“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JAMES MATHISON,  farmer, Sec. 6 and 18; P.O. Cambridge; born in 
New Brunswick, May, 1831; son of Dugald Mathison, who was born in 
Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1786.  In 1829, married May Logan, a native of 
County Antrim, Ireland; they had six children – James, Dugald, Henry, 
John, Ann and Mary.  Mr. James Mathison is the oldest.  Mr. Mathison, 
Sr., came to New Brunswick and settled there in 1830; bought a farm 
which he worked till 1846, when he moved West with his family, and 
located in Oakland Township, Jefferson Co., and purchased 200 acres of 
land; lived there till his death in 1849.  Mr. James Mathison and his 
brother, Dugald, have bought out the other heirs, and carry on the old 
homestead farm, making since then all the necessary improvements to 
make it a first-class farm; they raise cattle and hogs extensively, and 
horses (owns a Norman colt two years old, weighing 1,250 pounds).  In 
1864, they bought 145 acres in Section 18.  In the year 1850, they drew 
their wheat to Milwaukee and sold it for 40 and 50 cents per bushel.  
Independent in politics.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel