The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-02-06
CONDUCT FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR LATE JOHN S. JAMESON

Fo6 lIAlE JUN >. JdhlESo1'
Funeral services for the late Johr
S. Jameson were held Sunday at
ternoon in Bellingham. the Rev. Vim
R. Marshall officiating.
Surviving him are two sisters, Mrs
f. H. Keith of Rhinelander, Wis. ant
Mrs. A. r. Hay of Riverside, Cal. ant
eight brothers-Andrew of Seattle
James and Fred of Warner, Alberta
William of Riverside. Cal, Charlie.
of Saltwater, Mimi. Clarence OF
Ferndale, David of Bellingham an6
Hugh H. Jameson of Lynden.
The following appreciation of the
life of Mr. Jameson was prepared by
Pope Higgins:
. Death has again knocked audi
bly," at the door of a community
in calling from our midst another
pioneer of the Puget Sound country
in the person of John S. Jameson
who died at Portland, Oregon, on
January 26ts, 1919.
This rugged character so well
known among the lumbermen and
woodsmen of Puget Sound was born
of good old Scotch ancestry on a
fern at Canterbury, New Bruins
wick, April Goth, 1851. He was one
Oh; ii &c
ents on this came farm, and here he
grew to manhood. With that true
flial obedience, so characteristic OF
his race he aided his parents in sup
porting their large family till he
reached his majority and was the
first of nine brothers to leave the pa
rental roof, to seek his fortune in
the far West.
He reached the shores of Puget
Sound in the early eighties with Gas
he once told mel only fifty cents in
his pocket and fastened to find en-
ployment among the mills and log
ging camps, adjacent to Seattle. With
that fxity Of purpose, untiring in
dustry and rugged honesty, which
ever characterize the truly success
full man, he applied himself to the
task of accommodating a sum of mon
ey sufficient to enable him to en-
gage in the business of logging on
his own responsibility. Through
years of toll. hardship and priyation
he reached this first goal OF his
youthful ambition. became a large
employer of labor and carried on
successful logging operations at many
different points along the Western
coast of Washington.
On November 18th, 1902 he mar
ried Miss Elizabeth McGush of Bel
ingham, Wash, and the handsome
residence which he at that time built
in that city at the corner OF High
and Chestnut streets, is monument
not only of his enterprise, but as
we'll of his keen appreciation OF the
refining influences that contribute so
much to the warp and woof of COM
and home life.
The failing health of his wife in
1908 led him to retire fl ON the bus
mess of logging and to devote him
self unreservedly to the task of car
ing for her until her death on jan
uary 27th, 1914.
Possessed of substantial compe-
tence, he disdained the rest thereby
offered him and became interested
in farming and stock raising near
Whatcom County, Wn.
But his own physical ailments forced
him to abandon this project and a
year or so before his death he dis
posed of his livestock and growing
crops, rented his farm and sought
the recovery of his health. He was
firm in his belief that every man
should receive a fair wage for his
days work.
A man slow in forming his friend
ships. l doubt if he had an enemy in
the world. Rough in exterior, from
long association with the hardy
woodsmen. he was ever gentle and
towards the weak and
truly unfortunate. His hand was
ever open to the men who had been
in his employ and he once told me
that of all the small sums he had
loaned to these men at various times
after his retirement from the log
cling business he had yet to find one
who had failed to repay the loan.
Truly the life of this man fur
nishes inspiration to the youth OF ouI
community! AS youth and mar, he
barred his soul to the battles Of life
asking no quarter and seeking nc
reward for which he was unwilling tc
pay the price. His memory will LONG
remain green in the hearts of those
who knew him as he was an honest
man, 1.-The noblest work of Cod
Peace to his ashes.