Mabelle Jamieson

Mabelle X Jamieson taught biology in the Wild Rose
High School before 1919.  She was the daughter of
Dr George Jamieson and Adelaide Matteson.  She
was born May 18, 1896 in Lone Rock, Richland
County, Wisconsin.  She received a bachelor's
degree in 1926 from Lawrence University in
Appleton.  At that time period it was very common
for teachers to teach only have going to the
Institute for a short time period.  The Jamieson
family was from Scotland originally but her father
was born in Canada.  She taught over 30 years in
Portage, Wisconsin.  She died in Madison on
January 25, 1960.  She was one of the teachers who
wrote a standardized biology test in Wisconsin.
When she died she was a member of the 1st
Presbyterian Church in Portage. She was also a
member of the Eastern Star in Lone Rock.