James was born in Fifeshire, Scotland December 31, 1827 and came to Canada in 1853 and located at Hamilton, Ontario where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He married Mary Coleville Saunders April 24, 1855. In 1858 James and Mary moved from the Hamilton, Ontario area to Mercer County, Illinois and settled on the John Seaton farm. In 1862 they purchased a farm two miles east of Seaton village. Here they carried on a successful farming operation until 1898 when they retired to Seaton village.
James died at Seaton, Illinois September 26 1910 and is buried in candor Cemetery two miles out of Seaton, Illinois.
Information from family historian, Alex Saunders Martin.
He married Mary Coleville Saunders April 24, 1855. In 1858 James and Mary moved from the Hamilton, Ontario area to Mercer County, Illinois and settled on the John Seaton farm. In 1862 they purchased a farm two miles east of Seaton village. Here they carried on a successful farming operation until 1898 when they retired to Seaton village.
James died at Seaton, Illinois September 26 1910 and is buried in candor Cemetery two miles out of Seaton, Illinois.
Information from family historian, Alex Saunders Martin.
James was born in Fifeshire, Scotland December 31, 1827 and came to Canada in 1853 and located at Hamilton, Ontario where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He married Mary Coleville Saunders April 24, 1855. In 1858 James and Mary moved from the Hamilton, Ontario area to Mercer County, Illinois and settled on the John Seaton farm. In 1862 they purchased a farm two miles east of Seaton village. Here they carried on a successful farming operation until 1898 when they retired to Seaton village.
James died at Seaton, Illinois September 26 1910 and is buried in candor Cemetery two miles out of Seaton, Illinois.
Information from family historian, Alex Saunders Martin.
He married Mary Coleville Saunders April 24, 1855. In 1858 James and Mary moved from the Hamilton, Ontario area to Mercer County, Illinois and settled on the John Seaton farm. In 1862 they purchased a farm two miles east of Seaton village. Here they carried on a successful farming operation until 1898 when they retired to Seaton village.
James died at Seaton, Illinois September 26 1910 and is buried in candor Cemetery two miles out of Seaton, Illinois.
Information from family historian, Alex Saunders Martin.
Bio by: Dorothy Kennedy
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