Obituary from Clayton Enterprise Newspaper; Adams
County, Ill. 18 Dec 1890.
Edward Jimison died suddenly, age 82.
South Side Cemetery Records; Clayton, Ill. show: E.
Jimison, aged 82 years, born Ireland 1803, died 10 Dec
1885. Section A Row 3, S to N.
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Obituary from the Quincy Daily Journal, Monday 5 Jun
1893; page 4, col. 2-3: SUPERINTENDENT JIMISON IS
DEAD: The County Supt. of Schools passes away last
Saturday evening in Liberty, this county, after a
short illness. The funeral at Clayton tomorrow
morning at 10:00 under the auspices of the I.O.O.F.
The Masons attending. The deceased was serving his
3rd term. The county board fills the vacancy,
probably July 10th.
John Jimison, county superintendent of the public
schools of Adams County, died at the Breckenridge
house in Liberty this county, last Saturday evening,
at 6:00 from a complication of bowel and bladder
troubles, the attack being of a malarial character.
Though previously a man apprently of splendid health,
as well as of a magnificent physique, Mr. Jimison has
been ailing off and on for a year or so and he could
not withstand sickness well. A week ago last Saturday
evening he attended a festival in Liberty and appeared
to be in his usual health when he returned to the
hotel. The next morning he was taken sick, grew worse
steadily and had been confined to his bed ever since.
Four doctors waited on him, namely, Drs. Spence and
Enlow, of Liberty, Dr. Parker, of Clayton, and Dr.
Crocker of Payson, but their combined efforts proved
unavailing. He was delirious much of the time and the
end came at the time stated. The remains were taken
to Clayton today. The funeral will take place at
Clayton tomorrow morning at 10:00 under the auspices
of the I.O.O.F., the Masons participating. The
deceased was a member of both orders, belonging to
Clayton lodges. He was a member of the Encampment and
of the Cantonia of Odd Fellows. He entered the Odd
Fellows before he did the Masons, hence the former
order will have charge of the funeral. There will be
services at the Clayton Christian church, of which
deceased was a member. The burial will be in the
cemetery close to Clayton. Mr. J.R. Rice, and
intimate friend of Mr. Jimison, said this forenoon
that he would see if he could not get a special Wabash
train up and back from Quincy. At this writing the
result can't be stated.
A SKETCH OF THE DECEASED: John Jimison was born in
Liberty, this county. He was about 48 years of age at
his death. He was never married. He received a
school teacher's certificate when he was 18 years old
and taught until 1882, when he was elected county
superintendent of schools. He succeeded in that
position Dr. S.S. Nesbit of Burton, who had served one
year by appointment of the board of supervisors. That
year served by Nesbit was to fill out a vacancy of
Supt. Black. Supt. Jimison was elected to the office
for three successive terms of four years each. His
last term would have expired one year from the first
Monday in next December. At a banquet tendered the
Teachers' association in Mendon early last month,
Supt. Jimison spoke with feeling and satisfaction
of the results of his 21 years work in the public
schools of Adams county and he pointed out his line of
work for the immediate future. His great aim was to
add incentive to pupil and parent regarding the
country school. One method by which he hoped to
effect this was to grade the district schools, and
have graduation exercises in all of the town schools
in the county. He had the hearty cooperation of the
teachers in his work, to which he showed deep
attachment and close attention. To his intimate
friends, Mr. Jimison said frequently that he would not
be a candidate again for the position of
superintendent; that his private business affaris were
such as would occupy his entire attention after this
term; that it was with this retirement in view that he
had appointed Asst. Seehorn, the most competent man in
Mr. Jimison's judgment, to succeed him. During some
eight years past Mr. Jimison has been in partnership
in a drugstore at Clayton, with Mr. David A. Davis,
whose wife is a sister of the deceased. The firm were
burned out some time back but they rebuilt. The
deceased leaves proprty probably worth $10,000 to
$15,000. Besides his interests in Clayton, he owns
some property in Kansas, where he has a married
sister, Mrs. Lierlie, and a brother, Edward Jimison.
He also has an unmarried sister, Angeline Jimison. It
was with this sister and with Mrs. Davis, that the
deceased made his home in Clayton. Angeline is
visiting in Kansas, but she and her brother will be
here to attend the funeral. The parents of the
deceased are dead.
John Jimison was born in Liberty township within a few
miles of where he died. His father had a farm halfway
between Liberty and Kingston which he worked a great
many years or until his death.
Relatives of Prof. Jimison who attended the obsequies;
Mrs. Decie Wilber, Oklahoma City; W.E. Jimison, Seely,
KS.; Sister Angie Jimison, Oklahoma City, OK.; John
Featheringill and wife of Kellerville, IL.; James
Scott and wife, Liberty, IL.; and Wm. Jimison, Quincy,
IL. Buried South Side Cemetery, Clayton.
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From Clayton Enterprise Newspaper, Clayton, Adams,
Ill. on 20 Nov 1879: Mrs. Mary Jimison - mother of
Supt. Jimison, died at her home in Adams county 5 Nov
1879. Mrs. Mary Jimison, wife of Edward Jimison in
her 68th year of age. Her husband and six children
survive her. Was a member of Kingston Baptist church.
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Obituary appearing in Quincy Herald-Whig on 15 Aug
1930; p.14 col. 1:
Mrs. Sarah Jimison Davis, mother of Hayden Davis of
the new Quincy hotel, died early Thursday morning in
Clayton after an illness of several days. Mrs. Davis
was stricken with paralysis last Monday. She had been
in declining health for a year or more. Mrs. Davis
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was born near Kingston, 4 April 1848 and was married
to David A. Davis of Clayton, 26 Dec 1883. Mr. Davis
was then and for many years following, engaged in the
drug business in Clayton. One son, Hayden Davis, was
born to the union who, together with the husband and
two step-daughters, Mrs. E.E. McDowell and Mrs. E.
Gore, both of Clayton, survive. Mrs. Davis was a
sister of John Jimison, for 15 years superintendent of
Adams county schools, who died in 1893, and was
herself a school teacher for many years in the Clayton
schools. She enjoyed a wide circle of acquaintance in
Adams county. The funeral will be held at the home in
Clayton, at 2:30, Saturday with burial in South Side
cemetery there.
Special thanks to Debra Liening
sharing the Jimison obituaries.