Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Majors, James M. 1875 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

JAMES M. MAJORS.

James M. Majors, vice president of the Tower-Majors Candy Company, manufacturers
and jobbers of confectionery at Ottumwa, has always lived in Wapello county save
for a brief period and is well known here. His birth occurred at Kirkville, on
the 18th of February, 1875, his parents being Andrew Jackson and Martha (Speer)
Majors, the latter a native of Pennsylvania, while the former was born in
Wapello county and is a representative of one of the early pioneer families. To
Mr. and Mrs. Majors were born five children: James M.; Sadie, the wife of J. E.
Hinsey of Ottumwa; Margaret, the wife of Arthur B. Heisel, whose home is in Sand
Springs, Montana; Will W., a resident of Ottumwa; and Cloetta, who is at home.

James M. Majors was educated in the common schools of Wapello county and in the
high school of Ottumwa, coming to this city in 1888. He completed his course of
study in 1892 and then entered the employ of the Morrell Packing Company,
securing a position in the office. He applied himself closely to the mastery of
the duties assigned him, and his ability won recognition that led in time to his
transfer to the branch house at Des Moines, of which he was given charge, acting
in the capacity of manager at that point for six years. He was next transferred
to Memphis, Tennessee, where he remained for five years, and on the expiration
of that period he left the Morrell Company and began the wholesale manufacture
of candy, entering into partnership with George B. Simmons and Charles R. Tower
under the firm style of the Tower-Majors Candy Company. Their business has grown
rapidly and substantially and they have a large and well equipped plant, in
which they furnish employment to about sixty-five people. Their success is
assured, for their business methods awaken public confidence and the quality of
their output is most satisfactory to their patrons.

On the 14th of November, 1900, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Majors and
Miss Mabel Tower, and to them has been born a son, Webster M., whose natal day
was March 6, 1902. The parents are widely known in Ottumwa and their popularity
makes their home the center of a cultured society circle.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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