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CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO
BIOGRAPHIES
SOURCE: HISTORY OF
CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES, OHIO
— VOLUME II —
1913 |
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PERCY
FRENCH JAMIESON, president of the First National
Bank of Batavia, Ohio, and one of the progressive and
successful business men of Clermont county, was born at
Batavia, Ohio, July 24, 1868, son of Milton
Jamieson, extended mention of whom appears on other
pages of these volumes.
Mr. Jamieson, of this review, graduated from the
Batavia public schools in 1887, then attended the
University at Wooster, Ohio, joining the "Phi Gamma Delta"
college fraternity, of which he is still a member. Soon
after leaving college Mr. Jamieson accepted
the position of secretary of Jones Brothers'
Electric Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, resigning within a
year to become assistant cashier of the First National
Bank of Batavia. He served the bank in this capacity until
1907, when he was elected cashier, and since January,
1912, has been the institution's efficient president. He
assisted in the organization of the Batavia Improvement
Company, and has served as its president to the present
time. In 1933 he formed a partnership with A. V.
Carroll, of Williamsburg, Ohio, for the manufacture of
machine tools, and one year later organized the business
into a stock company under the corporate name of the
Carroll-Jamieson Machine Tool Company, serving
since then as secretary and treasurer. The business has
been very successful, the company owns its plant and ships
machinery to all parts of the United States and is
building up a foreign trade. In 1906, Mr.
Jamieson started what is known as the Batavia Foundry
Company as a partnership with James A. Norman,
whose interest he purchased the same year; the plant was
completely destroyed by fire, in February, 1912, but he
rebuilt at once a much better building and the foundry is
now doing a good business. He is a director and a
vice-president of "American Liability Insurance Company,"
of Cincinnati, Ohio, besides other business interests.
While never in any sense a politician, Mr. Jamieson
has served on the Batavia council, was president of the
board of public affairs for six years and is at present a
member of the school board. He has ever taken an active
interest and part in enterprises for the upbuilding of his
home town. He was the organizer, in 1892, of the Batavia
orchestra and is still leader. September 26, 1894, was
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jamieson and Miss
Elizabeth Griffith, daughter of Thomas A.
and Anna M. Griffith, of Batavia, Ohio. To this union
have been born the following children: Donald G.,
born November 6, 1895; Katherine, born February 12,
1897; Robert B., born May 4, 1900; Elizabeth,
born May 26, 1903; Mary Virginia, born September
19, 1905; and John G., born June 3, 1911.
Mr. Jamieson is a member
of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, including the Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Council. Both he and Mrs.
Jamieson are members of the First Presbyterian Church
of Batavia, in which he is an acting elder, being also
superintendent of the Sunday school. |
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