| Carey B. Jameson was born September 28, 1880 in Van Alstyne, Grayson
County, died August 30, 1973. The son of James A. and Mattie Jane
(Smith) Jameson (see James A. Jameson), he married December 11, 1904, Helen
Cornelia Wilkinson, born August 23, 1884 in Royce City, died August 28,
1962 (see Charles M. Wilkinson). Both died in Coleman, buried in
Coleman. They lived their first year of marriage a few miles west
of Coleman, then moved seven miles northeast in the Lone Star school district.
They both attended Indian Creek school. He served many years on the
Lone Star school board as trustee. The school stood close to the
Jameson land, but was on the Griffin land. He farmed as all early
settlers did with horses and horse drawn machinery. He began to convert
to power in 1914, when he bought a large Case tractor for that age.
He raised cotton, small grain and feed grain. About 1915, upright
silos became in use and he erected a silo and bought a cutter and soon
(around the middle 1930’s) acquired a small herd (average 20 head) of milking
short Durham cattle that were registered. Carey and O. H. O‘Hair
went to Indiana and bought young heifers and a bull each, no relation to
the heifers, so they could later exchange bulls. These animals were
shipped by express to Coleman. After a short time, he invested in
a flock of about a hundred head of registered Rambouillet sheep.
In 1928, a new brick, eight room home was built. The old house
was moved to the southwest corner of the land where the family lived while
the new home was under construction. Their children were Roland C.,
(see Roland Casper Jameson), Viola Bernice, born June 23, 1907; Nolan E.,
born October 4, 1908, died July 9, 1921; Opal Lillian, born February 23,
1914.
Carey and Helen attended the New Hope Baptist church until it discontinued,
then moved their membership into First Baptist Church in Coleman.
Carey stated at their Golden Wedding Anniversary, that he had thirteen
gates to open, though he and Helen were only three miles apart during their
courtship. He was twelve years of age and Helen eight when the Jameson
family came down the road in their wagon, moving into the Indian Creek
Community home. The children they met were just out of school when
Carey looked the group over and immediately selected Helen as “his girl.”
He threw her a peach from the wagon and that is when their courtship began. |
