Marcus William Jamieson was born in Pennsylvania in July 1861, the son of Hugh A. Jamieson, a hardware dealer in Warren, Pennsylvania, and Julia F. Jamieson. He lived in Grinnell, Iowa, from 1877-1883, where he attended Iowa College (now Grinnell College), and later returned to Warren, where he was a bookkeeper and oil refiner. In the mid-1880s, Jamieson married Emily Crary ("Emma") of Webster City, Iowa. They had three children: Louis, Marcia, and Hugh. Marcus Jamieson died in 1928.
Charles Jamieson, Marcus's brother, attended Iowa College in the early 1890s and later lived in Grinnell, Iowa, with his wife Lilly.
From the guide to the Marcus Jamieson collection, Jamieson, Marcus collection, 1876-1902, 1876-1884, 1891-1898, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)
