi [Margaret Ann Bruner] - Keeps house
T J Jemison Son M 1 Texas [Thomas Joseph Jamison] - at home
Jennie Bruno Other F 21 Mississippi [Jennie Bruner ?] - at home
H T Graves Other M 31 Mississippi [?] - Farmer
G M Bruno Brother-in-law M 25 Alabama [George M. Bruner] - Stock man
W F Bruno Brother-in-law M 30 Alabama [William Ferrill Bruner] - Stock man
Tax
S. J. Jamison, total taxes $31.00Original grantee: J. DeValdegrass, 150 acres, value $600.
Original grantee: W. Roberts, 100 acres, value $500.
Original grantee: J. Bradley, 63 1/2 acres, value $300.
1 carriage, value $25.
20 horses and mules, value $300.
250 cattle, value $1,250.
5 hogs, value $10.
Death
Date of death on tombstone: 30 August 1898Date of death on family tree hand-drawn in December 1990 by Mary Beth Rucks Coleman based on old letters, bibles and legal records researched in the 1960s: 17 Dec 1929 (confused with his brother Sloan)
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXFY-3V1 : accessed 27 Aug 2013), Wm Jamison, 1860..
2. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXGK-2LB : accessed 27 Aug 2013), William Jimison, ..
3. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX36-P9N : accessed 16 Aug 2013), Samuel J. Jamison and Margaret A. Bruner, 20 Mar 1878..
4. Ancestry.com.?Brazoria County, Texas Marriage Records, 1870-2012?[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Original data: Brazoria County, Texas. Marriage licenses. Brazoria County Clerk's Office, Angleton, Texas..
5. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFFP-WM4 : accessed 27 Aug 2013), S J Jemison, 1880..
6. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBM1-X1P : 23 July 2017), S J Jamison, 1890..
7. Find A Grave Memorial# 6056950..