Garrard County KY BIO:  James Arvin

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Submitted by:  Joanne Scobee Morgan  morgans4@swbell.net
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JAMES ARVIN, for many years a successful, influential and highly
esteemed farmer in Schuyler County, Ill., and later a resident of
Macomb, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Garrard County, KY., August
30, 1822, and received his early education in the country schools of his
neighborhood, His family was of Scotch descent, and he was a son of
STARLING AND ELIZABETH (LEYSHER) ARVIN, natives of Nova Scotia. The
subject of this sketch was the youngest of ten children. At the age of
seventeen years he came to Schuyler County, Ill., where he was engaged
in farming until 1892, when he moved to Macomb, where he died, June 26,
1904. When he began life for himself he possessed very little means, but
by industry, economy and thrift, he acquired considerable property.
On May 17, 1882, Mr. Arvin was united in marriage with MARGARET E.
WHEAT, who was born in Littleton, Schuyler County, Ill., where in
girlhood she attended the district schools, afterward pursuing a course
of study in the Branch College, Macomb. One child, JAMES ARVIN, resulted
from this union, who died September 9, 1901, at the age of seventeen
years. The political views of Mr. Arvin were in harmony with the
policies of the Republican party. Religiously he was an active and
useful member of the Baptist church in Macomb, and contributed liberally
toward the construction of the new church edifice of that denomination,
his donation of two thousand dollars being the largest one made for that
purpose in Macomb. In every relation of life, James Arvin was an upright
and conscientious man. He took faithful and affectionate care of his
parents as long as they lived and fulfilled every obligation resting
upon him with a high sense of duty.
Mrs. Arvin was a daughter of JOHN WHEAT AND JULIA A. SNYDER, who were
natives of Kentucky, the mother being of Irish descent and the father,
German. They came from Kentucky to Schuyler County Ill., located on a
farm, and later moved to Littleton, Ill., where the father died March
26, 1902. The mother still survives and is living at Littleton. Mrs.
Arvin was one of fourteen children, of whom only five are now living.
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THe Historical Enclyclopedia of Illinois and History of McDonough County.
Published 1907

It's very fragile and I felt it would be a shame if it weren't saved for
those who were interested in it. Wish I could copy off the photos that
are here. Someone would just die for them. 

Joanne Scobee Morgan