"farmer and stock raiser, owns 160 acres of land in section 4. He was born in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1834, and came to Clay County, Missouri, with his father in 1835. He received a good education at William Jewell College, and at the age of eighteen he went to Texas remaining eighteen months, when he came to Clay County, Missouri. His father was a government contractor, furnishing horses and stock for the Western frontier, and for several years James assisted him in delivering his stock. In 1858 he came to Tremont Township, where he now lives. He has a fine farm, well improved. He has for many years run a threshing machine, and in that line has by his care and fair dealing and promptness in filling his engagements gained an excellent reputation. He and his wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1858 he married Miss Mary F. Millen in Clinton County, Missouri. They have seven children, Annie J., James A., Charles S., Mary Fannie, William Thomas, Elvina Virginia, Emma Angie." - (History of Buchanan County Missouri, 1881) (pg. 1070) (Reprint by: Seward W. Lilly).
"farmer and stock raiser, owns 160 acres of land in section 4. He was born in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1834, and came to Clay County, Missouri, with his father in 1835. He received a good education at William Jewell College, and at the age of eighteen he went to Texas remaining eighteen months, when he came to Clay County, Missouri. His father was a government contractor, furnishing horses and stock for the Western frontier, and for several years James assisted him in delivering his stock. In 1858 he came to Tremont Township, where he now lives. He has a fine farm, well improved. He has for many years run a threshing machine, and in that line has by his care and fair dealing and promptness in filling his engagements gained an excellent reputation. He and his wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1858 he married Miss Mary F. Millen in Clinton County, Missouri. They have seven children, Annie J., James A., Charles S., Mary Fannie, William Thomas, Elvina Virginia, Emma Angie." - (History of Buchanan County Missouri, 1881) (pg. 1070) (Reprint by: Seward W. Lilly).
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