History of Clermont & Brown Counties...
MILTON JAMIESON, president of the First National Bank of Batavia, Ohio, was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Clermont county, and has since been one of its strongest supporters in Ohio. He cast his first presidential ballot for Zachary Taylor in 1848, and entered the Henry Clay campaign as a platform speaker in 1844, continuing to be active in the field until Grant's second campaign for president. For many years he was continuously in the state, congressional and district conventions, often at the head of the delegation, and he was chairman of the county executive committee from the time it was formed until the close of the war, and has on several occasions been a member of the committee since that time. In his political beliefs he is in favor of a protective tariff, reciprocity, sound money, the payment of honest debts, the restriction of foreign immigration, a firm administration and arbitration, and is opposed to civil-service reform as carried on under the present laws, and is also opposed to the annexation of territories distant from our present boundaries.
In 1836, when the Clermont Courier was organized, Mr. Jamieson set the type for the first issue of that paper, of which he became part owner and editor in 1848, and retained possession until 1850, when he sold his interest and then re-purchased the paper in 1856, and continued to conduct the same until 1861. At the age of twenty years Mr. Jamieson was a lieutenant in the Mexican war, serving all through that conflict, and he was the youngest officer in the army at the capture of the city of Mexico. During the war of the Rebellion he was actively connected with the war committee, was an officer of the Home .Guards, and was instrumental in raising Company C, Second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican war, and several of the companies in the late Civil war.
Mr. Jamieson was born in Clermont county, Ohio, on the 2d of October, 1825,a son of John Jamieson, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a native of Kentucky. He and his family were early residents of Lexington and came to Ohio in order to escape the odium of slavery, to which Mr. Jamieson was greatly opposed. He was a Henry Clay Whig and a personal friend of that distinguished statesman, as well as of Daniel Boone and John J. Crittenden. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar at Georgetown, Ohio, in 1846, and followed the legal profession exclusively for the ensuing eighteen years, and is now the oldest member of the Batavia (Ohio) bar. In 1865 he assisted in establishing the First National Bank of Batavia, of which, two years later, he was made president, and has continued in that position until the present time. Aside from his banking interests Mr. Jamieson is identified with other lines of enterprise. He is extensively engaged in real estate, was one of the promoters of the Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad, afterward changed to Cincinnati & Eastern Railway Company, until it was sold to the Central Pennsylvania Railway Company, having been treasurer of both companies. He organized and has always been connected with the Cincinnati & Eastern Telegraph Company, of which company he has always been president. For over half a century Mr. Jamieson has been prominent in political and business circles and church affairs in, Clermont county, and is one of the most widely known and greatly respected citizens of southern Ohio.
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MILTON JAMIESON, president of the First National Bank of Batavia, Ohio, was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Clermont county, and has since been one of its strongest supporters in Ohio. He cast his first presidential ballot for Zachary Taylor in 1848, and entered the Henry Clay campaign as a platform speaker in 1844, continuing to be active in the field until Grant's second campaign for president. For many years he was continuously in the state, congressional and district conventions, often at the head of the delegation, and he was chairman of the county executive committee from the time it was formed until the close of the war, and has on several occasions been a member of the committee since that time. In his political beliefs he is in favor of a protective tariff, reciprocity, sound money, the payment of honest debts, the restriction of foreign immigration, a firm administration and arbitration, and is opposed to civil-service reform as carried on under the present laws, and is also opposed to the annexation of territories distant from our present boundaries.
In 1836, when the Clermont Courier was organized, Mr. Jamieson set the type for the first issue of that paper, of which he became part owner and editor in 1848, and retained possession until 1850, when he sold his interest and then re-purchased the paper in 1856, and continued to conduct the same until 1861. At the age of twenty years Mr. Jamieson was a lieutenant in the Mexican war, serving all through that conflict, and he was the youngest officer in the army at the capture of the city of Mexico. During the war of the Rebellion he was actively connected with the war committee, was an officer of the Home .Guards, and was instrumental in raising Company C, Second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican war, and several of the companies in the late Civil war.
Mr. Jamieson was born in Clermont county, Ohio, on the 2d of October, 1825,a son of John Jamieson, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a native of Kentucky. He and his family were early residents of Lexington and came to Ohio in order to escape the odium of slavery, to which Mr. Jamieson was greatly opposed. He was a Henry Clay Whig and a personal friend of that distinguished statesman, as well as of Daniel Boone and John J. Crittenden. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar at Georgetown, Ohio, in 1846, and followed the legal profession exclusively for the ensuing eighteen years, and is now the oldest member of the Batavia (Ohio) bar. In 1865 he assisted in establishing the First National Bank of Batavia, of which, two years later, he was made president, and has continued in that position until the present time. Aside from his banking interests Mr. Jamieson is identified with other lines of enterprise. He is extensively engaged in real estate, was one of the promoters of the Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad, afterward changed to Cincinnati & Eastern Railway Company, until it was sold to the Central Pennsylvania Railway Company, having been treasurer of both companies. He organized and has always been connected with the Cincinnati & Eastern Telegraph Company, of which company he has always been president. For over half a century Mr. Jamieson has been prominent in political and business circles and church affairs in, Clermont county, and is one of the most widely known and greatly respected citizens of southern Ohio.
