Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Pettigrew, James 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

James Pettigrew, Postmaster at Rock Falls, was born July 8, 1827, at Paisley, 
Renfrewshire, Scotland. When he was seven years of age his father, John 
Pettigrew, died; and his mother, nee Jane Allison, emigrated to this country 
and died in 1882. The subject of this sketch remained with his mother and took 
care of her while she lived, receiving in his younger days a common-school 
education; came to this country with his mother in the fall of 1843, spending 
the first winter at Sterling, Ill., and lived in Ogle County until 1875, when 
he purchased a farm of 125 acres. After working upon the place for a season he 
sold it, and in 1876 purchased his present residence. He has been elected 
Justice of the Peace four times. He was a Justice for ten years in Ogle 
County, and was elected to the office at Rock Falls in the spring of 1876, and 
held it until he resigned to accept his present position as Postmaster. He was 
Village Trustee for one term, Village Treasurer four years, and has held minor 
offices. He is a zealous Republican, a Trustee of the Congregational Church, 
but not a member. By his native talent and public services he has become a 
prominent man in his community. He owns several lots in Rock Falls, besides 
the postoffice building on Main Street.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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