Gaston, Joseph. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912." Vol. 4. Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 841. JAMES PHILLIPPE TAMIESIE, M.D. The activities of Dr. James Phillippe Tamiesie cover a wide range, for he is not only a successful physician and surgeon but is also engaged in dairying, is connected with banking and is the owner of valuable real estate. In all business ventures and investments he manifests sound and discriminating judgment and carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. His worth as a business man and citizen is widely acknowledged in Hillsboro, Washington county, where he has made his home since 1892. He was born in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, November 14, 1861, a son of Jean Batiste Tamiesie, who was a native of Syracuse, New York. The grandfather was one of the French colonists to establish the salt works of Onondaga county, New York, and in early life Jean Batiste Tamiesie became connected with the business of that place but later turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits. After leaving the Empire state when a young man, he removed westward to Iowa, and after residing there for a considerable period, came to Oregon in 1879. Here he took up contracting and farming an purchased a tract of land in Washington county which he carefully and successfully cultivated up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1910. His wife bore the maiden name of Phillipene Goffette, and was born of French parentage, although her birth occurred across the border in Belgium. By her marriage she became the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living: John Henry, a mechanical engineer of this city; James P.; Marie; Victor J., living in Oregon; Augustus E., who is the first assistant physician in the insane asylum at Salem; George W., a practicing physician of Portland; Katherine, the wife of William Reiling, of Hillsboro; and Joseph, a dentist, now practicing in Portland. When about six years of age Dr. Tamiesie became a pupil in the public schools of Iowa and after coming to Oregon with his parents, studied at home, using his leisure hours to improve his knowledge. He was trained to habits of industry and economy upon the old homestead and early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil. However, he made substantial progress in his studies and when twenty-three years of age began teaching, proving quite capable in that profession. The money acquired through his work in the schoolroom enabled him to continue his own education in 1885, at which time he was matriculated in the Oregon State University, being there graduated from the medical department with the class of 1889. Subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in Bellvue college Hospital at New York, after which he returned to the northwest and located in Washington, near Spokane, as physician and surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railway company. For two years he occupied that position and in 1892 came to Hillsboro, where he entered upon the general practice of medicine and surgery. His careful preparation has made him well qualified for the work that he has undertaken and since beginning practice he has continued a close student of the science of medicine and by reading and investigation has kept in touch with the advanced work of the most prominent members of the profession. He has also proven himself a capable business man in other connections and is now operating a dairy farm three miles north of Hillsboro, while in the Big Bend country in Grant county, Washington, he owns two wheat ranches. It was Dr. Tamiesie who organized the first condensed milk factory in the state of Oregon and on the 12th of December, 1903, was made the first can of condensed milk in this state. The business was originally his individual enterprise but later was incorporated and conducted under company management for four years. At the end of that time, owing to the pressure of other business interests, Dr. Tamiesie disposed of his holdings in the factory to good advantage. He is a director in the Shyute Savings and American National Bank and is the owner of considerable valuable real estate, including an addition to Hillsboro in the south part of the city called the South Park addition. He also erected and yet owns the Washington Hotel, a three-story structure fifty by one hundred feet, being built of reinforced concrete. The grounds cover a quarter of a block and the hotel is most conveniently arranged for the comfort and welfare of guests. Dr. Tamiesie also owns the block of buildings in which his office is located and his realty holdings are the visible evidence of an active business life in which labor and careful investment have brought substantial and gratifying returns. In January, 1890, occurred the marriage of Dr. Tamiesie and Miss Ruth A. Wilcox, who was born in Reno, Nevada, a daughter of J. W. and Susanah (Gill) Wilcox, the former a stock-raiser and farmer. Unto the Doctor and his wife have been born two children, Lura Babette and Kenneth Leon. The parents are prominent socially and have an extensive circle of warm friends in Hillsboro, where the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them. In his political views Dr. Tamiesie is an earnest republican, believing that the principles of the party are best calculated to conserve the best interests of good government. He is chairman of the school board for the district of Hillsboro, is well known in various fraternal organizations, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Artisans, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in and support of the congregational church. His has been a well spent and useful life, of worth to his fellowmen as well as to himself, and the talent and ability, which he has displayed as a physician and surgeon, are equally balanced by the resourcefulness and capability which he has manifested in the management of industrial and financial interests. ******************* 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.