James, H.

JAMES

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 12/31/2008 at 16:26:04

H. James

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.33, Council Bluffs)
H. James, grocer, Council Bluffs, was born in Bucks County, Penn., February 3, 1850, and was educated in the public schools of Norristown, Penn. In March, 1869, he came to Council Bluffs, where he engaged as a clerk for Wright Bros., with whom he remained about one year. He then engaged in the grocery business on his own account on the corner of Bancroft street and Broadway, where he carried on business for about eight years. He then removed to his present place of business, corner of Main and Willow streets, where he has since remained, doing a constantly increasing business, and carrying a full stock of staple and fancy groceries, fruits, etc. His store occupies the entire ground floor of the building, fifty feet in length, twenty-three feet in width. He carries a stock of about $20,000, and his annual sales amount to about $20,000. He married, October 10, 1872, Lizzie McCammon, of Council Bluffs, formerly of Canada, and by this union, they have one child - Harry, aged nine years. Mr. James is a member of the Excelsior Lodge, No. 259, A., F. & A. M. of Council Bluffs.