ARTHUR, James N.

ARTHUR

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Date: 11/24/2001 at 02:08:49

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

JAMES N. ARTHUR, farmer; P.O. De Witt; born in Cornwall, England, in 1828; he emigrated to Hamilton, Canada, when 21 years of age, where he resided four years; in the fall of 1853, he came to Iowa and entered a farm of 260 acres in Monmouth Township, Jackson Co.; he then went to Illinois, and returned to England in the fall of 1855, where he remained one year, when he returned to Illinois; he settled on his farm in Jackson Co. in 1857. He married Miss Harriet Arthur, native of England, but, at the time of their marriage a resident of Massachusetts; they have two children-William J., born in March, 1860, and Charles H., in November, 1863. Mr. Arthur has 575 acres in his farm in De Witt Township; since he came to Clinton Co., he has been extensively engaged in stock
raising, but is now giving much attention to the dairy business. Mr. Arthur and wife are members of the Methodist Church.