Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 278
JAMES H. ST. JOHN, a junior member of the firm of Lillibridge & St. John, Muscatine, was born in Orleans County, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1852, and is a son of Hamilton and Susan ( Parmalee ) St. John. His father was born in Orleans County, N.Y., and his mother in Durham, Conn. Our subject came to Muscatine in the fall of 1856, with his parents, was educated in the city schools, and learned the business of operative engineer. He was in charge of a stationary engine four years, and then engaged with the United States Express Company, continuing with that company two years, and in August, 1876, engaged as clerk with Jackson & Lillibridge, grocers. He continued to serve in that capacity until September, 1884, when he bought into the house. He is a member of Wyoming Lodge No. 76, K. of P., being past Chancellor Commander, and is highly respected as an upright and honorable man, whose business and social relations are such as to commend him to popular favor among the best of his fellow citizens.

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