Hon. Julius McLain Jamison, who does an extensive general law business at Grand Rapids, Mich., in partnership with R. H. Ferguson, was born in Wooster, Ohio, April 30, 1854, a son of Obed E. and Sarah J. (Bonnewitz) Jamison, natives, respectively, of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and now residing in Allen county, Indiana, where the father is engaged in farming. They are Protestant Lutheran in religion, and in politics Mr. Jamison is a republican.

Julius McLain Jamison is the second in order of birth of the nine children that blesses the union of the above named parents. He attended public school until eighteen years old, and then studied for two years at the State Normal school in Terre Haute, Ind., and then for four years taught school in Allen county, Ind., and LaSalle county, Ill., and during this period also employed his time in studying law. In 1876 he entered the law office of Judge Ninde, under whose tuition he studied until 1878, and then entered the law school of the university of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, Mich., from which he graduated in April, 1880, with the degree of LL.B. Until November, 1882, he passed his time in traveling through northern Europe, visiting Stockholm, Christriania and St. Petersburg, and had scarcely left the last named city when an attempt was made to assassinate the czar of Russia by annihilating him with dynamite. Altogether Mr. Jamison has crossed the Atlantic six times.

On settling in Grand Rapids, in 1882, Mr. Jamison engaged in the practice of law, doing an extensive general business. In 1898, he formed a partnership with R. M. Ferguson which still continues.

In politics Mr. Jamison is a republican, and in the fall of 1894 was elected by his party to the state senate, which office he filled with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

July 27, 1898, Mr. Jamison wedded Miss Mary I. Lukens, a native of Pennsylvania. She was born in June, 1864, and the happy couple now make their home at No. 318 Madison avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich., where their many friends always receive a hospitable welcome. Mr. Jamison is a Knight of Pythias, and the social standing of himself and wife is with the best people of the city and county. Professionally, Mr. Jamison stands among the leaders at the bar and enjoy equally the respect of the bench and that of his fellow practitioners. As a lawyer he is a close student, and is thoroughly grounded in the science and philosophy of the law.