"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 351.
 
JAMES PHILLIPPE TAMIESIE, M.D.

     During the nineteenth century, when a colony of French people crossed the
ocean to America, among the number came Jean Baptiste Tamiesie, who settled near
Syracuse, N.Y., and became interested in the salt works there.  During later
years he removed to Iowa and engaged in farm pursuits near Council Bluffs, where
his death occurred.  His son, John B., Jr., was born near Syracuse, and in early
manhood visited Michigan and Wisconsin on a prospecting tour, after which he
settled on a farm in Iowa.  In addition to cultivating his land he engaged in
building and contracting.  During 1879 he settled in Oregon where he was
employed at contracting with the Oregon Iron and Steel Company in Oswego.
Retiring from that occupation in 1882, he settled on a farm three miles from
Hillsboro, and there he still lives, a hale and well-preserved veteran of life's
battles.  His marriage united him with Phillipene Goffette, who was born in
France and accompanied her parents to America, settling in Dubuque, Iowa.  Ten
children were born of this marriage, eight of whom are living, namely:  J.
Henry, a mechanical and electrical engineer living in Seattle, Wash.; James
Phillippe, a practicing physician and a large rancher in Hillsboro; Victor, a
merchant and contractor in East Portland; Augustus E., M.D., a graduate of the
Willamette University at Salem and now a member of the state asylum staff;
George W., M.D., also a graduate of the Oregon State University, and now engaged
in practice at Albina, Ore.; Joseph and Marie, who reside with their parents;
and Mrs. William Rileng, of Washington county.
     Near Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dr. Tamiesie was born November 14, 1861.  During
boyhood he lived near Dubuque and attended the schools of that county.  When
sixteen he came to Oregon, and afterward aided his father in contracting and was
employed by the Oregon Iron and Steel Company.  In 1882 he began to teach school
in Columbia county, Wash., which occupation he followed there and in Washington
and Clackamas counties, Ore.  About 1885 he took up the study of medicine and
physiology, which he later prosecuted in the medical department of the Oregon
State University, graduating in 1889 with the degree of M.D.  His initial
experience as a practitioner was gained near Spokane, Wash., where he was
surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railroad, and practiced medicine for three
years.  Returning to Oregon , in 1892 he settled in Hillsboro, where he has
since practiced medicine and surgery.  Since settling here he has taken
post-graduate courses in Washington, Chicago and New York, by which means he has
been enabled to keep in touch with the latest developments and discoveries in
therapeutics.  Since its organization he has been a member and secretary of the
United States board of pension examiners at Hillsboro, Ore., and is also surgeon
for the Southern Pacific Railroad here.  He is vice-president of the State
Medical Society and secretary of the Washington County Medical Society.
     In Washington county, Ore., Dr. Tamiesie married Ruth A. Wilcox, who was
born near Reno, Nev., being a daughter of J. W. Wilcox, a pioneer of California,
Nevada and Oregon, and now living near Greenville.  Dr. and Mrs. Tamiesie are
the parents of two children, Lura Babette and Kenneth Leon.  Mrs. Tamiesie
finished her education at the State Normal School and is an active worker in the
Congregational Church.  Fraternally Dr. Tamiesie is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern Woodmen
of America.  In politics he is a Republican.  For three terms he has served as a
member of the city council of Hillsboro.
     The practice of his profession does not represent the circumference,
although it is the center, of Dr. Tamiesie's activities.  One of his important
interests is as owner of various grain and dairy farms, two of which, comprising
nearly four hundred acres, lie in close proximity to Hillsboro.  As a dairyman
he is modern and advanced in all of his methods.  One of his recent
improvements, and the first in the state of Oregon, was the introduction of
machinery for the condensing of milk and the evaporation of cream, particular
attention being given to the latter industry.  The business of which he is the
head is transacted under the name of the Oregon Condensed Milk Company.  Over
one hundred and fifty cows are kept in the dairy, which promises, when brought
to its fullest development, to be one of the profitable industries of this
locality.  This plant, which was opened for work January 13, 1903, has the
distinction of turning out the first product of its kind in the state of Oregon.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2006 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.