Carroll-Franklin County IN Archives Biographies.....James, Erasmus S. 1848 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ERASMUS S. JAMES.

   It is by no means easy to describe adequately the work of a man who has led
an eminent, active and busy life in a community. Yet it may be said in justice
to the career of Erasmus S. James, a well-known farmer of Burlington township,
that he has been successful in his life vocation, and that he enjoys the
confidence and esteem of his neighbors. He owns and occupies a farm of
ninety-one acres in Burlington township, which he has bought and paid for by his
own efforts and is well known as a specialist in breeding a high grade of draft
and harness horses.

   Erasmus S. James, who resides on route No. 1 out of Sedalia, is a native of
Franklin county, Indiana, born on April 18, 1848. He is the son of Abel and
Hannah (Bell) James. Abel James was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1820 and was
the son of Enos James, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Hannah (Bell)
James was also born in Butler county, Ohio/and was there married. Afterwards,
Abel and Hannah (Bell) James emigrated to Franklin county, Indiana, and located
near College Corner, where they lived until the latter part of their lives. His
wife died in College Corner. Afterwards, he was married to Mary E. Notts and by
this marriage had one child, Dora. By his third marriage, to Emma Chambers,
there were no children born.    At one time Abel James had owned two hundred and
eighty acres of land but, at the time of his death, he divided one hundred and
twenty acres of this land among his five children.

   To Able and Hannah (Bell) James were born six children, of whom one died in
infancy. John M. is a farmer in Burlington township; Erasmus S. is the subject
of this sketch; James H. is a retired farmer of Cottage Grove, Indiana; Florence
E. is the widow of Nelson D. Hetrick, of Franklin county, Indiana; Minnie C. and
John Davis are both deceased.

   Erasmus S. James was reared on his father's farm in Franklin county, Indiana,
and educated in the public schools of the county. He was first married to Maggie
C. Beard, who died a year later, and subsequently he was married to Alice E.
Beard, a sister of his first wife. By this marriage there were born three
children, two of whom are now living. Ralph B., who was born in 1895, is
unmarried and lives at home; Hildred M. is also unmarried and lives at home.   
Mr. James's second wife died in 1903.

   On March 4, 1882, Mr. James came to Carroll county, and by well-applied
industry has accumulated a farm of ninety-one acres in Burlington township. He
is a most pleasant and affable man and one who has a host of friends in
Burlington township. He is one of the trustees of the Koro Methodist Protestant
church and is therefore active in church work. Politically, Mr. James is a
Democrat.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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