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History of Clermont & Brown Counties...
MILTON JAMIESON, president of the First National Bank of Batavia, Ohio, was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Clermont county, and has since been one of its strongest supporters in Ohio. He cast his first presidential ballot for Zachary Taylor in 1848, and entered the Henry Clay campaign as a platform speaker in 1844, continuing to be active in the field until Grant's second campaign for president. For many years he was continuously in the state, congressional and district conventions, often at the head of the delegation, and he was chairman of the county executive committee from the time it was formed until the close of the war, and has on several occasions been a member of the committee since that time. In his political beliefs he is in favor of a protective tariff, reciprocity, sound money, the payment of honest debts, the restriction of foreign immigration, a firm administration and arbitration, and is opposed to civil-service reform as carried on under the present laws, and is also opposed to the annexation of territories distant from our present boundaries.
In 1836, when the Clermont Courier was organized, Mr. Jamieson set the type for the first issue of that paper, of which he became part owner and editor in 1848, and retained possession until 1850, when he sold his interest and then re-purchased the paper in 1856, and continued to conduct the same until 1861. At the age of twenty years Mr. Jamieson was a lieutenant in the Mexican war, serving all through that conflict, and he was the youngest officer in the army at the capture of the city of Mexico. During the war of the Rebellion he was actively connected with the war committee, was an officer of the Home .Guards, and was instrumental in raising Company C, Second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican war, and several of the companies in the late Civil war.
Mr. Jamieson was born in Clermont county, Ohio, on the 2d of October, 1825,a son of John Jamieson, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a native of Kentucky. He and his family were early residents of Lexington and came to Ohio in order to escape the odium of slavery, to which Mr. Jamieson was greatly opposed. He was a Henry Clay Whig and a personal friend of that distinguished statesman, as well as of Daniel Boone and John J. Crittenden. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar at Georgetown, Ohio, in 1846, and followed the legal profession exclusively for the ensuing eighteen years, and is now the oldest member of the Batavia (Ohio) bar. In 1865 he assisted in establishing the First National Bank of Batavia, of which, two years later, he was made president, and has continued in that position until the present time. Aside from his banking interests Mr. Jamieson is identified with other lines of enterprise. He is extensively engaged in real estate, was one of the promoters of the Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad, afterward changed to Cincinnati & Eastern Railway Company, until it was sold to the Central Pennsylvania Railway Company, having been treasurer of both companies. He organized and has always been connected with the Cincinnati & Eastern Telegraph Company, of which company he has always been president. For over half a century Mr. Jamieson has been prominent in political and business circles and church affairs in, Clermont county, and is one of the most widely known and greatly respected citizens of southern Ohio.
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MILTON JAMIESON, president of the First National Bank of Batavia, Ohio, was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Clermont county, and has since been one of its strongest supporters in Ohio. He cast his first presidential ballot for Zachary Taylor in 1848, and entered the Henry Clay campaign as a platform speaker in 1844, continuing to be active in the field until Grant's second campaign for president. For many years he was continuously in the state, congressional and district conventions, often at the head of the delegation, and he was chairman of the county executive committee from the time it was formed until the close of the war, and has on several occasions been a member of the committee since that time. In his political beliefs he is in favor of a protective tariff, reciprocity, sound money, the payment of honest debts, the restriction of foreign immigration, a firm administration and arbitration, and is opposed to civil-service reform as carried on under the present laws, and is also opposed to the annexation of territories distant from our present boundaries.
In 1836, when the Clermont Courier was organized, Mr. Jamieson set the type for the first issue of that paper, of which he became part owner and editor in 1848, and retained possession until 1850, when he sold his interest and then re-purchased the paper in 1856, and continued to conduct the same until 1861. At the age of twenty years Mr. Jamieson was a lieutenant in the Mexican war, serving all through that conflict, and he was the youngest officer in the army at the capture of the city of Mexico. During the war of the Rebellion he was actively connected with the war committee, was an officer of the Home .Guards, and was instrumental in raising Company C, Second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican war, and several of the companies in the late Civil war.
Mr. Jamieson was born in Clermont county, Ohio, on the 2d of October, 1825,a son of John Jamieson, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a native of Kentucky. He and his family were early residents of Lexington and came to Ohio in order to escape the odium of slavery, to which Mr. Jamieson was greatly opposed. He was a Henry Clay Whig and a personal friend of that distinguished statesman, as well as of Daniel Boone and John J. Crittenden. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar at Georgetown, Ohio, in 1846, and followed the legal profession exclusively for the ensuing eighteen years, and is now the oldest member of the Batavia (Ohio) bar. In 1865 he assisted in establishing the First National Bank of Batavia, of which, two years later, he was made president, and has continued in that position until the present time. Aside from his banking interests Mr. Jamieson is identified with other lines of enterprise. He is extensively engaged in real estate, was one of the promoters of the Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad, afterward changed to Cincinnati & Eastern Railway Company, until it was sold to the Central Pennsylvania Railway Company, having been treasurer of both companies. He organized and has always been connected with the Cincinnati & Eastern Telegraph Company, of which company he has always been president. For over half a century Mr. Jamieson has been prominent in political and business circles and church affairs in, Clermont county, and is one of the most widely known and greatly respected citizens of southern Ohio.
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