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James Scott Pinkerton

Birth
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
1 Aug 1879 (aged 80)
Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois, USA
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Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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When James Pinkerton was born on March 25, 1799, in Long Crane, South Carolina, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Mary, was 31. He was the sixth of their twelve children. The family were staunch Presbyterians. His father did not approve the practice of slavery and moved the family to Ohio.

When James came of age, his father gave him 80 acres of land. James was to be a farmer all of his live. James moved to Indiana and then to Illinois. He lived in Clay County for 27 years before his death. He was to marry and become a widower four times. James was the father of nine sons and six daughters. He died on August 1, 1879, having lived 81 years.

Excerpt from the book, A Journey Through Time with the Davenport Family of New York and the Midwest by Emma Sue Davenport.
When James Pinkerton was born on March 25, 1799, in Long Crane, South Carolina, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Mary, was 31. He was the sixth of their twelve children. The family were staunch Presbyterians. His father did not approve the practice of slavery and moved the family to Ohio.

When James came of age, his father gave him 80 acres of land. James was to be a farmer all of his live. James moved to Indiana and then to Illinois. He lived in Clay County for 27 years before his death. He was to marry and become a widower four times. James was the father of nine sons and six daughters. He died on August 1, 1879, having lived 81 years.

Excerpt from the book, A Journey Through Time with the Davenport Family of New York and the Midwest by Emma Sue Davenport.

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