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Hon. Robert W. Jameson is a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Rease) Jameson, who were born in New Jersey and Delaware, respectively, and were married in Tennessee. Some six years after the latter event they immigrated to Christian County, Ky., and at the end of seven years took up their abode in Knox County, where they made their home for thirteen years. Monroe County, Tenn., then became their home, and there the father died in 1836. Robert W. Jameson was born in Knox County, Ky., June 8, 1811, and made his home with his parents until he attained his majority, receiving the greater part of his education in Tennessee. In 1837 he was married, in McMinn County, to Miss Esther L. Thomas, a native of Alabama, and after his marriage continued to reside in Tennessee, engaged in farming until 1843, when in the spring of that year he started overland with ox teams to Missouri, but was delayed by sickness, and did not reach this State until August following. He has now 500 acres of valuable land, with 200 acres under cultivation, and is considered one of the thrifty farmers of Webster County. He was raised a Whig in politics, and held to that party until the Rebellion, and since that time has supported the principles of the Democratic party. He served as justice of the peace eight years, and one term as judge, when Webster was a part of Greene County, and after it was made a separate county served as its judge one term. He was elected a delegate to the convention called to pass ordinances of secession, and helped to defeat that measure. In 1864 he was elected to represent Webster County in the State Legislature, and served through two sessions of that body, being re-elected in 1876, and served one term with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. Since that time he has been retired from politics. His wife died June 23, 1860, having borne eleven children, seven of whom are living: Thomas T., Sarah M. (wife of Dr. J. M. Hunt), Z. T., Martha E. (wife of J. B. Owens), Nancy F., Abigail J. and Robert W. Mr. Jameson is a Master Mason.