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L. S. JAMESON. Mr.
Jameson, the subject of this review, who is proprietor
and editor of the "Wauseon Tribune," a sterling Republican
paper, and a local newspaper of much of merit, is a native
of Ohio, having been born, in 1841, in Butler county.
Mr. Jameson has a splendid record as a soldier
during the war of the Rebellion. He first enlisted as
a private in the Thirty-fifty Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in
September, 1861; then for a time served as lieutenant in the
One Hundred and Sixty-seventh regiment, after which he
organized the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth regiment, the
first regiment organized under Governor Brough's last
call for troops. He served as senior captain,
commanding the regiment much of the time. President
Johnson tendered him a commission as brevet colonel,
but, not being ready to "swing around the circle," he
declined.
For eleven years after the war Mr. Jameson was a
commercial traveler; but in 1879 he located at Celina, Ohio,
and soon after took charge of the "Observer" at the request
of Republican leaders. From 1880 to 1892, during which
time he published the "Observer," the plant more than
doubled in value. In 1892 he sold the "Observer," soon
afterward purchasing the "Fulton County Tribune," and is now
publishing one of the neatest newspapers in the State.
He has erected and taken possession of a fine two-story
building, using the first floor for his office, which
is as well arranged as can be found anywhere.
Mr. Jameson has always been an active
Republican. For ten years he served as chairman of the
Mercer county central and executive committees. He has
been familiar as a delegate to all State and District
conventions, and was an alternate delegate to the Republican
National Convention of 1888, and a delegate to the National
Convention of 1892.
On September 22, 1868, Mr. Jameson was united in
marriage to Mattie Boyd, of Steubenville, Ohio.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
Northwestern Ohio, Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. -
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